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 undertaken most successfully under the specific regional conditions of Saxony-Anhalt in the future. Among the topics discussed were innovation, strategic alliances and logistics. Concerning chemical logistics, Minister of Economy and Labour of Saxony-Anhalt and ECRN President, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, pointed to the transnational chemical logistics project ChemLog and also stressed the role of the ECRN network in strengthening the chemical logistics in Central and Eastern Europe in the near future.