The “Circular Economy Information Day in Epirus” was successfully held on 17 June 2025 in Ioannina, at the Events Hall of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), Epirus Branch (6–8 Aravantinou Street).
The event was jointly organised by the Green Fund, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Region of Epirus, the Municipality of Ioannina, the Epirus Solid Waste Management Authority (FODSA Epirus) and TERRA NOVA Ltd Environmental Engineering Consultancy, as part of the LIFE-IP CEI-Greece – LIFE18 IPE/GR/000013 “Circular Economy Implementation in Greece” project.
The event took place on 17 June, bringing together 52 participants, with the aim of highlighting successful circular economy practices that could be implemented in Epirus and promoting a better overall understanding of circular economy issues.
At the opening of the event, Ms Kelly Koligiorga, Communications Officer for the LIFE-IP CEI-Greece project at the Green Fund, welcomed the participants and thanked the partner organisations for jointly organising the events, as well as the media sponsors for their support.
Opening remarks were then delivered by Mr Vasilis Gorgolis, Deputy Regional Governor for Environment of the Region of Epirus; Mr Thomas Begas, Mayor of Ioannina; Mr Manolis Grafakos, Secretary General for Waste Management Coordination at the Ministry of Environment and Energy; Mr Ioannis Androulakis, Chairman of the Board of the Green Fund; Mr Ioannis Tsigkros, President of the Technical Chamber of Greece’s Epirus Branch; and Mr Nikolaos Georgakos, President of the Epirus Solid Waste Management Authority.
These were followed by talks and presentations by Mr Georgakos; Ms Mary Plati, LIFE-IP CEI-Greece Project Manager at the Ministry of Environment and Energy; Mr Ioannis Spanos, Chemical Engineer (National Technical University of Athens) at Terra Nova Ltd; Mr Serko Haroutounian, First Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for Europe and Central Asia and Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens; and Mr Stelios Drys, Chief Executive Officer of Foodstandard S.A. Presentations were also delivered by Mr Apostolos Patsias, Head of the Chemical and Microbiological Laboratory at the PINDOS Agricultural Poultry Cooperative of Ioannina; Mr Ioannis Skoufos, Professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Ioannina; and Mr Vasileios Kouroutos, Secretary General of the Municipality of Metsovo.
The event was moderated by Mr Andreas Sotiropoulos, Environmental Scientist (MSc) at Terra Nova Ltd.
View the event programme here.
View the presentations below.
MARY PLATI – LIFE-IP CEI-GREECE
Spanos – Principles of the Circular Economy
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PINDOS_circulargreece_17_6_2025
IP Circular – TEE Epirus – Municipality of Metsovo – Kouroutos
