Videos
03 Oct 2024
Opportunity Europe: Lessons from the Past
In this video, Philippe Adriaenssens from the European Round Table of Industry shares insights on how to relaunch Europe’s competitiveness by looking back at the history of one of Europe’s biggest achievements: the Single Market. Jacques Delors' ambitious programme led to significant economic and productivity growth in the 90’s and 00’s by harmonising national regulations and removing trade barriers within the EU. The Draghi Report provides clear recommendations to help bringing back the spark and dynamism of the Delors’ agenda and relaunch European growth and competitiveness.
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30 Sep 2024
Opportunity Europe: Change in Stakeholder Dialogue
To create radical change, we need bridge builders.
Political groups and different stakeholders must come together to help shape new policies to overcome the critical challenges that are threatening our industrial and economic future.
If we want better policies in Europe, we must leave ideology at the door.
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24 Sep 2024
Opportunity Europe: Change in Industry Consultation
We need a more effective approach to industry consultation.
Why?
The current process for stakeholder consultations is too high-level, limiting industry’s ability to provide the level of granularity needed for effective impact assessments and, in turn, effective legislation.
This is important to duly assess potential impacts on production processes and product specifications, such as risks for consumer health and safety, sustainability goals and resilience of supply chains and production lines.
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24 Sep 2024
Opportunity Europe: Change in Policymaking
How can we continue attracting investments into Europe?
The answer lies in adopting a more strategic approach to policymaking. This was emphasised as a key priority in the Joint European Industry Manifesto, presented in April by EUROPEN and 84 European and national industry associations.
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18 Sep 2024
Opportunity Europe: Reactions to the Draghi Report
With Draghi calling for "radical change" in European policy, Francesca Siciliano Stevens invited Philippe Adriaenssens from the European Roundtable for Industry to discuss recent developments in Brussels, including Draghi's report.
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11 Sep 2024
Opportunity Europe: Radical Change
Draghi Report calls for a new industrial strategy for Europe, highlighting an urgent need for reforms to relaunch growth and investments.
Francesca Stevens identifies three elements to implement “radical change”.
To discover more about each of these priorities, tune in for the next videos!
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14 Aug 2024
Opportunity Europe: Notes for the future
Which #OpportunityEurope has given to you? The EUROPEN team responded this question, while reflecting on how the European project could be improved
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01 Jul 2024
Opportunity Europe: Once upon a time…
Once upon a time, members of the EUROPEN team left their home countries for opportunities like the Erasmus+ Programme or a master's abroad. They made many memories with other Europeans and learned a lot about different cultures. To hear more about their stories and the opportunities they had, watch the video!
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26 Jun 2024
Opportunity Europe: Catch-up with SEaNSOR
Last year’s winners, the Greek team SEaNSOR, have made significant steps in advancing their projects. SeaNSOR's vision is to create a safer environment, and they are currently collaborating with WWF Hellas to develop a pilot buoy aimed at enhancing monitoring and protection efforts in critical ecosystems in Greece. This pilot buoy is expected to be operational this year and will be installed in a protected area known for its rich biodiversity.
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24 Jun 2024
Opportunity Europe: The Future of Europe
Listen to this year’s winning team, SAGA Medical Solutions, and the College of Europe students, Filomena Ratto and Maria Vittoria Prisco, as they talk about the future of Europe!
Diana Filip, the Deputy CEO of JA Europe, and Simon Webb, the Chair of EUROPEN, express JA Europe’s and EUROPEN’s commitment to inspiring youth.
The main takeaway from our event is that Europe's future is promising in the hands of the younger generation.
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14 Jun 2024
Meet the winners of the EUROPEN Single Market Start-up Award!
Saga Medical Solutions is providing sustainable solutions for the medical sector.
Congrats to the winning team and all participants!
What is the EUROPEN Single Market Start-up Award?
EUROPEN, in partnership with JA Europe, continues to empower young and innovative talents from across Europe. For the second year in a row, university start-ups across Europe are competing for the project with the best Single Market potential to scale up their business beyond national borders.
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23 May 2024
Opportunity Europe: Green Transition
Is Europe ready for the twin transition? The Conference Board’s recent research raises concerns from some of Europe’s biggest companies.
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14 May 2024
Opportunity Europe: Opportunities in Europe
A recent report shows that European CEOs are leading the way in implementing the green transition and embracing renewables in their businesses.
With the right policy support, European businesses are ready for big changes. Watch the video for more on the commitment of the European industry from Panitsas Konstantinos.
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03 May 2024
Unwrapping PPWR: Reuse
Sevrine Pereira talks about the new #reuse requirements coming into force with the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (#PPWR).
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02 May 2024
Opportunity Europe: Importance of the Single Market
Why is the Single Market so important? The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU)’s Policy Director, Thibaut L'Ortye, breaks it down into 2 reasons.
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29 Apr 2024
Unwrapping PPWR: Recyled Content
This time, in #UnwappingPPWR, Marzia Scopelliti put you up to speed on #recycled content!
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25 Apr 2024
Unwrapping PPWR: Labelling
This time, in #UnwrappingPPWR, we're diving into the realm of labelling with Sevrine Pereira.
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24 Apr 2024
Opportunity Europe: Joint Initiatives & Competitiveness
"Can joint industry initiatives help relaunch competitiveness?" asked EUROPEN's Secretary General Francesca Stevens to AmCham EU's Policy Director Thibaut L’Ortye.
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22 Apr 2024
Opportunity Europe: The 5 priorities of the Joint European Industry Manifesto
EUROPEN's Secretary General Francesca Stevens summarises the 5 priorities of the Joint European Industry Manifesto.
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19 Apr 2024
Opportunity Europe: Relaunch Competitiveness
As European elections approach, the urgency of deindustrialisation and threats to European competitiveness are at the forefront. Industry bodies and business leaders are joining their voices to revitalise competitiveness, drive innovation, and position Europe as a global leader in the twin digital and green transition.
EUROPEN’s Francesca Siciliano Stevens invited Thibaut L'Ortye from the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) and Konstantinos Panitsas from the Conference Board to a LinkedIn live discussion to bring diverse perspectives and expertise to the table.
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12 Apr 2024
Unwrapping PPWR: Waste Prevention
Marzia Scopelliti provides insights on PPWR #wasteprevention requirements.
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04 Apr 2024
Unwrapping PPWR: Recyclability
Sevrine Pereira talks about the concept of recyclability under PPWR.
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27 Mar 2024
Unwrapping PPWR: State-of-play
Marzia Scopelliti talks about the #stateofplay of the #PPWR and EUROPEN's initial analysis of the Regulation.
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09 Nov 2023
The PPWR: The Single Market and Sustainable Packaging
A strong Single Market is a key enabler of packaging circularity, able to create greater economies of scale and support investments in innovation, and is our best ally to reverse Europe's external dependencies. Its continued functioning remains crucial to the global competitiveness and green transition of our economy.
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09 Nov 2023
The PPWR: Recyclability and Infrastructure
The PPWR should set requirements to build up adequate sorting, collection and recycling infrastructure across Europe to enable the recycling of packaging that is already recyclable by design. As the first step of the recycling process is collection, the PPWR needs to set out clearly that all packaging complying with Design for Recycling criteria, adopted as per the proposal, shall be collected for recycling.
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17 Dec 2021
End of the year message from Francesca Stevens, EUROPEN Secretary General
2021 has been a major year of change for EUROPEN. Listen to Francesca Stevens, EUROPEN Secretary General, as the year comes to a close.
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16 Dec 2021
EUROPEN Secretariat: A look back at 2021
2021 has kept us on our toes. As the year is drawing to a close, there is no better time to pause and look back at the work that has been carried out by the entire packaging value chain to advance packaging sustainability.
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14 Oct 2021
EUROPEN Webinar recording – EU Single Market: The Key to Unlock the Green Deal
On Thursday 14 October 2021, EUROPEN held a webinar on "The Single Market: the key to unlock the Green Deal", kindly hosted by MEP Maria Spyraki.
The Single Market is the engine of the European Union, allowing people, goods and services to move and operate freely driving closer economic and political cooperation across the continent for almost 30 years. However, diverging rules at national level and a lack of coordination and enforcement at European level are undermining the values it was built upon.
New national trade barriers are restricting access and stifling cross-border trade, hindering the free flow of goods and services across Europe and jeopardising not only Europe’s economic recovery but it’s green transition.
Our outstanding panelists explored how we can address these internal market barriers, establish proper enforcement of the rules at EU level, and ensure effective cooperation between all institutional actors to make the Single Market fit for the green transition.
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05 May 2021
EUROPEN’s Secretary General Francesca Stevens on industrial policies
EUROPEN's Secretary General Francesca Stevens explaining the impact of EU legislation on businesses and the importance for the EU to recognise the role industry plays to deliver the circular economy transition, the Green Deal, digital transformation, and what tools are needed to achieve this.
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04 May 2021
Managing Director Francesca Stevens about EUROPEN’s new chapter
“I was really impressed when I joined [EUROPEN] to see the level of participation, the level of expertise, and that’s very much what defines EUROPEN”. Francesca Stevens, Managing Director, about EUROPEN’s new chapter in a critical moment of the evolution of legislation on packaging.
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23 Mar 2021
EUROPEN’s Managing Director Francesca Stevens on upcoming policy legislation
“The changes we are making need to be fit for the future – for people and for the planet.”
EUROPEN’s Managing Director explains why now is the time for robust stakeholder dialogue across a range of EU policy areas under review.
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