Knowledge Community – Trade Unions and degrowth

About the Event

Taking place at the International Trade Union House, the roundtable meeting is part of the GEF Flagship Initiative – Knowledge Communities which focuses on the Social Dimensions of the Green Deal. Together with our Partners Research & Degrowth we have embarked on a journey to jointly identify alternative models that address the social dimension of the green transition.  

The meeting will be divided into two main sessions: Firstly, Nora Räthzel, Researcher from the Umeå University will present the broader concept of the Political Brief on the topic of Trade Unions and Degrowth . In the second session, the KC participants will have the opportunity to give their input, enrich and challenge some of the most controversial issues identified and provide space for more in-depth discussions.  

Context

The GEF Knowledge Community roundtable meeting is a side-event of the broader ‘’A Just Transition beyond growth?’’ conference, which will take place 8-9th December in the International Trade Union House in Brussels.  

The aim of the ETUI-ETUC-EEB-ULB-GEF conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and related policies, now a top priority in trade union agendas, fit – or can fit – with the futures proposed by post-growth scholars, and what just transition policies might look like in an alternative green deal for Europe that is not a ‘green growth’ strategy but a more radical societal and economic transformation. 

Programme

Friday, 9th November: International Trade Union House  

14:00 – 14:15 – Introduction and welcome words  

with Laurent Standaert, Political Director, Green European Foundation  

14:15 – 14:30 – Tour de table  

14:30 – 15:00 – Political Brief concept presentation  

with Nora Räthzel, Researcher, Umeå University  

15:00 – 16:30 – Moderated open discussion  

16:30 – end of Knowledge Community meeting  

Practicalities

Date and time: Friday, 9th December from 2pm-4:30pm

Location: Boulevard Roi Albert II 5, 1000 Brussels 

Registration: This event is invitation only  

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Research & Degrowth and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.