Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference on 20/21 February: Delivering on the Circular Economy - What's next?
Start/End date
to
Country
Belgium
Belgium
City
Brussels
Hosting body
European Commission - European Economic and Social Committee
Discussed key areas
Various clhallenges including green financing
Coordination Group activity type
Description
Two years after the adoption of EU Circular Economy Package in December 2015, more than half of the initiatives included in the Action Plan have been delivered. To discuss upcoming deliverables, explore new areas of action, and share the first achievements of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, the Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee hosted a Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference on 20-21 February in Brussels.
Wrap up videos
Day 1
Day 2
Photo galleries
Programme
Recordings (day 1 only)
- Welcome addresses – First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, President Georges Dassis and Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska
- Plenary Session 1: What's Next After the EU Strategy for Plastics?
- Breakout Session 1: Chemicals-Products-Waste Interface: Achieving Non-Toxic Materials Flows
- Breakout Session 2: Circular Solutions for the Low-Carbon Transition
- Breakout Session 3: How to Ensure that the Bioeconomy Contributes to the Circular Economy
- Breakout Session 4: Towards an EU Product Policy Framework Contributing to the Circular Economy
- Breakout Session 5: SMEs in the Circular Economy – Official Launch of the European Resource Efficiency Knowledge Centre
- Breakout Session 6: Sustainable Construction – Progressing Towards a More Circular Economy
- Keynote Speech: The Transition towards a Circular Economy, a Joint Endeavour – Commissioner Karmenu Vella
- Plenary Session 2: Achieving the Transition: Voluntary Commitments, Transformative Action
- Keynote Speech: Beyond the Circular Economy Action Plan – Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
- Plenary Session 3: Perspectives Ahead, Global Engagement
- Getting ready for Day 2
Speeches & presentations
Speeches
- Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission
- Elzbieta Bienkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
- Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
- Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
Presentations
- Theresa Kjell, Senior Policy and Business Advisor, ChemSec
- Paolo Falcioni, Director General, European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers
- Michaël Mansuy, Policy Officer, Veolia
- Harald Kasamas, Senior Officer, Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism
- Harald Friedl, CEO, Circle Economy
- Olivier François, Market Development Officer, Galloo Recycling, Chairman of FEDEREC's International Affairs Committee, European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC)
- Eleanor Drabik, Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
- Rob van der Meer, Director Public Affairs, HeidelbergCement
- Jean-Philippe Hermine, Vice-President, Strategic Environmental Planning, Renault SAS
- Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair, International Resource Panel
- Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design
- Carsten Wachholz, Senior Policy Officer, Product Policy and Resource Conservation, European Environmental Bureau
- Mickael Thiery, Head of the Unit 'Partnership and territorial actions', Directorate for Housing, Urban Development and Landscape, French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
Civil Society Perspectives gathered during the Conference
#CircularEconomy | #CEstakeholderEU | #InvestEU | #EUIndustryDay
More information
Meeting agenda