Date: July 7, 2026
Time: 11:30 – 12:45
Format: Online (Zoom)

European Digital Innovation Hub Edih Kyiv Hitech Together with partners he invites representatives of the textile and processing industry of Kyiv region, as well as anyone interested in the topic of circular economy and sustainable development, to the thematic webinar.

The EU textile industry is on the verge of significant regulatory changes: the new ESPR Regulation introduces thebinding digital product passports (DPPs) and the requirements for circularity and sustainable production are becoming non-existenta capacious condition for access to the European market. For Ukrainian producers, this is both a challenge and an opportunity to gain support in digital and ‘green’ transformations now to remain competitive in the EU market.

Partners: Department of Economics of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, a cluster of circular economics

During the webinar we will consider:

• regional initiatives to support the circular economy;
• grant and expert digitalization opportunities for textile and processing enterprises;
• practical approaches to business adaptation to the requirements of the future;
• New EU requirements for digital product passports (DPP) for textile exports.

Webinar program

11:30 – 11:35 – Opening of the webinar, welcoming speech of the organizers
Oleksandr Yurchak, UCA, EDIH KYIV HITECH

11:35 – 11:45 — RivCircular Project: Regional Initiatives to Support Circular Economy
Samir Aziz, Department of Economics of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration (Kova)

11:45 – 11:55 – opportunities for grant and expert support for digitalization of textile enterprises and processing enterprises
Lesya Sobolevska, Edih Kyiv Hitech

11:55 – 12:05 – FutureProof Textiles: how to adapt textile business to challenges of the future
Dmytro Lazarenko, Circular Economics Cluster

12:05 – 12:15 — Digital product passports (DPP) for textile exports according to the new EU regulatory requirements (ESPR regulations)
Kyrylo Gorokhovsky, LLC ‘DPPCHIN’ (Digital Product Passports Chain)

12:15 – 12:30 – Joint Q&A session: panel discussion and answers to participants’ questions
Discussion with speakers, analysis of practical cases, answers to questions about export, financing and accounting

12:30 – 12:45 – summarizing, final recommendations and closing of the webinar

Who should join

The webinar will be useful for owners and managers of textile and processing enterprises, specialists in foreign economic activity, representatives of clusters, exporters, as well as anyone who plans to adapt the business to new EU requirements and look for ways to finance digital transformation.

Participation is free. Places are limited – register in advance.

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The event was organized with the support of the EDIH Kyiv Hitech project. EDIH Kyiv Hitech is co-financed by the European Union under the Digital Europe Program on the basis of the Grant Agreement No. 101269876.

Expressed views and opinions are exclusively the views of the author (s) and notnecessarily reflect the position of the European Union or the European Executive Agency for HealthI and Digital Technologies (Hadea). Neither the European Union nor the funding body are responsible for them.