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Resource Efficiency Indicators- Draft agenda -

Workshop organised by Policy Department ATuesday, 14 April 2015 from 12:45 to 15:00

European Parliament (Brussels), A1E-2Chair: Sirpa Pietikäinen (MEP)

The workshop is organised at the request of the ENVI Committee in connection with its ongoing work onthe own-initiative report on ‘Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy’.

12:45 – 12:55 Welcome by the Chair, opening remarks

Part 1: How to measure resource efficiency?

12:55 – 13:05 Synergies between the Green and Growth: the case of ResourceEfficiencyKitty van der Heijden, Director Europe, World Resource Institute

13:05– 13:15 Resource efficiency indicators for a creative economyProf. Markku Wilenius, Finland Futures Research Centre, TurkuUniversity

13:15 – 13:25 Win-Win for both Business and Society?Anders Wijkman, co-president of the Club of Rome

13:25 – 13:35 Considerations in defining Resource Efficiency Indicators – someresults from the EU FP7 funded projects CREEA and DESIREProf. Arnold Tukker, Director and professor of Industrial Ecology,Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University

13:35 – 13:55 Q&A

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Part 2: What is the best set of indicators for settingup resource efficiency targets?

13:55 – 14:05 A set of resource efficiency indicators under consideration ofindirect flowsDr. Stephan Lutter, Vienna University of Economics and Business

14:05 – 14:15 A set of resource efficiency indicators under consideration offactual constraintsMyriam Linster, OECD

14:15 – 14:25 The Resource Efficiency ScoreboardWerner Bosmans, European Commission, DG Environment,Resource Efficiency & Economic Analysis

14:25 – 14:35 Progress on EU resource efficiencyYbele Hoogeveen, EEA

14:35 – 14:55 Discussion with MEPsQ&A

14:55 – 15:00 Closing remarks by the Chair

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