ECEG

This is a decisive moment. Europe must act now to restore industrial competitiveness & safeguard high-quality jobs for EU workers. We are not asking for protection from change. We are asking for the conditions to lead the change.

Read the Antwerp Call to Action 👉 lnkd.in/dfbtwnbY

The Antwerp Declaration Community is calling on EU leaders to adopt a package of Emergency Industrial Policy Measures focused on three priorities:
1️⃣ Bring energy and carbon costs down
2️⃣ Support fair global trade and access to finance
3️⃣ Be proud to buy products made in Europe

Investment is leaving. Site closures and job losses are accelerating across manufacturing sectors. EU must move from diagnosis to delivery - not next year, not next week, but today

+500 business leaders, 30 factory workers, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & Bart De Wever stood side by side to call for urgent and bold action
Their presence reflects the growing recognition that EU competitiveness crisis is deepening and that the future of high-quality industrial jobs in EU is at stake

Today, ECEG President and DG were in Antwerp for the European Industry Summit

Europe’s industrial and political leaders came together to deliver a clear message: there is no resilient, nor safe, nor strong Europe without a strong European industry

Read the Antwerp Call to Action 👉 lnkd.in/dfbtwnbY

👏 Heartfelt thanks to all ECEG members for their active participation and continuous support for the organisation’s mission and efforts

Congratulations to our members on their new and confirmed roles. We look forward to the journey ahead! 🤝

In addition, Anni Siltanen, Petra Lindemann, and Koen Laenens were respectively confirmed as Chairs of the Working Groups on #Education & #LLL, #IndustrialRelations, #Employment & #Competitiveness, and #H&S

We also warmly welcome Minna Etu-Seppälä, Director of Industrial Relations at Kemianteollisuus, as the new Vice-President and Csaba Szabó, Director of MAVESZ, as the new Chair of the Steering Committee

Our warmest thanks go to Jonas Hagelqvist, ECEG’s former President, for his leadership and dedication over the past years, guiding the organisation with vision and commitment

This week, ECEG members gathered for their Board & annual #GeneralAssembly, held in the framework of the @cefic.bsky.social #ChemicalConvention in Berlin 🇩🇪

We are happy to announce that Mathias Schöttke, CEO of BAVC, has been unanimously elected as the new President of ECEG 🎉

Your input will be a key contribution to the #ChemSkillsEU recommendations to the European Commission and will guide the development of future training programmes for Europe’s pharmaceutical sector

👉 Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard and influence the skills agenda for 2030!

💡 During this 90-minute interactive session, participants will explore how megatrends such as sustainability and digitalisation are shaping the competences that will be needed by 2030 – and which may decline

You will also discuss training to support effective up-/re-skilling across the workforce

ChemSkills partners warmly invite you to take part in an online workshop where you can share your perspectives and help shape Europe’s future pharmaceutical workforce 🧪

📅 Monday, 15 September 2025
🕑 14:00–15:30 CET
💻 Online via Teams

✉️ Register by 12 September by emailing secretariat@eceg.org

We look forward to this new chapter under her guidance and are confident her leadership will further strengthen ECEG’s success and growth 🤝

Eleonora Isopo confirmed as the Director General of ECEG ECEG is pleased to announce that Eleonora Isopo has been confirmed as Director General of the association, effective 1st July 2025. Ms Isopo has successfully served as Acting Director General since Ja...

📢 Eleonora Isopo has been confirmed as Director General of ECEG 🎊

After successfully serving as Acting Director General of the association since January 2025, Eleonora has demonstrated strong leadership and dedication in representing chemical employers at 🇪🇺 level

Read more 👉 shorturl.at/YbwA9

🎤 Eleonora Isopo, ECEG's DG:
"Through this joint statement, we reaffirm our commitment to fair treatment, protection of workers’ safety and respect for human rights throughout subcontracting chains. These are essential to ensure that 🇪🇺 chemical sector continues to thrive responsibly"

🇪🇺 #SocialPartners developed a set of recommendations, aiming to ensure workers’ #FairTreatment, prevent exploitation & enhance #transparency in the EU

📢 Today, 🇪🇺 Chemical Social Partners @industrialleurope.bsky.social & ECEG published a joint statement, reaffirming their commitment to:

👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ safeguarding the safety & well-being of all workers in 🇪🇺, including #TCN
🛡️ upholding #HumanRights in the #SubcontractingShains

Read more 👉 shorturl.at/dTqyh

Are you interested in European affairs, social dialogue, and managing EU-funded projects? We would love to hear from you! 📩

🔍 In this role, you will:

✅ Assist in the organisation of meetings and conferences, including #SocialDialogue meetings on the EU level
✅ Support the team with management of EU-funded #projects and #policy research
✅ Contribute to #communications and daily office coordination

🚨 #WeAreHiring!

The European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) is looking for a Project and Policy Assistant to join our team in Brussels 🇧🇪

📅 Deadline to apply: 14 July EOB
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/AoQQd
📩 Send your CV and cover letter to secretariat@eceg.org

Chiara Foglio from @ecegbrussels.bsky.social‬ is sharing insights from the ChemSkills project, which aims to develop training and curricula to close the skills gap and support the chemical industry’s green & digital transitions.

📅 22 October 2025
📍 Milan, Italy & Online

Join the #ChemSkills Public Conference to explore green & digital skills in the chemical sector – with policy, training & industry voices

In person or online – you're welcome!

#ChemSkillsEU #EUProjects #erasmusprojects

Many thanks to Vanessa Debiais-Sainton & Annika Ojala for the engaging dialogue. We appreciated the opportunity to exchange views & reaffirm our commitment to delivering on the skills needed for the 🌱 green & 💻 digital transitions in the chemical sector

Looking forward to continued collaboration 🤝

💡 This discussion focused on 👇

🔸 Preliminary results of the #ChemSkillsEU project
🔹 Ensuring the long-term #sustainability of this initiative while keeping its outcomes impactful
🔸 EU initiatives supporting partnerships in #education and #training, i.e. #PactforSkills, #EUSkillsAlliances, #CoVEs

This morning, ECEG had an insightful exchange with the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social on advancing skills development for the chemical industry 🧪

These initiatives demonstrate how voluntary action, rigorous enforcement and social dialogue can be more effective and faster than new legislation, and we therefore encourage the Commission to focus on this 🤝

2️⃣ Formaldehyde Value Chain Alliance
A successful initiative and partnership between ECEG, Formacare, industriAll Europe and ETUC, which proactively promoted the reduction of occupational exposure limits for formaldehyde from 2 ppm to 0.3 ppm, protecting more than 30.000 workers in Europe.

📌 Two successful voluntary initiatives highlighted as examples of the sector’s commitment are:

1️⃣ The Responsible Care and the European Responsible Care® Awards – supporting companies and associations to continuously improve health, safety, and environmental performance

🔸 Improving the quality of jobs by strengthening the enforcement of existing frameworks and supporting industry-led initiatives