{"id":42488,"date":"2026-06-17T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pedmede.gr\/?p=42488"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:41:06","slug":"fiec-newsletter-16-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedmede.gr\/en\/fiec-newsletter-16-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FIEC Newsletter – 16 June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FIEC VP speaks at High Level Stakeholders Dialogue on Circularity<\/h3>\n
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On 9th<\/sup>\u00a0June, FIEC Vice-President Jo\u00ebl Schons was invited to take part in a Dialogue on \u201cReduce, reuse, repair, recycle \u2013 circularity for sustainable affordable housing\u201d, hosted by Commissioner Roswall. This Dialoque took place in the framework of the New Europe Bauhaus Festival and addressed two aspects of the matter: how to increase the use of circular construction materials for new construction and renovation and how to make better use of existing built space (vacant or underused).Schons highlighted that a major challenge is the economic competitiveness of secondary materials. Deconstruction, sorting, testing, storage and certification generate additional costs, while material markets remain highly price-sensitive.<\/p>\n

FIEC therefore supports a Secondary First approach, whereby locally available secondary materials are prioritised whenever technically, environmentally and economically suitable. To make such Secondary First approach effective, policy makers should: establish practical and harmonised End-of-Waste criteria, remove regulatory and administrative barriers to reuse and recycling, support digital visibility of local material flows and available secondary materials, use public procurement to stimulate demand for circular solutions. This pathway is more effective than imposing mandatory quotas, insisted Schons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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FIEC speaks at High-Level EU-Ukraine dialogue<\/h3>\n
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FIEC was invited to speak at the 9th High-Level EU-Ukraine Dialogue, organised by the European Commission (DG GROW), that took place in Brussels on 8 June, in the presence of Vitaliy Kindrativ, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The discussions focussed\u00a0on leveraging private investment in Ukraine and on industrial investment and reconstruction partnerships, with a particular attention to some sectors including construction.<\/p>\n

Domenico Campogrande, Director General of FIEC, presented the work undertaken since July 2022 by the FIEC-EIC Task Force \u201cUkraine\u201d and explained the main reasons which hinder today Western construction companies to go to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Among the main obstacles :<\/p>\n