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New Director at the ECRN Secretariat in Brussels

As of November 2016, the ECRN Secretariat in Brussels will continue to support chemical regions and regional actors under the leadership of a new Director, Renatka Krcova. She takes over the position from Dr. Hanny Nover, who retires

New President of ECRN

After elections in the ECRN General Assembly on 16 June 2016, the ECRN has a new President: Fabrizio Sala from Lombardy. The meeting was hosted in the the Representation of North Rhine-Westphalia in Brussels and preceded by an

New plans for 2016 outlined in the Permanent Working Group meeting

ECRN members gathered for a first official meeting in Brussels on 2-3 February 2016. Collaborative strategic planning over the past months has resulted in an action-packed outline for the year to come, with activities on topics such as

ECRN and ERRMA cooperate on bioeconomy

The European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) and the European Renewable Resources and Materials Association (ERRMA) are working closely together on Bioeconomy. To mark this collaboration, we present a joint statement on our common interests on sustainability and the

Bio Innovation Growth megaCluster BIG-C launched in May 2014

On 19 May 2014, 10 leading public-private organisations in biobased innovation of North Rhein Westphalia (NRW), The Netherlands and Flanders launched BIG-C as the integrating organisation for current and future biobased initiatives. More than 150 industrialists, scientists and

NANORA is winner of the first German INTERREG B Project Slam

Interreg IVB NWE Project NANORA (the European Nano Regions Alliance) won the first prize at the German INTERREG B Project Slam in Berlin on 6 May 2014. At the Project Slam, NANORA partners from France and Germany illustrated

ECRN supports EU measures for a competitive Europe

In the context of the 20-21 March European Council, the European Chemical Regions Network has formulated a set of recommendations on issues that should be emphasized and addressed in the debate on industrial competitiveness. We stress the importance

ECRN President at CoR Conference on Industrial Policy

On 10 April 2013, the Committee of the Regions organized a conference on EU Industrial Policy. The conference was a part of series of events highlighting the importance of European regions and cities in implementing the Europe 2020

ECRN regions and their policies analysed in a European Commission study

During 2012, the ECRN collaborated closely with the European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) in the framework of a study titled “Analysis of policies in chemical regions to support the competitiveness of the chemicals industry”. The study was

ECRN Participates in Preparing for the Review of REACH

The European REACH Regulation has been in force for 5 years and a review of the legislation, its implementation and impacts is due in 2012. The European Chemical Regions Network is preparing to contribute to the process from