Europe's transition towards a circular economy requires not only breakthrough technologies but also effective pathways to bring innovative environmental solutions to market. While Horizon Europe projects generate many high-potential Key Exploitable Results, many struggle to attract investors, identify early adopters and develop robust commercialisation strategies.

The ECESP provides a unique ecosystem connecting policymakers, industry, investors, research organisations and innovators working towards Europe's circular transition. Building on this community, this investor workshop focused on accelerating market uptake of circular innovations contributing to cleaner environments, pollution reduction and resource efficiency.

It used the NYMPHE project as a practical case study while generating transferable lessons applicable to other Horizon Europe initiatives developing environmental technologies.

Joachim d'Eugenio, Directorate-General for the Environment, spoke about the circular economy, clean environment and the importance of accelerating the market uptake of innovative environmental solutions.

Giulio Zanaroli, University of Bologna (UNIBO), introduced the workshop objectives and the NYMPHE project, along with the role of circular innovations in supporting Europe's transition towards a circular economy and a clean environment. 

Robin Kyclt, ABITEC, s.r.o. presented the Innovative Integrated Evaluation Tool designed by the NYMPHE project and its role in facilitating technology assessment, decision making and replication of circular environmental solutions.

Abraham Esteve-Núñez, METfilter presented the NYMPHE core technologies.

There was also an opinion and an interactive panel discussion on investing in circular solutions for a clean environment, before the closing discussion and identification of next steps.

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