On June 28th, we hosted our first completely in person event of the year. It was a great chance to identify the role of regional and local authorities in the green and digital transition, highlight the skills gaps in the chemical sector and...

DG GROW has decided to appoint ECRN has been appointed member of the Working Group on Chemical Industry What is the Working Group on Chemical Industry? In February 2023, the Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and...

On 25/26 April ECRN took part in the 7th Just Transition Platform Conference. The two day conference facilitated between stakeholders on the journey of a just transition towards a climate-neutral Europe. Commissioners Ferreira and Breton, Minister Baljeu and other...

ECRN is proud to present the Regional Skills Partnerships for the Chemical Industry during today’s meeting of SEDEC Commission, in Tampere, today Thursday 20th. The chemical sector is the second largest sector in Europe in terms of direct...

Regional Partnership for Skills in the Chemical Sector Have your say with our survey! Regional Partnership for Skills in the Chemical Sector On 2 February 2023, ECRN launched the second Regional Partnership for Skills under the Pact for...

Great news on our projects!  ACE-EX and Chemskills have been officially successfully evaluated! The two projects align with our commitments within the Year of Skills and to work on twin transitions. We are looking forward to playing our...

Some great news from ECRN! Welcome Catalonia! Catalonia Region, through its agency ACCIO’, joined ECRN during its latest General Assembly on February 27th.  There are already many things to work on: from S3 Specialisation to hydrogen and circular...

SYSCHEMIQ (Horizon Europe) - Presentation Webinar On Monday 27th February we gathered with our members and private stakeholders to host a short information session on the SYSCHEMIQ project. Maurice Olivers from Brightlands Chemelot Campus gave us a comprehensive...

ECRN’s Monika Banka has been invited to the SEFS (Science and Education for Society) Working Group meeting, taking place on Thursday 23 February 2023, on the “State of Play of the Pact of Skills and its regional dimension”....

ECRN is the first Regional Partnership for Skills in the Chemical Sector We are proud to announce that we have officially been accepted as the first regional network in the Pact for Skills 2023! Our Partnership proposal ‘Regional...

ECRN has just published its newest position paper on the reshoring of basic chemical production in Europe which is also the contribution to the public consultation on the Critical Raw Materials Act. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the...

OECD COP27 Virtual Pavilion - Regional industrial transitions to climate neutrality Wednesday 16th November - 5:00pm- online session. ECRN is proud to participate in the OECD COP27 Virtual Pavillon.  While the OECD is actively participating in a number...