WHEN: 1-2 October 2024 I TIME: 9:00 - 17:00 (Bangkok Time) I Venue: Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok I Watch the Recording HERE
Agenda available here
Background
The ASEAN Circular Economy Forum (ACEF) serves as an annual platform for the ASEAN policy community to hold dialogues with stakeholders and discuss how to advance a circular transition more effectively through national policies and regional initiatives. It brings together government officials and ASEC officers from the socio-cultural (ASCC) and economic (AEC) communities, reflecting the cross-cutting nature and multiple objectives of a circular transition. The ACEF is a unique platform due to its focus on circular economy, ASEAN integration and cooperation, stakeholder dialogues, and broad participation of government officials.
ACEF 2024 has the following specific objectives:
- Explore how to better encourage and support Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a circular transition
- Identify common challenges faced by innovators and entrepreneurs working with circular business models and product designs
- Show how governments can stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship for circular solutions
- Discuss how to better leverage existing ASEAN-level initiatives related to circular innovation and entrepreneurship and suggest new regional actions.
- Draw attention to existing circular economy practices in ASEAN, such as repair and reuse activities
- Explore how such activities, both for-profit and others, can be improved and expanded
- Identify what roles governments can play
- Explore how a circular transition in ASEAN can build on the region’s traditions, values, and home-grown concepts
- Provide ideas on circular economy activities and initiatives to be considered for the 2025 Malaysian ASEAN Chairmanship
Main event 2 October, five sessions
- ASEAN initiatives – current status, lessons learnt and next steps
- EU initiatives in Europe and ASEAN – current status, lessons learnt and next steps
- Electrical and electronic equipment – Strengthening the existing repair and refurbishment sector
- Circular Startups – startup ecosystem for circular businesses in ASEAN (discussing the outcomes of a pre-event)
- Outlooks
- Building circular societies based on Southeast Asia’s traditions and values
- Towards strengthened and coherent ASEAN cooperation on circular transition – priorities for the next five years
Pre-events on 1 October on private sector perspectives, especially MSMEs
- Circular Startups – organised by the Hanns Seidel Foundation
- Financing & Best Practices in Circular Plastics and Circular Textiles
Contacts
- For more information about the forum,please visit the website: https://acef2024.acsdsd.org/
- Should you have any questions, please contact: [email protected]
