An exhibition on the Circular Economy in the Mediterranean region showcasing impactful stories from the SwitchMed programme. The exhibition will begin on 14th November and will last open to the public for one month at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau site.
Remarks by Maciej Popowski, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission, and insights from SwitchMed change-makers:
Lina Al Kurdi, Founder, LE Energies
Hossam Allam, Regional Programme Manager, Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
Chadi Faraj, Founder, Bus Map Project
Samy Awad, Chairman, Alexandria Company for Industrial Packages
Roberta De Palma, Chief Technical Adviser, Industrial Resource Efficiency Unit, Department of Environment at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
"How adoption of Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) can transform the economic and environmental outlook of the whole manufacturing sector and which leverages can boost scaling up of RECP in South Mediterranean countries - panel discussion with experts and representatives from public and private sectors".
Moderator:
Vladimir Dobes, TEST Senior Advisor at UNIDO
Presentation by:
David Assaf, Head of the Environment Division, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Israel
Speakers:
Abdelkader Fergui, General Manager, National Center for Cleaner Production Technologies, Algeria
Miroslav Maly, Associate Director, Green Economy Financing Facilities Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Team, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mark Goedkoop, Founder of PRé, The Netherlands
Seloua Amaziane, Director, Partnership, Communication, and Cooperation Division, Delegated Ministry of Environment, Morocco
Giovanna Ceglie, UNIDO Representative and Director Regional office MENA
Panel discussion with policymakers from the region and Europe, technical experts and EU representatives. What are the latest policy developments and prospects on Circular Economy Policies? Sharing best practices from the Northern and Southern Mediterranean countries on how to develop an enabling policy environment for the Circular Economy.
Moderator:
Magali Outters, Team Leader, SwitchMed Policy at the Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)
Speakers:
Maria Rincon-Lievana, Policy Officer, DG Environment, Unit Sustainable Production, Products & Consumption, European Commission
Giorgos Kremlis, Honorary Director DG Environment, European Commission
Nathalie Boyer, Director OREE and Ambassador of Circular Economy to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, France
Mohamad Afaneh, Director of Policy & Development, Ministry of Environment, Jordan
Nabil Hamdi, Programme Director, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Tunisia
Hossam Allam, Regional Programme Manager, Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
Parallel sessions. Get insights from SwitchMed on-the-ground experience and deep dive into sectoral policy discussions to accelerate the switch to a Circular Economy. Participants are invited to choose among one of the following sessions:
Policies for sustainable consumption: the Mediterranean experience - Auditorium Pau Gil
Moderators:
Elisa Tonda, Head of Consumption and Production Unit, Resources and Market Branch, Economy Division, UN Environment
Luc Reuter, SwitchMed National Policy Coordinator, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
Speakers
Hossam Allam & Ghada Moghny, Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
Ohad Carny, Ministry of Environmental Protection of Israel
Adi Ashkenazi, Environmental Authority, Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality
Nabil Hamdi, Programme Director, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Tunisia
Enabling Policy Instruments to address Circular Economy Opportunities in the Textile Value Chains - Floor -1/ Room 1-2
Moderator:
Magali Outters, Team Leader, SwitchMed Policy at the Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)
Speakers:
Noelia Montero, Expert in sustainable and circular fashion (representing the SwitchMed pilot project)
Monica Melero Rejas, Founder & CEO Moves to Slow Fashion, Member of the board of directors of Sustainable Fashion Barcelona Association
Hussam Hanouni, CTO and Co-founder, FabricAID
Faiza Hajji, Association du Docteur Fatiha, Morocco
Enabling instruments to implement safe alternatives to toxic chemicals - Floor 1 / Room 3
Moderator:
Kimberley de Miguel, Project Manager, Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)
Speakers:
Roland Weber, Environmental Consultant, POPs international expert, main author of the SwitchMed publication on alternatives to toxic chemicals in the Mediterranean Region
Arianna Gamba, Procurement Policy and Projects Officer, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
Semia Gharbi, AEEFG, Hub regional IPEN-MENA/ North Africa – Professor, Environmentalist and Consultant, Tunisia
Panel discussion. How to promote Green Entrepreneurship and Grassroots Ecological Innovation? Experiences and lessons learnt from SwitchMed in the Mediterranean region.
Moderator:
Giorgio Mosangini, Team Leader, SwitchMed Green Entrepreneurship & Civil Society at the SCP/RAC
Speakers:
Ali Abo Sena, Director of Egypt National Cleaner Production Centre, Egypt
Parallel sessions. Get insights from SwitchMed on-the ground experience and join the debate on how to accelerate eco and social innovation in the Mediterranean region. Participants are invited to choose among one of the following sessions:
Innovative financial instruments for green entrepreneurs in MENA - Auditorium Francesc Cambó
The session’s goals are to share the main findings of SwitchMed related to the finance challenges faced by Green Entrepreneurs, provide an open space to discuss, collect feedbacks and facilitate peer learning among the involved actors.
Moderators:
Alessandra Sensi, Head of Sector Environment and Blue Economy Water and Environment Division UfM
Claudia Pani, Project Manager, SCP/RAC
Speakers:
Daniel Sorrosal, Policy and Advocacy Manager, FEBEA
Hala Mujalli, Finance Expert, Jordan
Michelle Mouracade, Country Director for Lebanon, Alfanar
Najib Saab, Secretary General, Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
Tracy El Achkar, Project Manager, Viridis Fund
How to design a business in the circular economy - Auditorium Pau Gil
Based on the real experience of a company and from entrepreneurs that eco-designs its products, we will analyze the main problems faced by companies when eco-designing and as well as existing opportunities and solutions.
Moderators:
Yair Engel, Director, Kayama - Center for Sustainable Design / EPEA Cradle to Cradle Israel
Anna Ibañez de Arolas, Project Manager, SCP/RAC
Speakers:
Irene Diez Ruiz, General Manager, ECOALF Foundation
Andrés Gallardo, eco-innovation Strategist at Inèdit
Michal Bitterman, CEO and Co-Founder of The Natural Step Israel branch
Shimrit Penkol-Finkel, CEO at of ECOncrete
Mar Güell Blasi, Sustainability Manager, Public Affairs IBERIA, DANONE
How to facilitate access to market and global value chains for green entrepreneurs - Floor -1/ Rooms 1-2
In this session, we will revisit the challenges faced by the Switchers (green entrepreneurs) for accessing to markets and explore a spectrum of solutions in response to these challenges. In addition, we like to discuss the type of partnerships (sector specific or across sectors) needed to effectively enable access to markets.
Moderator:
Burcu Tunçer, Team Leader, SwitchMed Networking Facility, Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)
Speakers:
Ahmed Nour, Business Development Lead, Yomken
Malick Kane, Green Production and Export Project, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Frank Maul, Head of Import Promotion Desk, Germany
Noa Aharoni, Manager Cleantech and Construction-tech sectors, IEICI - Export Institute Israel
Round table discussions. Join these roundtable discussions to exchange and co-create with your peers and potential new partners, in order to accelerate the Circular Economy. The roundtable discussions offer a platform for cross-country and cross-sector exchange and for exploring new collaboration opportunities.
Financing SCP Practices: Fostering South-South Green Dialogue (hosted by Switch Africa / SEFEA) - Floor -1/ Rooms 1-2
This seminar wants to be a catalyst for an exchange between experts from the MENA and Sub-Saharan regions, discussing best practices, challenges and opportunities when devising solutions for the financing of SCP practices.
Davide Libralesso, Head of Programmes and International Relations, Etimos Foundation
Paolo Pastore, Director, Fairtrade Italia
Green entrepreneurship and women: perspectives for cooperation in the Mediterranean (hosted by Generalitat de Catalunya) - 2nd Floor/ Room 3-4
In this session, stakeholders from the two shores of the Mediterranean will look at key facts such as the empowerment of women, social and solidarity-based economy (SSE), equity in the labour market and formalisation of the submerged / informal economy in which many women develop small economic activities.
Moderator:
Mireia Borrell, General Director of External Affairs, Government of Catalonia
Speakers:
Cristian Bevacqua, Country Relationship Manager for Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, Advisor on Youth and Employment, Oxfam Italy
Rudaina Haddad, Founder, Al Marj, Jordan
Fatiha Hassouni, Head of Sector Gender equality & Women empowerment at the Union for the Mediterranean
Jordi Panal, Consultancy and Finance director at IES MED
SWITCH Synergies: Get to know other regional SCP Programmes & connect for synergies (co-hosted by the EU SWITCH to Green Flagship Initiative) - Auditorium Pau Gil
This session aims to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange and to provide input on how the SwitchMed beneficiaries can get value from the different SWITCH regional programmes.
Moderator:
Alexander Charalambous, Team Leader, EU SWITCH to Green Flagship Initiative
Speakers:
Isabelle Demolin on behalf of SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility
Rhoda Wachira, Programme Officer, SWITCH Africa Green Programme
Fabienne Pierre, One Planet Network (10 Year Framework Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production) Secretariat
Wrap up and looking into the future. The Chairpersons of each track will be sharing the key learnings and highlights of SwitchMed Connect 2018.
Closing notes by Josep Maria Tost and Borràs, Director at the Waste Agency of Catalonia (ARC)
Josep Maria Tost i Borràs
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