As one of the project partners of POWER4BIO, ECRN is pleased to share the report of the project’s recent month-long e-conference. Between March and April 2019, more than 250 participants coming from the 10 POWER4BIO participant regions and
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ECRN successfully held its annual General Assembly on 26th June, hosted in the Lombardy Representation to the EU, in Brussels. The Assembly’s agenda was packed. We welcomed the latest member of our family – Zuid-Holland – and heard from their
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On 26 June 2019, the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) organised a thematic event on “Realising the bioeconomy potential in European regions: policy and practice”, with the participation of the Committee of the Regions Member and Rapporteur on the Opinion
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The network is growing! ECRN, the European Chemical Regions Network, is pleased to announce that the region of South-Holland in the Netherlands has become its latest member. Being part of the network opens new opportunities for the Dutch region
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A recent video of the Interreg S3Chem project was filmed during the project’s Final Conference on 26 February, in Halle. ECRN Secretariat, as well as many of its members, were active participants in the event. The S3Chem project gathers European regions,
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"Are SME policies fit for the new challenges?" The chemical sector is known to have large companies. However, regionally, the majority of chemical industries are SMEs. While facing common challenges, SMEs and Regions across Europe can and should learn from each other. Connecting
read moreThe bio-based economy is an emerging sector generating employment – around 22 million jobs across Europe – and economic growth. However, many European regions are still not aware of their potential to utilize sustainable feedstock in their production
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On 26 February, S3Chem project carried out its Final project conference in Halle, Germany. The Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt, represented by Thomas Steinmetz, opened the conference by underlining the positive outcomes of inter-regional cooperation, and highlighting the
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First working meeting hosted by ECRN member, Saxony-Anhalt Initiated by ECRN on the ground of the already existing inter-regional collaboration, the Thematic area Chemicals under S3 Platform had its kick-off meeting back in October 2018. While Lombardy (IT) and Limburg
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ECRN is glad to announce that on the 25th of October, during the ECRN Extraordinary General Assembly, the foundation of the ECRN entity under Belgian Law was established! This has opened a new page in the history of ECRN and is
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