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Green Perspectives on European Security
Do young Greens share a unified vision for addressing the growing challenges related to armed conflicts, energy, digital, and social security? Are we all affected by these issues equally, or is there a disproportion of impact depending on our positionalities? And do these positionalities impact how we assess the challenges of today? These are the questions that 40 young Green European activists will explore, accompanied by experts in these fields.
About the event
Despite the ideals and the efforts of several generations to stop wars, the reality is that armed conflicts are still ravaging societies worldwide. Besides the most brutal war affecting the youth in Europe, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, armed conflicts continue to rise in South Caucasus, Turkey, and the Balkans. While the Green movement is rooted in non-violence and pacifism, it’s also vaguely defined and understood within and outside the Green movement. These principles are also easier to defend in peaceful times. However, these conflicts and the aspects of life (such as energy, infrastructure, food, housing) once again remind us that we need to have a better definition of non-violence, pacifism, peace, security, and stability. During this Study Session, the green youth of Europe will consider these issues and discuss them with the experts directly working on and around the impacts of these conflicts on energy security, digital security, propaganda, media, freedom of speech, and civil society activities.
Project background
This event is a part of Green European Foundation’s Green Visions on European Security project, which aims to explore how the Greens could adopt the necessary tools to understand contemporary conflicts and develop mechanisms to anticipate, respond, and terminate them. By facilitating a frank discussion on key tension points and vacuums, across historical, geographical, and national sensitivities, and with political ecology values at its core, GEF and its partners contribute to the green movement’s reflections and anchoring of an updated vision on security and defence.
Programme and Speakers:
10:00 – 11:30 Session on Energy Security
- Olena Rutkovska – project manager for Ukrainian NGO Khmelnitsky Energy Cluster
- Morgan Henley – EU heating sector decarbonisation campaigner at Bankwatch
12:00 – 13:30 Session on Democracy & Civil Society in Ensuring Security
- Balin Mikola – research fellow at the Democracy Institute of Central European University
15:00 – 16:30 Workshop on Media Security & Propaganda
- Iryna Zemlyana – media expert at the Institute for Mass Information
17:00 – 18:30 Session on Digital Security
- Anastasiya Zhyrmont – campaigner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Access Now
20:30 – 22:00 Forum on Sharing Experiences
Practicalities:
Date and Time: 27th October (10:00-22:00)
Location: European Youth Center Budapest
Language: The main language of the event will be English.
Registration: Registration is now closed, but links will be provided for the streams of some sessions.
This event is organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, as well as the Federation of Young European Greens and the European Youth Centre Budapest. It is organised with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.