Description
Workshop objectives:
- To bring together resource efficiency and business support intermediaries from public and private sector, and policy makers responsible for resource efficiency and circular economy agenda.
- To share knowledge and experience on public support programmes as well as specific tools for identification of resource efficiency potential in SMEs, and learn from each other.
- To enable networking and engage intermediaries from relevant countries into EREK activities.
Target audience:
The main group of participants shall consist of intermediaries (national public agencies as well as private organizations) and public administration bodies responsible for resource efficiency topic (e.g. ministries) from, in particular, Central and Eastern Europe countries, including Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Representatives from other countries are also welcomed and will be invited.
Agenda:
9:00 – 9:50 |
Registration & Welcome addresses |
9:50 – 11:00 |
Block 1: Policy context of resource efficiency |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 – 13:00 |
Block 2: Tools for identification of RE potential in SMEs |
13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 – 16:00 |
Block 3: Support programmes for implementation of resource efficiency |
16:00 |
Closing Farewell coffee |
Each block consists of three presentations (60 – 90 minutes) followed by 30 minutes of facilitated discussion. Presenters will be from EcoBusinessPlan Vienna, Effizienz-Agentur NRW, EMPRESS, ENVIROS, the European Commission, ifu Hamburg, IHOBE, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Czech Republic, Technopolis Group, and VDI ZRE.
More information on the event is available here.