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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

The Green Economy in practice: illustrations from the EU SWITCH programmes
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

The green economy is a pathway to sustainable development. But how can we promote the transition within each sector and value chain? This publication takes us to a journey across selected economic sectors, with a view to inspiring and encouraging a switch to green, notably circular, practices...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Revised publication: Green Economy - Results and indicators for Development
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

This guidance for action design has been developed by DEVCO Unit 04 “Evaluation and Results” jointly with DEVCO Thematic Units. It is addressed to all colleagues involved in the preparation of action documents and project documents and offers a handy tool to develop solid logical framework matrices...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Stefano Manservisi opens the EU regional circular economy conference in Dakar
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

Accompanied by around 40 European representatives, notably from the private sector, DGs Manservisi and Calleja led the European Commission team in a successful regional high-level conference on circular economy, green industries and jobs in Dakar. More than 250 participants attended, including...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Building on EU’s Domestic Experience in Inclusive Green Economy – case 6: the COSME Programme and the Enterprise Europe Network, by the SWITCH to Green facility
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

COSME, Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprise, aims to promote the creation and growth of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as well as the competitiveness and sustainability of EU's enterprises and in particular SMEs. The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is the main...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Let's promote Sustainable Tourism together - SwitchMed launches a series of travel guides
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

The Switchers Travel Guides highlight sustainable businesses in 6 countries from the Mediterranean: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. The aim is to provide an alternative to conventional tourism hotspots, and encourage authentic interactions with local communities and...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Building on EU’s Domestic Experience in Inclusive Green Economy – case 5: Eco-innovation – An EU Action Plan, by the SWITCH to Green facility
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

In December 2011 the European Commission adopted an Eco-innovation Action Plan (EcoAP), putting eco-innovation at the heart of EU policies. Together with green technologies, eco-innovation is key to delivering many aspects of the circular economy : industrial symbiosis or ecologies, cradle-to-...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Building on EU’s Domestic Experience in Inclusive Green Economy – case 4: the Life Programme, by the SWITCH to Green facility
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

The Life programme , one of the main EU financial instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects throughout the EU, exists since 1992 and has co-financed some 4306 projects. For the 2014-2020 period, it contributes approximately € 3.4 billion to the protection...

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Isabelle Demolin shared an event to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Launch of EU SWITCH-Asia Programme in Central Asia, Supporting Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

05 Jul

From 5 July 2019
in (Kyrgyzstan)

On Friday, 5 July 2019, EU SWITCH-Asia will be launched in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, at the Orion Hotel, to introduce the programme in Central Asia, discuss challenges and opportunities related to SCP and define its work plan for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for the...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Building on EU’s Domestic Experience in Inclusive Green Economy – case 3: the EU Strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility, by the SWITCH to Green facility
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

The European Commission promotes Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the EU and encourages enterprises to adhere to international guidelines and principles. CSR refers to companies taking responsibility for their impact on society. CSR is important for the sustainability, competitiveness, and...

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Isabelle Demolin shared information to the group Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

Building on EU’s Domestic Experience in Inclusive Green Economy – case 2: EU Green Public Procurement (GPP), by the SWITCH to Green facility
Original group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

The basic concept of GPP relies on having clear, verifiable, justifiable and ambitious environmental criteria for products and services in the public procurement process, based on a life-cycle approach and scientific evidence base. The European Commission and a number of European Union Member...

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This group provides a common space to facilitate collaboration and exchange information and knowledge. All those interested in environmental issues in the Eastern Neighbourhood countries are invited to join and contribute. The group includes a page for each on-going regional project funded by the EU to tackle environmental challenges. News from such projects are regularly posted.

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