ETV News and Events

Realising eco-innovations - the European Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot programme and its international perspectives
ETV Conference and Workshop, Brussels 22-24 May 2012

This will be the first European conference on ETV since the launch of the EU ETV Pilot Programme in December 2011, providing up to date and comprehensive information about the programme and about the state of preparation of some participating EU member states. As the international acceptance of the verification results is one of the main demands of the technology suppliers, the event will update you on international developments on ETV and the progress in elaborating a framework for international cooperation and mutual recognition.

With regards to the practical application of ETV, the workshop will comprise training on:

Parallel Session A: "Being verified under the European ETV Pilot Programme" for technology developers, suppliers and owners (proposers)
Parallel Session B: "Performing verifications - knowledge sharing and networking" for existing verification and test bodies and potential EU verification and test bodies)

The event is initiated by the EU FP7 project AdvanceETV. More information and registration is available on www.eu-etv-strategy.eu. See also the event flyer.

The conference is followed by an ETV Session on "Helping water technologies reach the market: the role for Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)" will be held at the Green Week Conference on 24 May 2012. Participants in this ETV Session will hear of innovations in the field of water technologies that used ETV and will debate on the value and limitations of ETV and similar instruments. Specific registration required on the Green Week Conference website.

The European Environmental Technologies Verification Scheme – Get prepared to compete effectively ! Poznan, Poland, November 24th 2011

The conference was organised by the Polish Platform of Environmental Technologies coordinated by the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas in Katowice in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Polish Centre of Accreditation, the monthly “Ecomanager” and Poznan International Fairs. It provided an overview of the upcoming ETV system, its role and benefits for vendors, clients, research centres and administration as a new market tool for eco-innovative technologies, and informed the organisations interested in becoming verification bodies about the requirements of the accreditation procedure.

A short summary and additional material are available (in Polish) here.

Helping eco-innovations to reach the market - European and international perspectives on ETV - conference and workshop, Brussels 24-26 May 2011

Helping eco-innovations to enter the market is an important target for the environment, the European economy and Europe in a global market. The research coordination action AdvanceETV, funded by FP7, organised a conference to introduce the EU ETV pilot programme and its main document, the 'General Verification Protocol', and to outline pathways for cooperation and mutual recognition of ETV at international level. The workshop addressed specific aspects related to environmental impacts, sustainability assessment and market benefits in more details.

The presentations held during the event are now available on the AdvanceETV website.

ETV Information Day in Poland; Warsaw, December 17th 2010

The Polish Platform of Environmental Technologies in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment organised a Stakeholder Forum "Mechanisms for promotion and support of Polish environmental technologies" in Warsaw on 17th December 2010. The presentations (in Polish) can be found here.

ETV Information Event; Brussels, November 8th 2010

The information event gathered around 60 technology proposers, representatives of NGOs and national missions, organisations interested to become Verification Bodies and others.

Five presentations were delivered by industry experts as well as our in-house ETV expert team on the policy framework, operational settings and first-hand experience of ETV results.

Presentations (zip file)