Regional Capacity Building Online Workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility

Tuesday 08 June, 2021
Start: Friday 04 June, 2021 - 10:00

First Regional Capacity Building Online Workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine was held on 4 June.
The overall aim of the regional workshop was to facilitate a regional dialogue and information sharing on the status of the EPR in the partner countries, discuss main issues and bottlenecks in the EPRnimplementation; and look at the mechanisms and solutions for a successful implementation of operational EPR schemes in the region.
The objectives of the regional workshop were:
✅to present the findings of the EPR survey/questionnaire, identify and discuss common critical issues with EPR within the region; discuss policy choices and pragmatic elements of EPR;
✅ present and discuss the current best practices for the EPR schemes for packaging waste in 2-3 EU Member States; and
✅ discuss opportunities for the EPR system establishment in partner countries, including the benefits of a regional approach to EPR.

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Foreign Investors Association (FIA) is a non-profit and apolitical association from the Republic of Moldova, founded in September 2003 by the largest companies with foreign capital in the country, covering the whole range of industries — agriculture, automotive and petroleum industry, telecommunications and IT, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, winemaking, distribution, insurance, banking, consultancy and audit.