EU Green Week partner event

EU Green Week partner event – ECIV Interregional collaboration in the European Circular Innovation Valley

Hybrid event: Brussels (venue tbc) and online

Registration: https://www.navarra.es/es/web/forms/shared/-/form/45456267

AGENDA

14:00 – 14:30 h RIVs presentation
Presenter: to be defined (representative of the European Commission)
Objective: Provide an overview of RIVs (The Regional Innovation Valleys) and creating alliances and partnerships.
Expected outcome:
•    RIVs as drivers of competitiveness and regional development- European Commission representative.
•    Short presentation of RIVs sister projects-5 min/each
•    PRECISEU Personalised Medicine Empowerment Connecting Innovation Ecosystem Across Europe
•    RIV Circular
•    System EU
•    Unite

14:30 – 15:00 h Circular Economy for a competitive Europe
Presenter: to be defined (representative of the European Commission)
Objective: Provide an overview of the Clean Industry Deal and the role of a circular transition for a competitive Europe.
Expected outcome:
•    Clean Industry Deal presentation
•    The role of the Circular Economy in a competitive industrial ecosystem
•    The role of regions in the support to industrial transition
•    15:00- 15:30 h ECIV presentation
Presenter: Delia Sola (Government of Navarra) Objective: Stakeholder engagement on the project
Expected outcome:
•    Introduction to the ECIV project objectives
•    Explanation of the open calls of December 2025
•    Calendar of the project with relevant milestones for the stakeholders.

15:30 – 16:00 ECIV: a collaborative approach to circular economy missions
Presenter: Nadine Aschenbach (Dalarna Region)
Objective: Explore ECIV’s innovative approach to achieving circularity, combining an interregional ecosystem-based strategy with place-based mini-missions.
Expected outcomes:
•    Learn how ECIV’s unique collaborative model, using the «Dance floor» approach, facilitates the development and implementation of impactful circular economy missions across multiple regions
•    Increased understanding of ECIV’s unique combined strategy for driving circular economy innovation.
•    Identification of opportunities for cross-sectoral collaboration within the ECIV network and across regions.
•    Enhanced awareness of how regional leadership and interregional collaboration are driving circular economy innovation.

16:00 – 17:20 h ECIV Stakeholders networking
– Breaking rooms for matchmaking networking opportunities –
Facilitators: to be defined
Objective:
•    Breakout rooms for matchmaking and networking opportunities, allowing stakeholders to connect based on mutual interests and objectives.
•    Provide an interactive environment for deeper collaboration and engagement.
Expected outcomes:
•    Networking: Facilitated matchmaking sessions where stakeholders meet, discuss, and explore potential collaboration.
•    Partnerships: Opportunities for forming alliances and partnerships.
•    Stakeholders’ engagement with missions
•    Engagement with intermediaries’ collaborations (eg. EEN, European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Circular Cities and Regions Initiative, Europe Business Associations, etc)

17:20 – 17:30 h Closure
Speaker: to be defined
Objective: Summarize the key takeaways from each presentation and outline next steps.