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ECRN has welcomed its 21st member region

The ECRN continues to grow: At its latest General Assembly meeting on 26th February 2010 in Brussels, the network officially welcomed its 21st member region, Yorkshire & The Humber from the UK. The ECRN consequently is on its

ECRN adopts annual planning for 2010

ECRN representatives from all over Europe met in the Representation of member region Bavaria to the in EU in Brussels for the ECRN General Assembly and Executive Board meetings on 25th and 26th February 2010. After lively and

Who-is-who of the European Chemical Regions 2009 – available online!

The latest update of the who-is-who of the European Chemical regions is available now. As usual, it compiles comprehensive information about the chemical industry in the current ECRN regions and about their key players for economic development at regional

ECRN contributes at Europe Innova Annual Partnering Event

ECRN Director Michael Hack was invited to the Europe Innova Partnering Event to contribute to the panel discussion “Promoting new forms of clusters” in September 2009. He highlighted the various cluster initiatives which exist in the ECRN regions

Successful regional conference on HLG implementation in Saxony – Anhalt

On 8th July 2009, in Leuna/ Saxony-Anhalt, representatives from the chemical sector coming from industry, public sector and academia discussed the regional dimension of the HLG recommendations for Saxony-Anhalt and how the implementation of these recommendations can be

ECRN partner project ChemLog organises 1st Dissemination Conference on 24th of June in Prague

The ChemLog project celebrates its first Dissemination Conference on the 24th of June in Prague. Representatives from Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and Italy will discuss challenges for chemical logistics in Central and Eastern Europe. During the

ECRN President and Minister of Economy and Labour of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, reports on ECRN and HLG results at latest Conference of the Ministers of Economy of the German Länder in June 2009

On the latest meeting of the Ministers of Economy of the German Länder on 18th/19th June 2009, ECRN President and Minister of Economy and Labour of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, reported on the High Level Group on Chemistry

Competitiveness Council on 28th May 2009 called on all stakeholders involved to implement the HLG recommendations – first evaluation report in 2010

The Competitiveness Council which met on 28th May 2009 called on the European Commission and all other relevant stakeholders to implement the HLG recommendations, as they are crucial for the future success of the chemical sector in Europe. The

Implementation of HLG results in the ECRN regions: Conference on „Chemical industry and competitiveness“ in Düsseldorf on 29th April 2009

The ECRN continues to implement actively the High Level Group results in its member regions: On 29th April 2009, the first implementation event after the Ústí conference took place in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. Under the heading “Chemical industry

ECRN disseminates High Level Group results in its regions: Successful High Level Group Follow up Conference in Ústí nad Labem on 16th/17th April 2009 – Final Report available now!

The High Level Group (HLG) Follow-up Conference “Delivering the HLG results in the regions” which took place on 16th/17th April 2009 in Ústí nad Labem/ Czech Republic was a big success for the ECRN and its member region Ústí,