The ASEAN Circular Economy Week 2025 will bring together governments, businesses, innovators, investors, and civil society to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy in ASEAN. Through high-level forums, partner events, and multi-stakeholder dialogues, the week will highlight green skills, innovative solutions, and investment opportunities that drive inclusive and sustainable growth for the region.
Graphics: ACEF
As part of the Transition to a Regional Circular Economy project, SEI Asia is leading a half-day session on Day 2, 17 October, that will focus on how to accelerate the CE transition in ASEAN. It will scope priority areas where harmonized/joint action is required to enable transition towards circularity while gathering multi-stakeholder perspectives on CE acceleration and spark open dialogue, including national policymakers, MSMEs, business groups and city governments. It will also identify concrete actions and recommendations to accelerate regional CE with the support of ASEAN-EU partnerships.
| Time | Agenda |
| 09:00-09:15 |
Opening remarks
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| 09:15-09:30 |
Setting the scene
Rene van Berkel, TEI Advisor
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| 09:30-10:30 |
ACEF Annual Policy Dialogue – Acceleration of Circular Economy in ASEAN Part 1: Priority Areas for Harmonised / Joint Action |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-11:50 | ACEF Annual Policy Dialogue – Acceleration of Circular Economy in ASEAN Part 2: Enabling CE Acceleration through Policy Action, Resource Mobilisation and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships |
| 11:50-12:00 |
Closing session |
