SMARTWASTE invites you to its hybrid high-level political dissemination event, set to unfold in Sofia and online on 11 May 2023. This event will act as the project’s final event and will serve as an occasion to reflect on its outcome and build upon its results.
The event will give you key elements to improve public authorities’ waste management strategies, to strive towards more circularity. The morning will be dedicated to conferences to give you a detailed background on the situation, while the afternoon will be focused on interactive working groups.
Discover the full agenda below and register here!
Agenda
09:00 – 09:30 Registration of participants
09:30 – 09:50 Welcome and opening – Assya Dobrudjalieva, BAMEE, Svetla Bozhkova, Director Directorate Waste at Ministry of Environment and Water, (BG)
09:50 – 10:10 Innovating waste management policies in Europe: the Interreg Europe Project SMART WASTE – Massimiliano Di Mattia, Lead Partner ARRR (IT)
10:10 – 10:30 Interreg Europe: State of Play – Mariame Ammour, JS Interreg Europe
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote speech: Advancing circular transition and green growth, Municipality of Sofia, Municipality of Burgas and Municipality of Gabrovo
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break and networking
11:30 – 13:00 INTERACTIVE PANEL: the SMART WASTE way, guided by Irene Pettinelli, Resolvo
The interactive panel involves the SMART WASTE partner territories – Tuscany (IT), Municipality of Kolding (DK), Klaipeda (LT), Bulgaria, Municipality of Apeldoorn (NL) – discussing their project path and how interregional cooperation has helped them to improve local / regional waste policies. Active participation from the audience is welcome.
13:00 – 14:30 Networking lunch
14:30 – 15:45 Interactive working groups: Advancing smart waste management across Europe, learnings from SMART WASTE
- Technologies for waste collection and recycling, Moderated by Carla Fransen, Municipality of Apeldoorn
- The circular role of local authorities in boosting the FIVE Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Rot, Recycle, Moderated by Ernest Kovács, ACR+
- Funding, designing and monitoring innovative waste management measures, Moderated by Massimiliano Di Mattia, LP ARRR
Parallel working groups moderated by SMART WASTE partners and involving all participants. Discussion in the working groups will run in parallel. In the last part there will be a plenary session, with the 3 moderators drawing conclusions and exchanging on the outcomes of discussion in their working group.
- 15:45 – 16:00 Wrap-up, conclusions and final remarks, Massimiliano Di Mattia, Lead Partner ARRR (IT)
