NFFT and BCSDH hosted a European delegation

The high-level delegation meeting held on November 5, 2024 in the Office Building of the Parliament, timed for the Hungarian European Presidency, sought answers to these questions, among other things.

The National Council for Sustainable Development (NFFT) and the Hungarian Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSDH) hosted the European Chamber of Technology (EUTECH), whose mission is to provide opportunities for European businesses to use technology for the benefit of Europe. The meeting was attended by some members of the Net Zero Advisory Board, as well as ministry and university leaders.

On behalf of the host, NFFT, Zsombor Barta, Senior Parliamentary Counselor, welcomed the guests. In his opening speech, Florian VON TUCHER, the president of EUTECH, who led the 7-person delegation, emphasized that it is very important for his organization to establish European-level cooperation between regulatory bodies and companies who think similarly about sustainability and want to do something about it.

Márta Irén, director of the BCSDH, moderated the discussion, the primary goal of which was to strengthen cooperation between European businesses and regulatory bodies, emphasizing the sustainability objectives of the Green Deal, as well as the innovation opportunities related to emerging global technological trends. In her introductory speech, Irén Márta emphasized that to stop climate change and to adapt to the changed situation, systemic changes are needed, which companies must be at the forefront of, but even closer cooperation with social organizations and regulators must be implemented.

As a result of the meeting, the parties envisioned a joint initiative for environmental sustainability and innovation. It was set as a goal that the cooperation opportunities revealed during the consultation will be developed in the field of clean technologies and green industries.

Participants were:

Florian Von Tucher, President, EUTECH Chamber

Henning VomStein, Board member EUTECH Chamber

Dr. Igor Gladkov, Director, EUTECH Chamber

Mohamed Garbhi, Climate Action Alliance Board member, EUTECH Chamber

Yves Decadt, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Biolingus

Dr. Mariem Harmassi, Head of Quality Department -IT Education, IT SchoolUniversité Centrale

Esteban Remecz, CIO VP Information Technology & Digital Iochpe-Maxion S.A.Maxion Wheels

From the Hungarian side:

Zsombor Barta, Senior Parliamentary Counselor, National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)

Dr. Barbara Botos, Traveling Climate Ambassador of the Ministry of Energy

Anikó Juhász, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

András Kárpáti, President, Future Mobility Association

Márta Irén, Managing Director, Hungarian Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSDH)

Réka Matheidesz, CEO, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME)

Andrea Nagy, Race to Zero Project Manager, BCSDH

Dr. Zsófia Nemes, Assistant Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB)

Gábor Szarvas, President, Hungarian Environmentally Conscious Building Association (HuGBC)