The importance of theoretical and practical knowledge of the circular economy (CE), as well as the country’s transition to it, is one of the key stages on the path to sustainable development in Ukraine. This was the main message of an online event organised under the EU4Environment Action, led by UNIDO and in cooperation with the RECP Centre in Ukraine.
On the 6th of June, an online event “BUILDING NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY” was held to present … Read more…
Recovering Ukraine’s infrastructure and revitalising its economy requires a forward-looking approach that prioritises minimising environmental impact and at the same time opens up new opportunities for businesses and society as a whole. On 17 April 2024, as part of the World Circular Economy Forum, the accelerator session ‘Ukraine’s Circular Reconstruction’ under the EU4Environment Action was organised by UNIDO and the European Commission Directorates General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DGNEAR)… Read more…
On 13-14 March, the regional conference “Building the ground for a green economy: Lessons learned from cooperation in the Eastern Partnership framework” was held in Brussels as part of the EU-funded EU4Environment Action. The event brought together representatives from the European Commission, UNIDO, UNEP and Eastern Partnership countries. The event provided a platform for sharing results, experiences and lessons learnt during the implementation of the Action... Read more…
The second interactive Panel of Experts “Transformation Pathways for the circular economy in Ukraine industry” worked on the fourth stage – ‘Transformation pathways’ – of the 4-stage foresight exercise. It took place in a hybrid format on 24 January 2024, and explored the connections between visions and pathways for the future development of the CE in Ukraine, and defined the roles and actions of the key stakeholders as the main agents of change in this process... Read more…
The Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre has set its new promising milestone aiming to expand its own activities and support Ukraine in green recovery!
Under the European Union-funded, EU4Environment Action, the National conference on “Circular Economy For Green Recovery of Ukraine” took place on 19 December 2023, in a hybrid format. This year’s event provided a platform to further discuss the challenges and opportunities for the country’s green recovery… Read more…
The first, but not the last, panel of experts “Visions and pathways for Circular Economy in Ukraine” is over!
Today, on 7 December, national and international experts in Circular Economy (CE) gathered online to discuss scenarios, visions and pathways for the future CE development in Ukraine.
It is worth mentioning that the panel was preceded by an expert survey specially designed by experienced UNIDO experts from abroad. More than 100 respondents in Ukraine provided their answers to a not so simple questionnaire. Read more…
The circular economy (CE) is a well-known concept promoted by the European Union, governments and businesses around the world. It aims to reassess the way in which economies grow, moving beyond the traditional industrial model of ‘Take-Make-Waste’. Instead, CE proposes a different, 3Rs model, starting from the principle to ‘Reduce-Reuse-Recycle’.
Today, Ukrainian businesses mostly rely on the application of modern, innovative international practices and approaches, in order to improve their productivity and reduce negative the impact on the environment. Notably, some have already incorporated CE principles into their operations, even before the progressive, environmentally sound, and economically viable nature of CE was recognized. In light of the current circumstances, it is paramount to amplify and replicate such endeavors, and to promote the pioneering firms and and their success stories in implementing CE. Read more…
The 1st interactive consultation workshop “Scoping the future of circular economy in Ukraine” was held online on 11 October 2023. The workshop aimed to bring together representatives of Ukrainian ministries and CE experts to discuss issues related to the strategic foresight for circular economy development in Ukraine under the EU4Environment Action, with funding from the EU and the German Government, as well as to outline the scope and analyse the challenges and opportunities for CE development in Ukraine, Read more…
A one-day workshop “Foresight for Industrial Strategy in Ukraine: case study on the Circular Economy” took place on 26 September 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, following an inception workshop on industrial policymaking held in June 2023.
This series of training courses are part of the project “Industrial capacity-building, policy advice and diagnostics for the green recovery of Ukraine” funded by the, Read more…
The traditional meeting of the RECP Centre and all stakeholders on the industrial development projects implementation in Ukraine took place online on March 9, 2023. Thus, all participants – the RECP Centre, representatives of the relevant ministries (Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Economy of Ukraine) and manufacturing enterprises, experts, associations – joined the meeting organized by the Centre. The event focused on presenting the implementation results of the “Circular Economy and New Growth Opportunities” component of the EU-funded EU4Environment Action in Ukraine and the RECP Center’s activities, Read more…
Due to the RF’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, which began a year ago on February 24, 2022, the Ukrainian economy suffered the largest losses since independence due to the significant destruction of critical infrastructure. At the same time, the territory of Ukraine suffers from additional environmental impacts every day, despite the reduction of industrial emissions. Ukrainian businesses are struggling to find ways to restore their capacities and create safe working conditions to meet the population’s demand for critical goods and services. Read more…
The Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre invites the relocated national manufacturing enterprises to join an online survey developed as part of the EU4Environment Programme funded by the European Union.
The online survey is designed to collect information from the relocated national industrial enterprises to identify their current problems and needs. Read more…
The EU-funded EU4Environment Programme is expanding its activities and supports the green industry recovery and relocation of Ukrainian enterprises!
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the aggressor country began, over 400 enterprises have been damaged or destroyed, 15% of which are large and medium-sized companies and the rest are small. Read more…
A greener industrial sector is crucial for the development and resilience of our economies and societies. Enhancing industry’s resource, energy and carbon productivity is particularly significant in the case of Ukraine, where the current context demands an approach focused on the resilience, recovery and reconstruction of industries. Taking stock of this year’s challenges, Read more…
A series of three trainings became the logical continuation of the online information event as of October 20, 2022 (“Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and its benefits for manufacturing enterprises”). The trainings were united not only by the generalized title “Deep dive into PEF”, but also by the core topic – all of them were focused on studying the methodologies of product environmental footprint assessment and product life cycle analysis. Read more…
If you want to acquire new knowledge on assessing the environmental impact of products and improve your professional skills, we invite you to participate in the pilot Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) assessment within the framework of the EU-funded EU4Environment Programme.
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With the support of UNIDO and the European Union (EU), Ukraine is making progress on the path towards industrial recovery, making it a green, resilient, and sustainable one. Initiated with an online event (20 October 2022) on the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology and its benefits for manufacturing enterprises, the conversation on green and sustainable production has quickly gained traction among Ukrainian manufacturers and producers. Read more…
On 20 October 2022, between 14:00-17:00, stakeholders interested in or working on green economy, circular economy, resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP), and environmental protection are invited to an online event about the introduction of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) under the European Union’s Single Market for Green Product (SMGP) initiative. Read more…
The Fourth EU4Environment Regional Assembly gathered in Paris on 22 and 23 September 2022. The event was held in a hybrid format, so live communication took place in the International Energy Agency, and those who could not come in person joined the event via Zoom. Read more…
On 15 December 2021, the National Conference “CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT” within the EU-funded “EU4Environment” Action took place virtually, in Ukraine. The event started off with a promotional video on Circular Economy, developed and designed by the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Centre in Ukraine as part of the EU4Environment Action. Read more…
On November 18, 2021 an information meeting was held online on industrial waste mapping (IWM) for enterprises from the Slavuta City Territorial Community within the “Circular Economy and New Growth Opportunities” component of the EU-funded “EU4Environment” Action in Ukraine. It was another meeting of the representatives of the Slavuta City Territorial Community (CTC), Read more…
On November 18, 2021 an information meeting was held online on industrial waste mapping (IWM) for enterprises from the Davydiv Village Territorial Community within the “Circular Economy and New Growth Opportunities” component of the EU-funded “EU4Environment” Action in Ukraine. Read more…
The “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment) Action, funded by the European Union, supports the integration of eco-innovative business approaches in the EaP countries and contributes to the “greening” of SMEs, i.e. reducing their environmental impacts while improving environmental performance and productivity growth of SMEs. Read more…
Waste Mapping has started in Ukraine within the framework of “Circular Economy and New Growth Opportunities” Component of the EU-funded “EU4Environment” Action. The Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre (RECP Centre) is the national partner for United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in implementing this component. Read more…
The annual Advisory Board (AB) meeting organized online by the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre in Ukraine took place on March 25, 2021. The representatives of target ministries, international organizations, financial institutions, industrial enterprises, the group of stakeholders of the EU4Environment Action and other stakeholders participated in the event. Read more…
The kick-off stakeholders meeting on the “Circular Economy and New Growth Opportunities” component of the EU4Environment Action in Ukraine took place on 25 February 2021. The online event was targeted on presenting the progress made during 2019-2020, Read more…
The RECP Centre calls for industrial companies to enhance their own resource efficiency and join the EU4Environment programme (financed by the EU). Participation in the Programme will bring the following benefits: Read more…
On December 16, 2020, the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre hold the national online conference “Ecomoderization of Ukrainian industry: from resource efficiency to circular economy”. It became a landmark event for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project. Read more…
A 2-day training aimed to highlight gender issues in greening the national industry were held on November 25-26, 2020. In the context of gender mainstreaming to the EU-funded Programme “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment), the Training Workshop Series on Gender Sensitization in Greening the National Industry was carried out by UNIDO as a part of its work, Read more…
A 2-day online training “Recycling for the Footwear and Apparel Industry” was held on September 24-25, 2020.
The training workshop is part of the specialized RECP trainings within the EU-funded programme “European Union for Environment (EU4Environment)” carried out by UNIDO as a part of its work on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) and Circular Economy in six countries of the Eastern Partnership region, Read more…
A 2-day online training “Environmental Management Systems” was held on July 30-31, 2020 within the framework of the programme “European Union for Environment” (EU4Environment) funded by the European Union. Johannes Fresner delivered the Workshop. He has been for years the UNIDO expert and the Executive Director for STENUM GmbH, Austria. Read more…
For years already, Ukraine has been focusing much on environment protection, improving environmental situation in cities and towns. Having signed the Association Agreement with the European Union, Ukraine has taken commitments to adopt a set of laws that have to comply with EU directives. As for waste management, Ukraine has adopted several fundamental laws, these are: Read more…
The RECP Clubs in Poltava and Khmelnytskyi regions of Ukraine were established within the EU4Environment Programme, namely its component Circular Economy and New Growth Opportunities. 20 enterprises became the Clubs members and they were offered get familiar with RECP concept and its in-plant implementation. The fundamental target of the Clubs activities is reducing environmental impact and improving social and economic life not only for companies, but also for the communities the production facilities are located in. Read more…
13 February 2020 became the date for the third RECP Club meeting in Khmelnytskyi within EU4Environment programme financed by the EU. This time the meeting discussions were devoted to global challenges and risks for business development, applying RECP-concept to overcome problems, RECP benefits and opportunities, key reasons why energy and materials are consumed in an inefficient way, waste generation, Read more…
2 RECP Clubs started in December 2019, one in Poltava on 17th December, the other – in Khmelnytskyi on 19th December. The participants were granted a chance to study basic RECP practices; create RECP company profile; analyze solutions for typical problems in resource consumption; identify indicators for RECP assessments. Read more…
On December 20th, 2019 within EU4Environment programme framework (financed by EU) Johannes Fresner delivered a training “Circular Economy” to RECP Centre staff. The trainer Johannes Fresner has been for years the UNIDO expert and the Executive Director for STENUM GmbH, Austria. The training incorporated two activity sessions, there were several lectural theoretical sessions and many interesting practical activities for the staff members. Read more…
The Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Club (RECP Club) was presented in Khmelnytskyi Oblast within the framework of the EU-funded EU4Environment programme on November 25, 2019. Read more…
On November 20, 2019, the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Club (RECP Club) was presented in Poltava Oblast within the framework of the EU-funded EU4Environment programme. Read more…
You and your business can join the RECP Club in Poltava oblast!
The EU4Environment programme (financed by the EU) launches the RECP clubs in Poltava oblast, Ukraine. RECP Clubs are the key tool to raise awareness on RECP-concept among national SMEs. RECP clubs fundamentals. Read more…
The Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre invites businesses to join the programme and participate in the EU4Environment project. The main project objective is help Ukraine preserve its natural capital and increase people’s environmental well-being by supporting environment-related action, demonstrating and unlocking opportunities for greener growth, and setting mechanisms to better manage environmental risks and impacts. Read more…
