The Resource Intelligent Europe network (RIE), the first working group of GLOBE EU and the Bee, was born at the dinner conversation with the UN International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management hosted by GLOBE EU at the European Parliament, on 31st May 2010.

The RIE Declaration was launched  at the European Parliament lunch debate 'The Year Ahead of Davos' - click here for a list of participants at the launch, and on the image to access the text.

Issues In the run-up to the Davos World Resources Forum in September 2011, the RIE will contribute to the discussions on the resource efficiency agenda, from resource security and fair distribution to carbon accounting and the functioning of the ETS. Over the coming months the RIE workshops will focus on, among other issues: the leading resource efficiency policies of Japan; the role of the EU research and development policies as drivers of the resource efficiency agenda; the need to set priority resource efficiency targets; the "Lease Society" and the vision of the Value Extracted Tax on the basis of scarcity as possible solutions to the rebound effect which follows resource efficiency increases, and to the ongoing unemployment crisis in traditional sectors; the Peak Oil resource crisis; Innovating with less materials? - Best Practices in Technological and Non-Technological Innovation for Job Creation and Resource Efficiency   For more information please contact the GLOBE Secretariat.

Last Events:

•  12th January - Annual GLOBE EU Bee Group Strategy Dinner. See participants list and a summary of the key substantive issues identified.

2010

• 28th September - Sandwich Lunch The Need for an Improved Role of the Private Sector in the EU Research & Innovation Strategy. Mr David Harmon, Member of the Cabinet for International Relations of EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn will exchange wiews with GLOBE EU and the Bee Group on the role of PPPs in the upcoming Research & Innovation Strategy of the European Commission and their contribution to supporting economic recovery and tackling global political challenges. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, ASP 3 F383, from 12h30 to 14h00. See participants list here.

• 22nd September - The Year Ahead of Davos - Launch of the Resource Intelligent Europe Working Group of GLOBE EU and the Bee Group. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament, Strasbourg. See participants list here.

• 7th July - Promoting Sustainable Development: Policymakers and industry working together through voluntary initiatives. GLOBE EU Bee Group Lunch conversation with Hans Bender, VP Global External Relations. By invitation only. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament, Strasbourg.

• 30th June - Promoting sustainable lifestyles. How can policymakers and businesses work together. GLOBE EU Bee Group breakfast conversation with Paul Polman, Unilever CEO. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.

• 31st May - Bee Group Dinner conversation with the co-Chairs of the UN International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (Resources Panel), Ernst v Weiszaecker and Ashok Khosla; plus Anders Wijkman, Club of Rome Vice-President, and Timo Mäkelä, Director of Sustainable Development and Integration, DG Environment. Hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP and Claude Turmes MEP. By invitation only. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.