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Workshop on good practices to promote sustainable activities at regional level, building incentives for SMEs towards the circular economy.

11/02/2022

Workshop on good practices to promote sustainable activities at regional level, building incentives for SMEs towards the circular economy.

Exchange of good practices of European regions addressing circular economy incentives for SMEs using the Taxonomy regulation for the classification of economic activities with substantial contribution to the circular economy transition. Organised by the Delegation of the Government of Navarra in Brussels. The event will have Spanish-English and English-Spanish simultaneous translations.

AGENDA:

11:00 - 11:05: Welcome and introduction.

Mikel Irujo, Minister of Economic and Business Development in the Government of Navarra

11:05 - 11:20: A more sustainable industry in Europe through the transition to a greener and circular economy by SMEs.

Alberto Valenzano, GROW.D2, European Commission

11:20 - 11:35: Benefits for SMEs of taxonomy regulation and of voluntary reporting of economic activities.

Georg Raab, Taxonomy workstream across, DG GROW, European Commission

11:35 - 12:20: Good practices at the regional level using the taxonomy regulation as a tool for the definition of incentives towards circularity:

  • The case of the Navarre region in the implementation of taxonomy for accelerating the transition. Uxue Itoiz, Director General for industry, energy and strategic projects of the Government of Navarra.
  • NRW region - Germany. Jens Teubler, Wuppertal Institut
  • Insights coming from the Cross-regional cooperation experience of REPLACE (regional policy action for circular economy) project. Sara Bergamin, VELTHA

12:20 - 12:25: Q&A

12:25- 12:30: Closing.

Sergio Pérez García, General Director for Foreign Affairs of the Government of

Moderator: Beatriz Irala. EU Delegation of the Government of Navarre

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