Description

EU Circular Talks is a new exchange concept of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder platform. It aims to encourage stakeholders to interact and discuss circular economy topics using the platform.

Stakeholders can initiate the topics themselves and discuss them using different forms of online events: workshops, seminars, debates and Q&As. These are followed by discussions on the website in the platform’s forum. #EUCircularTalks uses a range of communication channels to inform the community and foster debates on the circular economy.

Webinar

On 19 March at 10am CET, OVAM, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), UNEP International Resource Panel, UNEP Environment and Trade Hub and ECESP are hosting a webinar on trade, resource extraction and circular economy.

The event will bring the trade and circular economy communities together to increase awareness of the issues raised in the UNEP-IRP Sustainable Trade in Resources report, and feed into the upcoming discussion on the EU’s trade policy review and the future of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The webinar will also present the findings of the UNEP-IRP report.

Ahead of the event, participants are invited to engage in an online discussion on the ECESP Forum and LinkedIn and provide feedback on the policy recommendations mentioned in the report.

Agenda

Welcome and introduction

Sofie Bouteligier (OVAM)
Francesca Carlsson (EEB)

Presentation of the UNEP-IRP Sustainable Trade in Resources report

Christina Bodouroglou (IRP Secretariat, UNEP)
Colette van der Ven (UNEP Consultant, International Trade Lawyer, Founder and Director of TULIP Consulting)

The EU’s trade initiative

Madelaine Tuininga (European Commission)

Views from the European Parliament (tbc)

Q&A and discussionWrap-up and next steps

Sofie Bouteligier (OVAM)
Francesca Carlsson (EEB)

Register here.