The Incubation Forum for Circular Economy in European Defence (IF CEED) aims at applying circularity principles in European Defence by incubating collaborative project ideas and implementing innovative solutions. The approach is based on a cooperative community involving EU Member States’ Ministries of Defence (MoDs), European defence industry, research-and-technology organisations (RTOs), academia and other relevant organisations.
In this context, IF CEED will organise an online workshop on the topic “post-conflict environmental assessment and restoration” (PCER) on 25 March 2025. The objective is to identify the state of the art and priority areas for action.
Topics
As part of this workshop, EDA invites stakeholders to contribute through a Call for Presentations. Submissions may address various areas, including but not limited to:
- Assessment of remaining military equipment/devices, pollution and associated risks
- Analysis/detection of presence and risks linked to damaged military equipment and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) including Abandoned Explosive Ordnance (AXO) and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
- Other sources of pollution from conflicts
- Evaluation of the environmental damage (soil and water quality; polluted areas and type of pollution; state of natural resources) resulting from conflicts
- Remediation actions/technologies to restore the ecosystem and natural resources in the affected areas (short and long term)
- Safe handling, clearance, analysis and treatment of (hazardous) military remnants
- Decontamination and remediation techniques
- Contexts and scenario for assessment and remediation
- Monitoring and Long-Term Planning, to manage and track the progress of environmental recovery.
- Legal aspects linked to pollution resulting from conflicts
Submissions may cover – among others - technological developments, experience from military or civilian operations/services (past or on-going), tools & enablers, capacity-building, concepts for multi-stakeholder cooperation.
Submission and evaluation process
Interested stakeholders are invited to submit their proposals via this form by 14 February 2025, 13:00 CET:
- Title and abstract (max. 20 lines) for the proposed presentation
- Presentation of their organisation and activities in the field
- Contact details
This call for presentations and the associated meeting are organised under EDA and IF CEED rules on third party participation.
Contact
For further details, please contact the IF CEED team via email circular.economy@eda.europa.eu