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EU Circular Talks

Welcome to EU Circular Talks, a new exchange concept of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.  If you are a stakeholder looking to interact and discuss circular topics on our Platform, you can do it here in the form of online workshops, webinars or interviews with high-profile supporters and experts of the circular economy.

Participants and newcomers can join each debate on our Linkedin Groups. Be part of the conversation!

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#EUCircularTalks recording
25 May 2021
Insights on the EU Circular Electronics Initiative & Skills required to make it happen

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Brussels
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CSCP

The Circular Electronics Initiative is part of the European Commission's new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), announced in March 2020. The initiative aims to promote longer product lifetimes and includes, among others, the 'right to repair' and an improvement in the collection and treatment of no longer used electronic appliances.
CSCP, its partners and ECESP invite you on 25 May (11.00 a.m. - 12.30 noon CEST), to an #EUCircularTalks to share Insights on the EU Circular Electronics Initiative & the Skills required to make it happen.

Concept note
18 May 2021
Governance and system change

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EU
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Innowo

The ECESP Leadership Group on Food waste, Food system and bioeconomy organises its first #EUCircularTalks of a series of four. This first talk will take on the subject of governance and system change, that is indispensable for a just and effective bioeconomy and food system circular transition that simultaneously tackles food waste. The talk, organized by Innowo, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Alchemia Nova, Interreg MED Green Growth Community, and the ECESP, takes place on 18 May, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon.

#EUCircularTalks recording
11 May 2021
Towards a circular European infrastructure

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Online
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Netherlands

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Holland Circular Hotspot , Rijkwaterstaat

On 11 May at 3 p.m. CEST, join Rijkswaterstaat, Madaster, Restado/Concular and Institut National de l’Economie Circulaire for online interactive workshops showcasing success stories and identifying challenges and opportunities in fields such as public procurement, digital logbooks and circular design for infrastructure work. Registrations are open!

Concept note
25 Mar 2021
Circular business models at the heart of the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan

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Helsinki
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Finland

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SITRA , EEA

Join the Finnish innovation Fund Sitra, the European Environment Agency and the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform to discuss how to create a level playing field for circular businesses and how to enable a transition to a circular economy through incentives that promote circularity. Rendez-vous on 25 March (13:00 to 14:30 CET). 

Final report
19 Mar 2021
Trade, Resource Extraction & Circular Economy

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Brussels
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Belgium

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OVAM, UNEP Environment and Trade Hub, UNEP International Resource Panel , European Environmental Bureau

On 19 March, OVAM, EEB, UNEP partners and ECESP organised a webinar on trade, resource extraction and circular economy. The event brought together the trade and circular economy communities to:

  • increase awareness of the issues identified in the UNEP-IRP’s report
  • to feed the upcoming discussion on the EU’s trade policy review and the WTO’s future.
Final report
10 Feb 2021
Advanced Technology Policies for Green and Circular Industry

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Brussels
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Aclima, Advanced Technology for Industry (ATI), European Commission DG GROW

On 10 February, ACLIMA, ATI, EASME, DG GROW and ECESP organised the policy seminar on circular economy and advanced technology/digital policies. The panel discussed the ways industrial recovery policies realise a green, climate-resilient economy in the short and long terms, and how digital transformation respects the environment.

Concept note
03 Nov 2020 to 29 Jan 2021
EU Circular Talks - Education, Skills and Learning for a circular economy

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EU
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EU

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European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, EIT Circular Economy Initiative

The EIT Circular Economy Initiative, together with the EESC and the European Commission, organise the first workshop of the series EU Circular Talks. This edition will discuss education, skills and training to better respond to the circular economy on the ground.

Event programme
02 Dec 2020
EU Circular Talks - Circular and Fair Business Models

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EU
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Junior Enterprises Europe, the EU Chapter of the Club of Rome, the European Environmental Bureau, Fair Trade Advocacy Office

The #EUCircularTalks are a new concept for exchange. They aim to encourage stakeholders to interact and discuss the circular economy topics on the Platform.

This workshop aims to discuss the opportunities of circular economy and its possible blindspots, and to explore how best to promote the proliferation of business models in the EU that are both circular and fair.

#EUCircularTalks recording
03 Nov 2020 to 04 Nov 2020
EU Circular Talks - The circular economy to revitalise retail

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EU
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EuroCommerce, ECESP

The EU Circular Talks is a new exchange concept of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform. It aims to encourage stakeholders to interact and discuss the circular economy topics on the Platform. The workshop aims to debate the role of the circular economy for the retail and wholesale sectors, particularly in the context of their recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

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19 Oct 2020
EU Circular Talks - Packaging in the retail sector

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European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, EuroCommerce

The EU Circular Talks is a new exchange concept of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform. It aims to encourage stakeholders to interact and discuss the circular economy topics in the platform.
The workshop aims to provide a platform to share good practice, experience and lessons learnt in the use of packaging in the circular economy.

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