We provide a platform where regional actors can raise awareness about the impact of EU policies at local level, share common challenges and exchange ideas for possible solutions. We provide insights to our members on the most recent policy developments and give voice to our region’s interests in the EU policy debate. We organize regular internal and public events, together with the European Institutions – European Commission, European Parliament, and the European Committee of the Regions – as well as with our regional partners and stakeholders.
We gather experts from the public, private, and research sectors and support them to identify how they can be complementary to each other and what they can learn from each other in terms of policies and strategies, research work, industrial partnerships, emerging value chains, and markets. In this way, we build connections and linkages between sectors, actors, and across borders.
We facilitate knowledge sharing and the transfer of technical know-how among regional authorities and stakeholders. We provide a network where regions can learn from each other and share the most successful policies and strategies to make their chemical industry more sustainable and competitive.
Taking part in the shaping of EU policies is a network priority. As regions act as testbeds for new innovative solutions, approaches or policy strategies, their experiences should be leveraged by the EU institutions when building EU-wide policies. We have participated several times in the collection of regional inputs for the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions.
We believe that regions can benefit greatly by investing in common projects or by taking part in EU initiatives. For this reason, we raise awareness and engage our members in EU funded projects and initiatives, and provide a platform where reached results and gained knowledge are shared. ECRN members participate in Interreg and Horizon2020 projects to leverage common smart specialization priorities and benchmark best practices. They also take part in the Initiative European Sustainable Chemicals Support Service, implemented by the European Commission, to promote sustainability in Europe’s chemical industry.
