Part of the resources on this platform are based on the PREVENT Waste Alliance EPR Toolbox. The German-Indonesian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (EKONID) is member of the PREVENT Waste Alliance since 08/2020. The PREVENT Waste Alliance serves as a platform for exchange and international cooperation. Organisations from the private sector, academia, civil society and public institutions jointly engage for a circular economy. The PREVENT members contribute to minimising waste, eliminating pollutants and maximising the reutilisation of resources in the economy worldwide. They strive to reduce waste pollution in low- and middle-income countries and work together for the prevention, collection, and recycling of waste, as well as the increased uptake of secondary resources. The PREVENT Waste Alliance was launched in 2019 by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

More information: https://prevent-waste.net/en/.

 

The initiative “Environmental Protection Made in Germany” 

The initiative “Export Initiative Environmental Protection” of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection (BMUV) aims to establish cooperation between innovative German environmental technology SMEs and potential partners in international markets. The advantages of modern and efficient technologies that conserve resources are not limited to furthering growth and innovation. They also contribute to raising environmental standards, spreading environmental knowledge and improving ecological foundations and living conditions at the local level in the long run. 

Through the initiative, support will be provided to needs-based projects that are tailored to specific necessities and that have an impact in their target regions, facilitating the necessary legal, political and administrative conditions for environmentally beneficial development and harnessing the economic and social potential of environmental technologies and resource efficiency. Through these support activities the initiative lays the foundation for sustainable partnerships. 

In the focus are especially the following sectors: 1) Water and wastewater management, 2) circular economy and resource management, 3) sustainable mobility solutions and 4) green hydrogen and fuel cell technology applications.  

Since 2016 the BMUV and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce e.V. (DIHK) have been cooperating and utilizing the worldwide network of German Chambers Abroad (AHK). As part of the DIHK “Chambers for Greentech” project German environmental technology solutions and expertise are introduced to international markets through the AHK network. 

 

Association of German Chambers of Commerce e.V. (DIHK) 

The German Chambers of Commerce e.V. (DIHK) is the Berlin-based umbrella organization for the 79 local Chambers of Commerce and Industry across Germany as well as the approximately 140 offices of the German Chambers Abroad in 92 countries. 

Since 2016 the BMUV and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce e.V. (DIHK) have been cooperating and utilizing the worldwide network of German Chambers Abroad (AHK). As part of the DIHK “Chambers for Greentech” project German environmental technology solutions and expertise are introduced to international markets through the AHK network.