The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEEN), coordinator of the LIFE-IP CEI-Greece project – LIFE18 IPE/GR/000013 "Implementation of Circular Economy in Greece", along with three (3) partners—the Green Fund, the Hellenic Recycling Agency (HRA), and the Ecological Recycling Society (ERS)—organized an event on February 21, 2025, as part of the VERDE TEC Exhibition. The event presented the project’s initial results and fostered discussions on the significance and future of Circular Economy in Greece.
The LIFE-IP CEI-Greece project is coordinated by MEEN and implemented in collaboration with 19 strategic partners. Its ultimate goal is to contribute to the implementation of the National Waste Management Plan, the National Waste Prevention Program, and the National Strategy for Circular Economy.
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kladopoulou kladopoulouMarch 5, 2025
An online EU Thematic Workshop on the topic of "Sustainable recycling practices Standards for circular economy" is organized by the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, in the framework of the project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece, titled: “Circular Economy Implementation in Greece” (LIFE18 IPE/GR/000013), on Thursday 26 September 2024,09:00-16:00.
kkoligiorgaAugust 15, 2024
In collaboration with the Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid (OPEKEPE), the Waste Management Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEEN) and Harokopion University are conducting a national survey in order to meet the country's obligations regarding the collection of data for food waste, generated from the harvested plant-based production for human consumption.
epolitopoulouMarch 17, 2023
The project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece organized a networking session, in the context of action Ε2 “EU level and international dissemination and networking" with a delegation of Romanian civil servants visiting Athens, on Thursday 20 October 2022, 10.30 am-12.00 pm in the Cultural Centre Molyvi (Iera Odos 154, Athens, 122 42).
epolitopoulouOctober 20, 2022
The project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece organizes, in the framework of action C7.2 "Development of a stakeholder dialogue forum for the prevention of food waste generation", the 1st Forum for the prevention of food waste generation - Measurement, prevention and management of food waste in the catering industry. The forum will be held alongside the Retaste 2022 – Rethink Food Waste conference (www.retaste.gr, October 20-21) and will take place on October 20, 13.30-17.00 at the Hellenic Mediterranean University in Heraklion, Crete with the option for live or on-line attendance, for the catering and hospitality industry.
1st Forum Programme.
epolitopoulouOctober 14, 2022
Our associated beneficiary DIADYMA SA organized a succesfull hybrid event in the city of Kozani, on Wednesday 22 June 2022, in the context of LIFE-IP CEI-Greece. The event was entitled "The European project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece, Circular Economy Implementation in Greece, in the Region of Western Macedonia" and was part of the 30 year anniversary celebration events of the european funding programme LIFE (https://www.lifeis30.eu/).
epolitopoulouJune 27, 2022
The Municipality of Vari, Voula, Vouliagmeni (MoVVV) organized succesfully an information event, on June 24, 2022, as part of a public consultation procedure that is currently conducting, for the establishment of the first Enhanced Green Centre (EGC) in the country. The event aimed to inform the local community about the establishment of an Enhanced Green Centre (EGC), an outcome of the municipality's collaboration with the project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece, of which MoVVV is a strategic partner.
epolitopoulouJune 21, 2022
The project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece "Circular Economy Implementation in Greece" participates in the European Week for Waste Reduction 2021, entitled "Circular Communities", coordinated at national level by our project partner Hellenic Recycling Association, with the open event "Circular Economy Implementation in the Sporades Complex - The case of Alonissos" organized by the Municipality of Alonissos and DAFNI Network of Sustainable Islands (project associated beneficiaries), with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (project coordinator) and HRA (associated beneficiary).
epolitopoulouNovember 15, 2021
