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Circular STEP - Regional Policy Dialogue

Circular STEP - Regional Policy Dialogue

18 October (9:00) - 19 October (18:00) 2023
Zira Hotel, Ruzveltova 35, Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Important points

  • Meeting agenda:  available here.
  • Logistics note: available here.
  • Venue: Mikonos Conference Room, Hotel Golden Tulip Zira Belgrade, Ruzveltova 35
  • Participation: Kindly note that registration for in-person participation for this meeting is closed. Should you have any questions or last minute requests for participation, please contact us at [email protected]  

Background

Realizing a just and successful circular economy transition requires engaging a multitude of stakeholders at the nexus of several area of expertise, including digitalization, agriculture, business management, governance and policy, innovation, and finance.

This fall, UNECE in collaboration with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia organized the first in-person Regional Policy Dialogue in the framework of Stakeholder Engagement Platform Circular STEP. This meeting was organized under the UNDA-funded project “Accelerating transition towards Circular Economy in UNECE region” and launched analytical studies developed under the project.

The Regional Policy Dialogue facilitated the sharing of good practices, experiences and lessons learned in order to close knowledge gaps between advanced and less advanced countries and leaving no one behind. 

Topics to be covered during the meeting:

  • Increasing Circularity: The Role of Public Policy
  • Strategic Foresight on Circular Economy in the UNECE Region
  • Accelerating Circular Economy Through Innovations
  • Stimulating Circular Business Models
  • Accelerating Circular Economy Through Digital Solutions
  • Enabling Circularity: The Role of Traceability
  • Accelerating Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector
  • Mobilizing Financing for Accelerating Circular Economy

Presentations 

Session No.

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic of the presentation

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1 Increasing Circularity: the Role of Public Policy

William Neale

Adviser on Circular Economy, European Commission

Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe

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Aleksandra Vučinić

Head of Department for Circular Economy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia

Increasing Circularity - the Role of Public Policy in the Republic of Serbia

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Marija Čebular Zajec

Secretary, Directorate of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Internationalization, Ministry of the Economy, Slovenia

Increasing Circularity - Slovenia - The Role of Public Policy | UNECE

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Chynybek Nurmashov

Expert of the Reform Monitoring and Analysis Division of the Political and Economic Research Department of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic

Increasing Circularity - the Role of Public Policy in the Kyrgyz Republic

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Ani Martkoplishvili

Senior Specialist, Waste Management Division, Waste and Chemicals Management Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Increasing Circularity - the Role of Public Policy in Georgia

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Claire Marion Thiebault

Programme Management Officer, UNEP/GACERE

Increasing Circularity - Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency

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Anders Ladefoged

Director and Head of European Affairs, Confederation of Danish Industries, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Increasing Circularity - European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform

 PDF

2 Strategic Foresight on Circular Economy in the UNECE Region

Lenka Chobotová

Principal, Systems and Sector Transformation, School of International Futures

Strategic Foresight on Circular Economy in the UNECE Region

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3 Accelerating Circular Economy Through Innovations

Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia

Lecturer, the Department of Economics at the University of Deusto in Donostia-San Sebastian

Accelerating Circular Economy Through Innovations and the Role of Public Procurement | UNECE

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Tim Forslund

Circular Economy Specialist, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Accelerating Circular Economy Through Innovations - Examples from Finland and from Sitra | UNECE

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4 Stimulating Circular Business Models

Ana Mitić-Radulović

Project Coordinator, UNDP

Stimulating Circular Business Models – spotlight on UNDP

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Tatiana Chernyavskaya

Industrial Development Expert, UNIDO

 Stimulating Circular Business Models – spotlight on UNIDO

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Dušanka Kalezić

Advisor of the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia

Stimulating Circular Business Models in the Republic of Serbia | UNECE

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Zhibek Koibagarova

Head of Section of State Environmental Inspection and Permission, Committee of Environmental Regulation and Control, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Stimulating Circular Business Models – spotlight on the Republic of Kazakhstan

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5 Accelerating Circular Economy Through Digital Solutions

Khaled Soufani & Samsurin Welch

Director, Circular Economy Centre, University of Cambridge and

Associate, University of Cambridge

 Leveraging Digital Solutions for Circular Economy transition

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Yanina Liubyva

Open Data Expert, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

 Leveraging Digital Solutions for Circular Economy transition in Ukraine

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6 Enabling Circularity: the Role of Traceability

Claire Marion Thiebault

Programme Management Officer, UNEP

Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain - the Role of Traceability | UNECE

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Jack Barrie

Research Fellow, Environment and Society Programme, Chatham House

Accelerating Circular Economy - the Role of Transparency and Traceability | UNECE

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7 Accelerating Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector

Robert van Otterdijk

Agro-Industry Officer, Food Loss and Waste Reduction, Market Linkages and Value Chains, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Europe and Central Asia | UNECE

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Felipe Cozim Melges and Clark Halpern

Guest Researchers, Wageningen University and Research

Redesigning Food Systems through Circularity Our Path to Respecting Planetary Boundaries

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Snežana Savčić-Petrić

Senior Advisor, Head of the Group for International Cooperation and Risk Analysis in the Field of Food and Feed Safety, Plant Protection Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia

 Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector

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8 Mobilizing Financing for Accelerating Circular Economy

Patrick Schröder

Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Society Programme, Chatham House

Mobilizing Financing for the Circular Economy | UNECE

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Contact information

Should you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]If you have last minute registration, please write us at [email protected].  

Joining Circular STEP

Apply to join Circular STEP Stakeholder Engagement Platform by filling in the Membership Questionnaire (membership is subject to approval).

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