On 26 June 2019, the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) organised a thematic event on “Realising the bioeconomy potential in European regions: policy and practice”, with the participation of the Committee of the Regions Member and Rapporteur on the Opinion
The network is growing! ECRN, the European Chemical Regions Network, is pleased to announce that the region of South-Holland in the Netherlands has become its latest member. Being part of the network opens new opportunities for the Dutch region
A recent video of the Interreg S3Chem project was filmed during the project’s Final Conference on 26 February, in Halle. ECRN Secretariat, as well as many of its members, were active participants in the event. The S3Chem project gathers European regions,
The chemical sector is known to have large companies. However, regionally, the majority of chemical industries are SMEs. While facing common challenges, SMEs and Regions across Europe can and should learn from each other. Connecting across border to facilitate the exchanges is precisely ECRN’s role.
The bio-based economy is an emerging sector generating employment – around 22 million jobs across Europe – and economic growth. However, many European regions are still not aware of their potential to utilize sustainable feedstock in their production
On 26 February, S3Chem project carried out its Final project conference in Halle, Germany. The Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt, represented by Thomas Steinmetz, opened the conference by underlining the positive outcomes of inter-regional cooperation, and highlighting the
Initiated by ECRN on the ground of the already existing inter-regional collaboration, the Thematic area Chemicals under S3 Platform had its kick-off meeting back in October 2018. While Lombardy (IT) and Limburg (NL) are leading the partnership, 6 other European
ECRN is glad to announce that on the 25th of October, during the ECRN Extraordinary General Assembly, the foundation of the ECRN entity under Belgian Law was established! This has opened a new page in the history of ECRN and is
On the 24th of October, the European Chemical Regions Network, together with the regions of Lombardy and Limburg, organized in Brussels the kick-off meeting of Thematic Area Chemicals, the established partnership under the Smart Specialization Platform for Industrial Modernization. The
On the 27th of September, the Final Conference of the European Sustainable Chemicals Support Service – Phase II took place at the headquarters of ECRN in Brussels. The main focus was to explore how capturing and re-using currently
