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ECRN President and Director visit Düsseldorf for a meeting with the German regions

The ECRN President Fabrizio Sala (Lombardy) opened ECRN’s new year on 16 January with his first regional visit. The visit was hosted by the region of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf, where all the German ECRN member regions had

ECRN views on sustainability presented in 4° Conferenza Chimica Sostenibile (Milan)

The fourth annual conference on sustainable chemistry was organized by Federchimica on 1 December 2016 in Milan. ECRN was represented in the event by Folco Ciulli (Lombardy), who presented ECRN and examples from the European chemical regions on

ECRN President meets the Chair of ITRE

On 9 November, ECRN President Fabrizio Sala exchanged views on industrial policy, REACH, and the competitiveness of the European chemical regions with Jerzy Buzek, the chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) in the European

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