The fifth stakeholder meeting in Estonia was held on 20th November in the Bliss Conference Centre in Tallinn, Estonia. It focused on introducing the actions in the Estonian Towards EMAS Action Plan.

During the meeting, we summarised the activities of the Phase 1 of the project including the process of developing the Estonian Towards EMAS Action Plan. The measures that have been developed to motivate and companies to implement EMAS were introduced and discussed during the meeting. Also, the main actions of the Second Phase to implement the action plan were put forward.

The newly created Estonian Circular Economy Forum was also presented at the meeting as well as the plans of the Estonian Ministry of the Environment to foster circular economy.

The event gathered 30 stakeholders eager to learn and exchange information about circular economy, resource efficiency and environmental management systems:

• Representatives of the Estonian Ministry of the Environment and other public authorities

• Business representatives

• NGOs