On behalf of the Croatian Association of Experts in Nature and Environmental Protection (HUSZPO) and the Regional Sustainable Finance and Impact Assessment platform (RSFIA), we are proud to invite you to the Conference "EU Taxonomy and Impact Assessment: From Policy to Practice" which will be held in Opatija, Croatia, at Hotel Ambasador, October 8-10, 2025. 

All five previous regional conferences (2013, 2015,2017, 2019, 2022) on environmental impact assessment were highly successful. Building on astrong foundation of success, the 2025 Conference in Opatija will continue this legacy.These past events consistently attracted over 300 attendees, including professionals, scientists, and government officials from Croatia and beyond,featuring over 100 professional papers and insightful round table discussions.

Each conference featured over 100 professional papers and several round tables on various topics. More than 300 professionals, scientists, government representatives, local and regional government representatives, NGOs, public relations experts, media representatives, and investors from Croatia, the region, and beyond attended each conference. To further enhance the quality and reach of the conference by involving experts from across Europe, in 2022 we expanded the scope to a European level, aligning with the European Green Deal.

Following the successful Symposium on Linkages Between Sustainable Finance and Environmental Procedures, (October 3-4, 2024, Dubrovnik), we are proud to announce the Conference in Opatija, which will further explore key topics and focus on implementing the conclusions from Dubrovnik.

🔍 Key Takeaways from the DubrovnikSymposium:
✔️ Better interoperability between the EUTaxonomy and Environmental ImpactAssessments (EIA/SEA) is needed to ensure anintegrated approach to sustainable finance
✔️ EIA processes should recognize the positivecontributions of projects, not just potentialnegative impacts
✔️ Aligning the EU Taxonomy’s minimumsocial safeguards with the standards ofinternational financial institutions is crucial
✔️ Financial institutions and private sectorstakeholders must play a more active role inadapting to sustainable finance regulationsOpatijaOctober

We hereby invite you to join the conference that became the platform for arranging cooperation and exchanging experiences with experts from different countries. Registration information and other details is available on our partner website: https://huszpo-konferencija.com/en/

This event is supported by  European Investment Bank, World Bank Group, European Commission and International Association for Imapct Assessment.

First Announcement available here