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Side events

The following side events are organised independently by third parties. While these events align with the themes of the official EU programme, the European Commission does not organise them nor are they an official part of the main Raw Materials Week agenda.

  1. Monday, 9 December
    New CETA Series - Episode 2: Exploring the Canada-EU Raw Materials Partnership

    Time: 17:00 - 19:00 CET, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST (for online participation from EST timezone)

    Venue: Canadian Mission to the EU, 57 Avenue des Arts, Brussels, 1000 Belgium

    Registration

  2. Tuesday, 10 December
    Critical Raw Materials Act: Dream or Reality. Perspectives from the RESPECT project

    Time: 9:00 until 12:15 CET

    Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel

    Registration

  3. Tuesday, 10 December
    Ensuring Human Rights and Environmental Accountability in EU Raw Materials Policies

    Time: 09:15 until 10:45 CET

    Venue: Thon Hotel, Avenue du Boulevard 17, Brussels

    Registration

  4. Tuesday, 10 December
    Workshop series: Rethinking Raw Materials for the Promotion of EU independence

    Time: 10:00 until 17:30 CET

    Venue: Marviaux Hotel, Brussels

    Registration

  5. Tuesday, 10 December
    Assessing the environmental and social impacts of lithium-ion batteries: How far can we go?

    Time: 10:00 until 12:00 CET

    Venue: CEPS, Place du Congrès 1, Brussels

    Registration

  6. Tuesday, 10 December
    From Extraction to Circularity:  Financing Mechanisms to Implement the CRMA

    Time: 10:30 until 13:00 CET

    Venue: Cardo Hotel, 14 avenue du Boulevard, 1210 St Josse Ten Noode, Brussels

    Registration

  7. Tuesday, 10 December
    Responsible mines for a responsible market: possibilities and challenges

    Time: 11:00 until 12:15 CET

    Venue: Thon Hotel Brussels City Center

    Registration

  8. Tuesday, 10 December
    Mining for Tomorrow: Equipment’s Role in Reaching CRMA Goals

    Time: 13:30-16:00

    Venue: Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Av. du Boulevard 17, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels

    Registration

  9. Tuesday, 10 December
    CSO-EU decision maker dialogue on local value addition, benefit sharing, and equal energy access in Africa’s mineral-rich regions

    Insights from the CongoEpela platform, value addition research, and inter-regional policy barriers

    Time: 14:00 until 15:00 CET

    Venue: Bergen Room, Thon Hotel, Avenue du Boulevard / Bolwerklaan 17, 1210 Brussels

    Registration

  10. Tuesday, 10 December
    Supporting the Critical Raw Materials Act: Research Projects in the European Union

    Time: 14:00 until 17:30 CET

    Venue: Hotel Marivaux, Auditorium Alfred Hitchcock, Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan 98, B-1000 Brussels

    Registration

  11. Tuesday, 10 December
    Supply-side innovation for critical energy transition, raw materials, and policy implications for the EU

    Time: 14.00 until 17.30 CET

    Venue: The Cardo Hotel, Av. du Boulevard 14, B-1210 Brussels

    Registration by emailing pmoatenergy-transitions [dot] org (pmo[at]energy-transitions[dot]org)

  12. Thursday, 12 December
    Enhancing cobalt supply chain due diligence in the DRC

    A collaborative dialogue between Congolese civil society, industry stakeholders, and EU policymakers

    Time: 9:00 until 10:30 CET

    Venue: Hotel des Colonies, Rue des Croisades 6-10, Brussels, 1210 Belgium

    Registration: matina [dot] matarazzoatresourcematters [dot] org (matina[dot]matarazzo[at]resourcematters[dot]org) and guillaume [dot] debrieratipisresearch [dot] be (guillaume[dot]debrier[at]ipisresearch[dot]be)

  13. Thursday, 12 December
    From mining to recycling: The R&I journey of battery raw materials in EU

    Time: 13:00 until 18:00 CET

    Venue: Thon Hotel EU, Rue de la Loi 75, 1040 Brussels and Online via

    Online registration                                    

    In-person registration

  14. Thursday, 12 December
    Raw Materials for a Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Time: 15:00 until 17:00 CET

    Venue: Marivaux Hotel, Bd Adolphe Max 98, B-1000 Brussels

    Registration

  15. Thursday, 12 December
    Remediation in action for responsible mining

    A roundtable conversation on learnings, challenges and what’s needed next

    Time: 15:30 until 17:00 CET

    Venue: Hotel des Colonies, Rue du Progrès 9, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels

    Registration

  16. Thursday, 12 December
    Launch of Critical Minerals Observatory

    Time: 17:00 until 18:00 CET

    Venue: Hotel de Colonies, Rue des Croisades 6-10, Brussels, 1210 Belgium

    Registration

  17. Thursday, 12 December
    Raw truth: seeking intergenerational justice in mining

    Time: 18:00 until 19:00 CET

    Venue: Colonies Hotel, Rue du Progrès 9, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels

    Registration

  18. Friday, 13 December
    IRTC Raw Materials Risk Manager Course - From Raw Material Policies to Practice

    Time: 8:30 until 17:30 CET

    Venue: EIT House, Rue Guimard 7, B-1040 Brussels

    Registration

  19. Friday, 13 December
    MaDiTraCe project, bridging raw materials traceability, responsible sourcing and digital passport

    Time: 9:00 until 11:00 CET

    Venue: Hotel le Plaza, Paola Room

    Registration

  21. Friday, 13 December
    Innovative CRM Exploration through EIS and GSEU

    Time: 9:30 until 12:30 CET

    Venue: Hotel Marivaux, Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan 98, Brussels

    Registration