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A short story of EREK
A group of business support organisations across Europe had a common vision: fostering resource efficiency improvements in SMEs
They have been meeting regularly since 2012.
Since 2016, it is the EREK Centre
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The vision behind EREK
Encouraging SMEs to become resource efficient
Support capacity building of business support organisations on the topic of resource efficiency
Mission: to become a reference point for SMEs and resource efficiency intermediaries on the latest developments and state-of-art RE practice.
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The EREK Network
26 members in 17 countries
And your organisation?
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5. EREK members in Bulgaria
And your organisation?
CEED - Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development – Bulgaria
BAMME - Bulgarian Association of Municipal Environmental Experts 
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6. The Community and the network charter
Not yet a member of the EREK Network? Join EREK now and become a member of the European Resource Efficiency community today!
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The core EREK services
Self-assessment tool for 10 sectors and od
Database of Measures, Technologies and real life business cases ( more than 450 examples!)
Support schemes and financial measures in each country
EREK Workshops
Newsletter & Quarterly
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The EREK tools for SMEs
SELF ASSESSMENT TOOLs
DATABASE OF MEASURES, GOOD PRACTICES, and TECHNOLOGIES
SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
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Self Assessment Tool
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10. SAT - Hotels and restaurants
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Examples of questions
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12. Your tailored Resource Efficiency report
After completing the SAT on your sector, you will get your tailored Resource Efficiency report
(not shown on the picture: specific recommendations, links to the Catalogue (measures, good practices and technologies) and further links to other documents (that are not EREK related)
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13. Database of resource efficiency solutions
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There is a good practice on Bulgaria
Good practices
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Support programmes
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16. Support organisations
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How EREK can help you
Hotel and Restaurants sector
38 good practices
8 measures
6 technologies
Bulgaria
2 Bulgarian members
9 support programmes
1 Bulgarian good practice
In the slides about good practices (14) there is the picture about the good practice in Bulgaria.
We only have one good practice from Bulgaria, it is an opportunity to encourage people to send their good practices.
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18. Get involved! Join the upcoming EREK workshops
Vienna (Austria), in collaboration with Biz-up on 22nd October 2018
Madrid (Spain), in collaboration with Ihobe (TBC)
Warsaw (Poland), in collaboration with IETU (TBC)
Belgium, in February 2019 (TBC)
Paris (France), in collaboration with ADEME in March 2019
Budapest (Hungary), in collaboration with Kovet (TBC)
Brussels (Belgium), in collaboration with Ihobe in May 2019
Bucharest (Romania) (TBC)
Helsinki (Finland), in collaboration with Motiva (TBC)
Keep up to date by subscribing to our newsletter or by checking !
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19. Services to SME associations
Our focus is on network expansion and expertise sharing with active members. EREK builds capacity of organisations providing services directly to companies.
You can:
You will:
Get direct access to the information gathered
Shape the development of tools and activities to fit your needs
Integrate the tools into your own service offers
Get recognition at EU and international level as leaders/pioneers in the area of resource efficiency
Co-organise and attend international workshops
Contribute to the European debate
Promote your own services, activities and events through EREK
Contribute to the database on resource efficiency benefits and showcase the successes of your members
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Services to SMEs
Our focus is to help SMEs becoming more resource efficient. EREK builds capacity of organisations providing services directly to companies.
You can:
Get direct access to the information gathered
Use the SAT to asses your resource efficiency
Attend international workshops
Learn the latest news in resource efficiency in Europe
Get to know more about support programmes in your country
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