BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Green European Foundation - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gef.eu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Green European Foundation
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Brussels
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20270328T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20271031T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261008
DTSTAMP:20260929T162440Z
CREATED:20260902T102643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T162440Z
UID:10002222-1791255600-1791341999@gef.eu
SUMMARY:Natural Allies: Environmental Protection for European Security (Vilnius)
DESCRIPTION:What if nature is not only something to protect\, but also part of what protects us? As Europe confronts geopolitical instability\, climate breakdown\, and growing societal pressures\, this one–day conference explores how healthy ecosystems and resilient communities can strengthen Europe’s security infrastructure. \nAbout the event\nEurope’s security challenges are ever more interconnected. Russia’s war against Ukraine has underlined the urgent need to strengthen defence and civil preparedness\, while climate change\, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation pose growing risks to critical infrastructure\, public health\, food and water security\, and local communities. At a moment when Europe’s political focus is increasingly centred on military readiness\, this conference asks how we can avoid creating a false choice between defence and resilience – and what it means to recognise environmental protection as part of a broader security agenda.   \nOn Tuesday 6 October 2026\, the Green European Foundation\, in collaboration with the Demokratijos Institutas\, will host a one-day conference in Vilnius to explore what it means to bring nature\, defence and societal preparedness together in response to a rapidly changing security landscape.  \nTaking GEF’s publication New Idealism for a Disrupted Europe  as starting point\, this event will explore how we can broaden our understanding of security beyond military capabilities alone. How can ecological resilience strengthen societal preparedness? What role can healthy ecosystems play in protecting people and infrastructure? And how can Europe address defence\, climate and societal resilience as interconnected challenges\, rather than as separate policy areas?   \nProgramme\nTuesday 6 October 2026  \n09:00–09:30 | Registration  \n09:30-09:40 | Opening & Welcome \n\nBenoit Monange – Co-President\, Green European Foundation\n\n09:40–11:00 | New Idealism: Rethinking Security for a Disrupted Europe   \n\nSofiia Shevchuk – researcher and EU policy consultant\, Valia: co-author of New Idealism for a Disrupted Europe \nSergey Lagodinsky (video-message) – Member of the European Parliament\, Greens/EFA \n\nComments by:  \n\nTomas Tomilinas – Member of the Lithuanian Parliament\, Democrats for Lithuania \nModerated by: Alice Hubbard\, Head of Network Development\, Green European Foundation\n\n11:00–11:30 | Coffee break  \n11:30–13:00 | Nature\, Resilience and Defence: Examples from Europe’s Eastern Flank   \n\nIntroduction by: Algis Čaplikas – Lithuanian Chambers of Housing Management and Maintenance\, former Minister\nNerijus Zableckis – Director\, Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation \nAira Paliukėnaitė – Vice-Minister of Environment\, Government of Lithuania \nArina Bilai – Ukrainian political & climate activist; Board member\, Rozviy\nDr. Michał Żmihorski (video message) — Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs of the Institute of Environmental Protection of the National Research Institute\nModeration: Domantas Tracevičius — Environmentalist and consumer rights advocate\n\n13:00–14:30 | Networking lunch  \n14:30–16:00 | From Resilience to Action  \n\nJustinas Mickus – Analyst\, Strata (Government Strategic Analysis Centre of Lithuania) \nKrista Mikkonen – Member of the Finnish Parliament\, Former Minister of the Interior and Minister of the Environment \nSkirmantas Krunkaitis – Vice Minister of Health\, Government of Lithuania\nModerated by: Richard Wouters – Research lead\, Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor Solidariteit (WIS)\n\n16:00–16:15 | Closing \n\nBenoit Monange — Co-President\, Green European Foundation\nArunas Burinskas – Director\, Democracy Institute\n\nPracticalities\nDate: Tuesday 6 October 2026\, 09:00-16:30 Location: Visitor Centre of the Seimas\, Vilnius\, Lithuania Language: English with simultaneous translation into Lithuanian\nCatering: All food and refreshments provided during the event\, including the coffee breaks and networking lunch\, will be vegetarian and vegan.\nRegistration: The event is free and open to everyone who registers via this link.  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation\, in collaboration with Demokratijos institutas and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/natural-allies-event-vilnius/
LOCATION:Private: Vilnius\, Lithuania
CATEGORIES:Conference
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gef.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LinkedIN-Post.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013
DTSTAMP:20260923T173908Z
CREATED:20260707T142507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T173908Z
UID:10002220-1791342000-1791773999@gef.eu
SUMMARY:The Greenhouse: Training for Activists Alumni Edition
DESCRIPTION:The Greenhouse: Training for Activists is a unique opportunity to connect\, learn and grow as part of a new generation of green and green-minded Europeans leading change in their communities. In this alumni edition of the training\, the Green European Foundation will bring together 15-20 alumni of previous Greenhouse cohorts in the Lithuanian countryside for 5 days of advanced political reflection\, debate\, and peer-learning between 7-11 October 2026. \nAbout The Alumni Training\nThe Greenhouse is the Green European Foundation’s activist training initiative dedicated to offering political education on Europe\, capacity building for the green movement at large\, and fostering engagement and participation of young leaders and activists across the continent – to support a strong and vibrant European democracy.  This Alumni Training offers space for Greenhouse alumni to sharpen their ideological grounding\, deepen their understanding of the European Green landscape\, debate strategic questions facing the Green movement\, and build lasting relationships across cohorts and borders. The training will take place 07-11 October in Lithuania.\nWhat you can expect\n\n\n\n\nAdvanced political reflection and debate — going deeper into the foundational ideological and strategic questions shaping European Green politics today\, and exploring how they play out across different national contexts.\n\n\nHigh-level political input — interactive sessions and debates with experienced Green politicians\, movement organisers\, and political ecology thinkers.\n\n\nExploring the European Green project — a deep dive into what the European Green project can mean in practice and how Green actors can shape political realities across local\, national\, and European levels.\n\n\nA participant-led learning experience — inspired by the principles of non-formal education\, the Alumni Training will rely on your active contribution. You’ll be invited to reflect on the political questions emerging from your own context before arriving\, helping shape discussions and peer learning throughout the programme.\n\n\nConnecting across cohorts — bringing together alumni from the first two editions of the Greenhouse Training and strenthening relationships across Europe.\n\n\nSmall-scale and personalised approach — focus on responding to needs and providing resources and guidance for you to take the next step in your political journey.\n\n\nProgramme\n\nThe Greenhouse Alumni Welcome Pack\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConfirmed Speakers & Trainers\n\nIda Kreutzman — Senior Trainer; Former educational advisor to the Council of Europe\nÉdouard Gaudot — Political Ecology Expert\, Senior advisor in European affairs\, Trainer\, and Author\nJelena Miloš — Member of Parliament (Croatia); Co-founder\, Možemo!; Member European Green Party Committee.  \nTomas Tomilinas — Member of Parliament (Lithuania)\, Democrats for Lithuania; Co-Founder\, Democrats for Lithuania; Member European Green Party Committee\nBenoit Monange — Co-President\, GEF\nFausta Roznytė — Former Chair of Young Democrats for Lithuania; Board Member\, GEF\nVirginija Vingriene — Waste policy group in the Ministry of Environment; Fomer Member of Parliament (Lithuania)\nLaurent Standaert — Director\, Green European Foundation\nKristiana Bruce — Executive committee of FYEG; Progresīvie (Latvia)\nNicolas Schwendemann — Former campaign manager\, German Greens\nMarta Bogustova (TBC) — Board Member Progresīvie\, Latvia; Greenhouse Alumna\n\n  \nWho should apply\n\nPlease note: If you have not participated in a previous edition of The Greenhouse Training\, you are unfortunately not eligible to apply. The next edition of The Greenhouse Training\, with participants selected via an open call\, will take place in Spring 2027. \n\nThis call is open to alumni of previous Greenhouse editions. Alongside your enthusiasm\, we’ll take into account:\n\n\nLeadership potential in the broadest sense – organising\, strategy\, movement-building\, policy\, ideas: we are looking for those wanting to shape the direction of the European Green movement in all its diversity\n\n\nA desire to take the next step in your political journey\, grounded in your local organising context and driven by a clear motivation to strengthen your engagement with the European dimension of the Green movement\n\n\nThe added value that participation would bring to your personal and political development.\n\n\nHow your profile\, interests\, and experience complements those of others in the room\n\n\nA demonstrated commitment to staying engaged with the Greenhouse Community and the European Green ecosystem\n\n\nGender balance and geographical diversity\n\n\nPracticalities\n\n\nDate and Time: 7–11 October 2026\n\n\nLocation: Debesų slėnis (“Cloud Valley”)\, Daugirdiškės\, LT-21343\, Latvia\n\n\nLanguage: English\n\n\nParticipants: 15–20 Greenhouse alumni from across Europe\n\n\nCosts: Travel\, accommodation\, and catering covered\n\n\nParticipation fee: €250 without VAT. This contribution supports GEF’s training mission and helps sustain programmes like the Greenhouse. If the participation fee prevents you from attending\, please let us know in your application. GEF will work with its partners to ensure that financial circumstances are not a barrier to participation.\n\n\nApplications open: 3–15 July 2026 Please note that applications for the training are now closed.\n\n\n\nQuestions? Reach out to training@gef.eu\n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/the-greenhouse-training-for-activists-alumni-edition/
CATEGORIES:Training
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gef.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FINAL-1.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR