On 20 -21 February 2020, the region of Flanders in Belgium and the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) organised a two days workshop looking at ways to better integrate primary production into biobased value chains, within the framework
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On 19 February 2020, POWER4BIO partners met in Brussels for the Project’s General Assembly and Steering Meeting. The event was hosted by the Flanders government that is also participating in POWER4BIO with its Department of Economy, Science and
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On 14-15 November 2019, the European Commission organised its third edition of the Smart regions 3.0 conference, focused for this year on boosting innovation and supporting the catching up regions through Smart specialisation. For two days, more than
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The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) is launching a new ‘digital’ bioeconomy platform for regions and industry in January 2020. The concept is based on a digital, partnering platform where regions and industry can make contact based on mutual interest.
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In 2015, Italy joined the new United Nations Development Agenda “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and, two years later, approved the National Sustainable Development Strategy as the main instrument for coordinating implementation of the 2030 Agenda in
read moreECRN, the European Chemical Regions Network, is pleased to announce the recent involvement of Drenthe and Groningen within the network! Groningen and Drenthe, neighbour Provinces of the Netherlands and regions with leading chemical companies, will act hand in
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On 30th September, ECRN organised the Second Partnership Meeting of the S3 Platform Thematic Area on Chemicals, alongside with the Commission-funded technical services – ReConfirm, and ECRN members and lead regions of the Partnership – Lombardy and Limburg.
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On 4th September, the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament had constructive exchange of views with Mr Carlo Petinelli, Director for Consumer, Environmental and Health Technologies of DG GROW and Kęstutis Sadauskas, Director for Circular Economy and Green Growth
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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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