RECONMATIC Joins Western Balkans Webinar on Closing the Value Gap in Construction

The RECONMATIC project will participate as a speaker in the upcoming online webinar “Where Value Is Lost and Found: Closing the Value Gap in the Construction Industry”, organised by the Western Balkans Circular Economy Hub, in collaboration with Cradlenet.

Date: 4 February 2026

Time: 10:00–11:30 CET

Format: Online (Zoom)

RECONMATIC will be represented by Teresa Ros Dosdá (The Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC-AICE)) and Eglė Joneliunaite (Future Needs), who will share practical tools and learning resources supporting the transition towards circular construction.

Both RECONMATIC and the Western Balkans Circular Economy Hub are active members of the Circular Construction Cluster (CCC), reinforcing the strong collaboration between European initiatives advancing circularity in the built environment.

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RECONMATIC Contributions to the Webinar

Teresa Ros Dosdá, Environmental Senior Researcher at ITC-AICE, will present the Circularity Assessment Tool, developed within RECONMATIC to assess circular economy implementation in the construction sector across Europe, the UK, and China, and to establish country-specific baselines.

Eglė Joneliūnaitė, Dissemination & Communication Manager at Future Needs, will introduce the RECONMATIC learning platform, a video-based educational environment focused on circular construction and demolition waste management. The platform, showcases innovative methods, tools, and real-life insights developed within the project, supporting capacity building across the construction value chain.

About the Webinar

On 4 February, the webinar will bring together speakers from across Europe and the Western Balkans to combine data, public-sector leadership, innovation tools, and real-life practices to explore how circular economy approaches can help close the value gap in construction.

The agenda includes:

• Insights from the Value Gap Report team

• A circular success story from Friesland (Netherlands), one of Europe’s pioneering regions in circular transition

• Updates from EU-level innovation initiatives advancing circularity in construction

• Best circular practices from the Western Balkans

  
  

The event is designed for companies, municipalities, practitioners, and policy actors interested in the economic, environmental, and social potential of circular construction.

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