Interreg Euro-MED GREENSMARTMED: Building a Circular Textile Future through Regional & Transnational Collaboration on EPR and DPP

Organized within the framework of the Interreg Euro-MED GREENSMARTMED project, this event takes place in the context of the international exhibition Ecomondo 2025. It focuses on the Mediterranean textile manufacturing sector and features two roundtables dedicated to key tools for the green and digital transition: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Digital Product Passport (DPP).

The initiative aims to foster a more circular, transparent, and resilient value chain, encouraging cooperation among SMEs, public institutions, universities, and research centres. It provides an opportunity to share approaches, best practices, and tools developed through the integrated GREENSMARTMED methodology, contributing to the implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) across Mediterranean regions.

Sessions Chairs

Valantis Ketikidis, Senior Researcher, CERTH/CPERI, GREENSMARTMED Project Partner
Carlo Mondani, Junior Project Manager, AFIL, GREENSMARTMED Project Partner

Program

11.30 Introduction by the Chairs

Welcome and Opening Remarks - The GREENSMARTMED Project
Fabiana Pirola, Associate Professor at UNIBG, GREENSMARTMED Project Coordinator

11.35 Maximizing the Impact of Sustainable Solutions: ISE Mission & GREENSMARTMED
Alessandro Daraio, Project Coordinator, Interreg Euro-MED ISE Mission Institutional Dialogue Project, Emilia-Romagna Region

11.45 From Compliance to Innovation: How EPR and DPP Enable Green Manufacturing
Valentina Oliviero, Project Manager at CUEIM, GREENSMARTMED Project Partner

11.50 Roundtable on EPR – Extended Producer Responsibility: Making EPR Work Across Borders
Cristian Gullino, Head of Business Innovation Centre, ERP Italia Servizi
Fabio Tognocchi, R&D Manager, ERP Italia Servizi
Andrea Minutolo, National Head of the Scientific Office, Legambiente Nazionale APS
Sirma Zheleva, Head of Sustainability Unit, TExCycle EuRIC – The European Recycling Industries
Natasha Sivevska, Executive Director, Macedonian Textile Trade Association (TTA) – Textile Cluster

12.20 Roundtable on DPP - Digital Product Passport: Challenges & Opportunities for the Textile Sector
Claudio Brugnoni, Multilab Director and Area Manager, Multisectoral Research and Innovation, CENTROCOT
Eva Alonso Núñez, Technical Manager Deputy, Velamen
Javier Martinez Elices, Head of ESG Department, Textil Santanderina
David Allo, Head of Sustainability, TEXFOR, GREENSMARTMED Project Partner

12.50 Discussion and closure by the Chairs

Final remarks
UNIBG and CUEIM, GREENSMARTMED Project Team

13.00 Light Lunch