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The European Hub and Network for a compelling vision. Let’s get to know EREK!

Who, or rather, what is EREK? It is the European Commission’s brand new European Resource Efficiency Knowledge Centre. What is EREK’s purpose, then? For that, you need to go back to 2015 when the European Commission issued a call for tenders to “provide information and support to European SMEs, business intermediaries, resource efficiency practitioners and other interested parties such as regional...Read more
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Kick-starting the circular economy amongst SMEs in Europe! : SME support organisations wanted

The European Commission has just launched a project which aims to kick-start the circular economy amongst SMEs in Europe. For this project we are looking for: • SME support organisations which would like to receive training on the subject of circular economy; • circular solution providers (companies which offer sustainable products and/or services) which would like to expand; • and regional authorities...Read more
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The Packaging Cluster promotes two circular economy projects

The Packaging Cluster promotes two circular economy projects. A new food packaging will be developed for the meat sector and the industrial symbiosis with the textile sector will be studied. As part of the fund line for projects to promote the circular economy of the Agencia de Residuos de Catalunya, the Packaging Cluster has been beneficiary of two projects to promote the transition to a circular economy...Read more
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Explore green business opportunities in China

23-25 November, 2016 , China National Convention Center (Beijing) The European Commission invites small and medium-sized companies to join a circular economy delegation to Beijing on 23-25 November 2016. The delegation takes place on the occasion of the 1 st China International Circular Economy Exhibition and will be led by Mr Daniel Calleja, the European Commission's Director-General for Environment. A...Read more
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New Innovation Deals to Reduce Barriers to Innovation and Boost Circular Economy

Innovation Deals , a new pilot scheme launched by the European Commission today, aim to help innovators with promising solutions to environmental issues to navigate regulatory challenges to bringing their ideas to market. In an open invitation published for expressions of interest the Commission is seeking projects with strong potential to contribute to the EU's Circular Econom y Action Plan. The selected...Read more
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AER - Regional Innovation Award 2016

The Assembly of European Regions (the largest independent interregional organisation in Europe, with 200 regional authorities from 35 countries as members and over 200 million citizens living in its member regions (both EU and no-EU) would like to share with members of the European Cluster Collaboration Platform a running initiative: the “Regional Innovation Award 2016”, where the focus this year is on the...Read more
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RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE EU AND JAPAN

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) coorganised a seminar on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy (RE/CE) on February 15, 2016 in Tokyo. The seminar consisted of three sessions. The first session was the introduction of RE/CE in the European Union, focusing on the new EU Action Plan and the EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling schemes...Read more
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EU-JAPAN BUSINESS ROUND TABLE SUBMITS ITS 2016 RECOMMENDATIONS

Tokyo, 21 April – BRT co-Chairmen Kazuo Tsukuda (Senior Executive Adviser, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.) and Fabrice Brégier (President and CEO, Airbus S.A.S.) submitted the Round Table’s 2016 Recommendations to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska who received them on behalf of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Created in 1999, the BRT reviews factors...Read more
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION TO CHILE (25-26 April 2016)

Mr Daniel Calleja, Director-General of the Directorate-General for the Environment of the European Commission will lead a Circular Economy Mission to Santiago de Chile on 25-26 April 2016 back-to-back with the XIV World Mining Exhibition and Congress for Latin America ( www.expomin.cl ). More information on the mission is available at https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/CircularEconomyMission-Chile The...Read more
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