🌊 pietro f de lotto: #Water must be raised to the level of a strategic priority for the EU

Read the interview in Investor.bg :
▶️investor.bg/a/519-ekologiy…

#EUBlueDeal EESC Industrial Change #BlueDeal

🔧💧Initial #training and #LifeLongLearning are needed to ensure that we have adapted #skills for the future to tackle #water challenges, said Alain TACCOEN of SGI Europe at today's conference on #EUBlueDeal in Sofia 🇧🇬.

More about the event:
eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-…

💦The #value of #water is something often overseen. We need to put in place the right drivers➡️Legislation and policy are key!

👉An #EUBlueDeal is the way forward to ensure that water is properly integrated into the 🇪🇺 policies & to build a #WaterSmartSociety !

#EUBlueDeal is an opportunity for sustainable growth, for our citizens, for our industrial policies,
and blue diplomacy is an integral part of it.

European Economic and Social Committee will continue working
on this vital thematic with civil society.💧

Cinzia Del Rio closed our #water conference in Bulgaria.

Fruitful discussions on the need for an #EUBlueDeal at our our conference in Sofia today, focusing on how to build a #water smart society through blue diplomacy.

Find out more:
europa.eu/!tMbcHy

📣Vasil Velev, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Industrial Capital in 🇧🇬 opened the international conference on Building a Water Smart Society through #BlueDiplomacy

🎙️'30% of the population & 20% of the territory are subjected to water stress in Europe.'

🇧🇬In partnership w/ #BICA #Veolia & Water Europe, today's conference kicked off with Bulgarian high-level speakers & EESC Industrial Change pietro f de lotto stressing the vital importance of water both in 🇪🇺 & globally.

📺Webstream: europa.eu/!yKXNHj
🗒️Programme: europa.eu/!tMbcHy

💧 #Water underpins almost all #SDGs , underlined Mr Beetlestone of SIWI, stressing the need to treat water as a tool for cooperation. 'The #EUBlueDeal is something we can work towards.'

Follow our conference in Bulgaria online: europa.eu/!yKXNHj

🚰'Unlimited access to #water is no longer guaranteed in Europe.'

#EUBlueDeal provides a positive approach to
addressing water challenges, integrated in all 🇪🇺 policies, said our President pietro f de lotto in his keynote speech today in Sofia, 🇧🇬:
europa.eu/!tMbcHy

🚨Starting now!🚨

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Pietro Francesco De Lotto, CCMI President, at the EESC External Relations Conference on #Energy in Sofia:

'We have neglected energy and #IndustrialPolicies for too long.
Now it is time to recover our #StrategicAutonomy in the EU 🇪🇺, notably through #EconomicSecurity .'

🔔Tomorrow, 16 April: Follow our conference in 🇧🇬 on #EUBlueDeal , addressing the transition to a #water -smart society through blue diplomacy.

Starting at 8.30 CEST ⤵️

Webstream: europa.eu/!yKXNHj
Programme: europa.eu/!tMbcHy

CCMI President Pietro Francesco De Lotto is participating in the EESC External Relations Conference on 'Resilient and Efficient Energy for a Future-proof and Secure Economy' in Sofia!

📺 Watch it on webstream: europa.eu/!CYkbfT

#GreenTransition #StrategicAutonomy 🌿

📌We must make efforts to promote the production of RES energy, create storage systems and strive for national energy plans to have a legislative character.

⚡Sustainable #energy systems are a key factor determining European #competitiveness in the years to come.

Follow this afternoon's event in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, addressing resilient and efficient energy for a future-proof and secure economy via: eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-…

📅 #EUBlueDeal - Coming up: Conference exploring how liberal professions can support the management of #water challenges in Europe with a cross-sectoral approach. 💧

Registrations are open until 2/5: eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-…

🗨️We need to work with farmers and industries in solving #water challenges in 🇪🇺, and we need a cross-cutting approach to water -an #EUBlueDeal , says CCMI President pietro f de lotto of European Economic and Social Committee .

Read article on Euractiv: euractiv.com/section/energy…

EESC PRESS

Thank you Siri Granum Carson for presenting her preliminary results on #Water , marine and maritime study.💧
Water scarcity, #Water Quality, sustainable fishing, wastewater treatment, #OceanPreservation , marine and freshwater ecosystems management are some of the main concerns.
#Water KIC

Ms Carson 'We live in an age of unprecedented technological innovation, and new technologies abound in the waters and ocean fields, but their adoption is too slow.
To address water unique challenges, we need to create flexible frameworks and foster mission-oriented innovation.'💧

.European Institute of Innovation & Technology: the difficulty to access to talent is hindering European companies from #Innovation .
The EIT Knowledge Innovation Communities act as enablers of EU industrial policy. To face Skill Shortage Jobs the EIT is creating academies to identify the professions of the future. 🔜