Janneke van Veen

Over the past 15 year Janneke has specialised herself in the field of circular economy. She has worked at the different governmental levels from the European institutions to local governments. Currently, she works at the European Commission in DG RTD in the unit Circular Economy and biobased systems. She is the coordinator of the expert group circular economy finance. Before that, she set up and coordinated the Innovation Deals, whereby the European Commission wanted to help innovators overcome EU regulatory barriers with regards to the circular economy. Prior to the European Commission, Janneke has worked for the European Parliament, the Flemish Public Waste Agency and the Province of Limburg in the Netherlands. Resource efficiency, raw materials, waste management, and sustainable development are all themes central to her work.