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REGISTER NOW! ECRN hybrid event: How to bridge the skills gap to enable the green and digital transformation of the chemical industry

On 17 May 2022, in the framework of the European Vocational Skills Week 2022, the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) is organising the hybrid conference “How to bridge the skills gap to enable the green and digital transformation

EVENT FOLLOW-UP – ECRN Conference: Waste as a feedstock for the Circular Economy, challenges and opportunities for the chemical industry

On 20th April 2022, ECRN organised an online conference to discuss the use of waste as feedstock for the circular economy, particularly within the chemical sector. Folco Ciulli, ECRN Executive Director and moderator, opened the conference with and

REGISTER NOW! ECRN online event: Waste as a feedstock for the Circular Economy – challenges and opportunities for the chemical industry

On 20th April 2022, the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) is organising a virtual conference “Waste as a feedstock for the circular economy – challenges and opportunities for the chemical industry”. The event will be combined with the

Brightlands Materials Center participates in CPA brainstorming session

On 24th February, the Circular Plastics Alliance organised a brainstorming session to discuss obstacles and challenges hampering plastics recycling. In line with the participatory and hands-on approach of the CPA, the session featured seven projects presenting real problems

SYSCHEMIQ project to receive €9.6 million in EU funding

The international research and demonstration project SYSCHEMIQ has been successfully evaluated and will receive €9.6 million in funding from the Horizon Europe programme. The project will start this year and continue through 2025. ECRN is one of the

ECRN position paper on waste management and shipment

The European Chemical Regions Network contributed to the call for evidence for an impact assessment on the revision of the EU waste framework. In line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action

ECRN contribution to the Scoping Paper of the JTP Working Group on Chemicals

In 2021, ECRN was selected as part of the first circle of core members of the Just Transition Platform Working Group on Chemicals, which supports carbon-intensive regions and the European Commission in developing a common transition vision and

SUMMARY: First meeting of the Just Transition Platform (JTP) Working Group on Chemicals

ECRN was recently selected as part of the first circle of core members of the Just Transition Platform Working Group on Chemicals. The first meeting of the Working Group took place on 18th November 2021 and was dedicated

EVENT FOLLOW-UP – ECRN Conference: EU regions as key players in the transition to the sustainable and circular chemical sector

10th November 2021 – In the framework of the First Global Sustainable Chemistry Week, on 10 November 2021, ECRN organised an online conference to discuss the role of regions as key players in the transition to a sustainable