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SUMMARY:Repensem Europa: Green Activist Training Catalonia
DESCRIPTION:The training gathered around twenty young activists\, aged 18 to 27\, with the aim to foster their expertise about European politics  and the Green movement. It was part of a transnational project offering educational opportunities to young people from Czech Republic\, Hungary\, Finland\, and Catalonia. \nHighlights of the national training can be found in this video (Catalan). \n  \nPROGRAMME\nOctober 27 \n18:00 – 19:15h: Mark Jeffrey\, Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona\, on key facts about the European Union and how it works \n19:30 – 21:00h: Mar Garcia\, Secretary-General of the European Green Party\, on Green politics both at the Catalan and European level \nOctober 28 \n18:00 – 19:15h: World Café to discuss with members of DiEM25 DSC their proposals to the ‘polycrisis’ of the European Union \n19:30 – 21:00h: Debate with Ernest Urtasun\, Member of European Parliament\, on EU politics \n  \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/repensem-europa-green-activist-training-catalonia/
LOCATION:Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161025T200000
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SUMMARY:"Green Values\, Religion and Secularism" Debate in Warsaw
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is part of the Green European Foundation project “Green Values\, Religion and Secularism”\, which promotes and serves as a space for the debate within the Greens towards a more coherent stance on the changing role of religion in European society. The project is based on the book with the same name\, published by the Green European Foundation together with six national Green foundations in 2015. \nThe debate in Warsaw was opened by Erica Meijers\, co-editor of the book “Green Values\, Religion and Secularism” and editor-in-chief of the Journal De Helling\, published by the Dutch Green Foundation Bureau De Helling\, who provided more context on the development of the book. Bartłomiej Kozek\, journalist of Zielone Wiadomości\, delivered insights into the discussion around this topic within the Polish society. Speakers such as Lucas Skurczyński (Protestant theologian and editor of Miesięcznik Ewangelicki)\, Adam Ostolski (Co-leader of the Polish Green Party Partia Zieloni)\, Maria Roczaczewska (sociologist from the University of Warsaw) contributed to this interesting debate and shed light on issues around this topic in the context of Poland and Europe.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-values-religion-secularism-debate-warsaw/
LOCATION:PánstwoMiasto Café\, Andersa 29\, Warsaw\, 00-159\, Poland
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161023T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161023T140000
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SUMMARY:GOVERNARE GREEN - Conference in Rome
DESCRIPTION:The focus of this conference were the Green approaches to city management as solutions to local and global challenges. The programme especially took into consideration the Commons\, water and waste management. This was an occasion to highlight the examples of best practices and case studies in Italy and other European cities. \nThe event was preceded on the 22nd of October by the Local Councillors Conference ‘Moving ahead: Green Mobility for Healthy Cities’\, organised by the European Green Party\, where participants shared Green best practices from across Europe in reducing air pollution and enhancing mobility in cities\, as well as to strengthen cooperation among green local representatives. \nGOVERNARE GREEN consisted out of 3 sessions\, each featuring thematic presentations by relevant speakers. \n1. Local administration in the time of ZeroWaste  (9h45-10h45) \n\nArnaud Pinxteren: “How can Brussels be a zero-waste European capital? The plans\, the policies\, the struggles of the most observed and commented city in Europe.”\nRaffaele del Giudice: “Strategies for Naples vis à vis circular economy and overcoming the difficult process of waste management.”\nEnrico Fedrighini: “How Milan has become one of Europe’s leading cities in recycling.”\nFrancesco Emilio Borrelli: “The new regional plan for waste management and the choice of a zero waste future for the region Campania.”\n\n2.  8 minutes to narrate green management. How to improve the life of citizens through green management: green experiences and policies as told by their protagonists. (10h45 – 11h45) \n\nFlavia Marzano: “How to promote e-government in big cities?”\nMónica Oltra Jarque: “Winning against corruption and governing green.”\nEivind Trædal: “How to divest your territory from fossil fuels and live happily ever after.”\nCarmine Maturo: “Naples: Walks for a change. Walking talks on beauty\, identity and urban quality of life.”\nMarco Gaudini: “How to buy back water management company into a public company?”\nAndrea Costa: “How to set up grass root policies on migration: the example of Rome’s Baobab.”\nLucia Coppola: “How to win the Smart City award.”\nMaria Laura Lorenzini: “How to implement good green policies in the field of heavy infrastructures.”\nDaniela Filbier: “How to set up a project of direct democracy: the example of Possibile.”\n\n3. Energy to the future: how to move towards zero emissions territories (12h30-13h30) \n\nMichele Emiliano: “Past and present of the Italian heart of reneawable energy production.”\nBas Eickhout: “Implementing the Paris Agreement: from the global to the local level.”\nMónica Oltra Jarque: “Urban and community energy transition.”\nGianni Silvestrini: “The new Italian proposal for building retrofitting: beyond the green deal.”\n\n  \nREGISTRATION: This event is open to public and there is no participation fee. To register\, send email to Davide Sabbadin (davidesabbadin@gmail.com). \nDownload the final programme here. \nLive stream video from the event is available below.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/governare-green-conference-rome/
LOCATION:Piazza di Spagna\, Via Alibert\, 5A\, Rome\, Italy
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SUMMARY:ECOPRO Seminar in Brussels with John Restakis
DESCRIPTION:This event is a part of this year’s GEF transnational project ECOPRO (“Ecological Production in a Post-Growth Society”). It featured John Restakis – the director of the British Columbia Co-operative Association (Canada) and an acknowledged researcher of the role of Co-operatives worldwide\, especially in relation to a new\, socially fair economy\, and he is the author of Humanising the Economy. Co-operatives in the Age of Capital. He is currently working together with Michael Bauwens and the P2P Foundation to create synergies between the Commons and the Co-operative movement. \nDuring the seminar\, John Restakis illustrated the advantages of co-operative enterprises in the context of this year’s ECOPRO thematic focus – sustainable work in a post-growth society.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/2111/
LOCATION:Mundo-b\, Rue d'Edimbourg 26\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161020T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161030T170000
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SUMMARY:Akumulátor: European Green Activist Training in Czech Republic
DESCRIPTION:This event is a part of our European Green Activist Training project\, which offers educational opportunities from young people in Hungary\, Catalonia\, Czech Republic and Finland. This project aspires to provide young people with enhanced knowledge of European politics and improved practical skills\, such as negotiation and networking. As a transnational project\, it is organised in two steps\, starting with a local training with our partners and ending with a joint study trip to Brussels\, where all participants get to meet\, exchange ideas and visit relevant institutions. \nWe invite the youth living in Czech Republic\, between 15-26 years old\, who are interested in activism and European politics to apply for a stimulating training organised with the help of  the  Institute for Active Citizenship. This opportunity will include 5 local training around Czech Republic\, during the following dates: October 20-30; December 9-11; February 10-12; March 24-26; April 21-23. In addition to these dates\, this project offers a study visit to Brussels\, which will happen in late January 2017. \nApplications are open until the 23rd of September via this page. Find out more about this opportunity here.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/akumulator-european-green-activist-training-czech-republic/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161015T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161017T170000
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SUMMARY:Workshop for New Politicians and Activists
DESCRIPTION:After the successful implementation of a transboundary workshop for young journalists in Tran\, Bulgaria last June\, this event took place in Skopje\, Macedonia from the 15th to the 17th of October and broached the issue of implementing policies to develop a Green Economy in the region. \nThe workshop’s aim was to support new politicians and activists from Bulgaria\, Serbia and Macedonia\, who have an interest in environmental issues and in exploring new sustainable solutions offered by the Green Economy. This event was part of the Green European Foundation’s transnational project Journalists and Policy Makers Boost Green Economy\, organised with the support of the BlueLink Foundation (Bulgaria)\, the Association for Sustainable Social and Economic Development Sunrise (Macedonia) and Drugi Novi Centar Association (Serbia). \nThe workshop provided the participants with important insights into cross-border environmental issues in the Balkans and explore Green policies as alternative solutions. This event served as a platform for knowledge exchange and a chance to enhance the professional skills of the participants. The training was implemented in English. \nIf you would like to find out more about the workshop\, please contact aleksandar@izgrejsonce.mk or borislav.sandov@zelenite.bg. \nThis workshop was organised with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/workshop-new-politicians-activists/
LOCATION:Skopje\, North Macedonia
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161008T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161008T193000
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SUMMARY:"Green Values\, Religion and Secularism" Seminar in Athens
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is part of the Green European Foundation project “Green Values\, Religion and Secularism”\, which promotes and serves as a space for the debate within the Greens towards a more coherent stance on the changing role of religion in European society. The project is based on the book with the same name\, published by the Green European Foundation together with six national Green foundations in 2015. \nThe seminar in Athens was entitled “Green Spirituality? Religious faith and the Political State” and it focused on the topic of separation of church and state in Greece\, with reference to the situation in other European countries. \n  \nPROGRAMME: \n17h00 – 17h15 Welcome Speech (by Alekos Georgopoulos\, Professor of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki\, Member of the Board\, Green Institute Greece) \n17h15 – 18h00 A historical look at the need for Spirituality and the dialogue with the Green political thought in Greece and Europe \n\nMarios Bezgos\, Former Dean of School of Theology\, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\nIoannis Paraskevopoulos\, Legal scholar\, a member of Ecologists Greens\nNuala Ahern\, Psychologist\, former MEP of Irish Greens\, Co-Editor of the “Green Values\, Religion and Secularism” book\n\n18h00 – 18h15 Discussion \n18h15 – 19h00 State and Church: Their distinct roles and social targets \n\nAntonis Paparizos\, Professor of Sociology of Religion at Panteion University\nGeorge Dimaras\, MP of SYRIZA\, member of Ecologists Greens\n\n19h00 – 19h15 Discussion and conclusions  \nDebates will be moderated by Konstantinos Loukeris\, Educator- Political Scientist\, former President of Green Institute Greece.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-values-religion-secularism-seminar-athens/
LOCATION:Europe Direct\, Akadamias 50\, Athens \, Greece
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161001T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161029T170000
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SUMMARY:Call for Applications: Green Activist Training in Hungary
DESCRIPTION:This event is a part of our Europeanising Green Activist Training project\, which offers educational opportunities from young people in Hungary\, Catalonia\, Czech Republic and Finland. This project aspires to provide young people with enhanced knowledge of European politics and improved practical skills\, such as negotiation and networking. As a transnational project\, it is organised in two steps\, starting with a local training with our partners and ending with a joint study trip to Brussels\, where all participants get to meet\, exchange ideas and visit relevant institutions. \nThe first call for application this year is in Hungary! We invite all young Hungarians\, between 16-30 years old\, who are interested in activism and European politics to apply for a stimulating training organised with the help of Ökopolisz. This training series will happen throughout the fall 2016 – on 1st and 29th of October and the 12th of November. The training will be finalised with a joint study visit to Brussels\, which will be held in February 2017. \nTo apply\, please follow this link. Deadline is the 12th of September.  Good luck!
URL:https://gef.eu/event/call-applications-green-activist-training-hungary/
LOCATION:Hungary
CATEGORIES:Call for applications
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161001T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20161001T170000
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SUMMARY:Green Watchdog Stories Wanted from Bulgaria\, Macedonia and Serbia
DESCRIPTION:Freelance journalists based in one of the three countries\, who are willing to work as public interest watchdogs applying high ethical and professional standards\, are welcome to submit stories about environmental challenges and Green policies as sustainable alternative solutions. Interested authors should send their story proposals and a brief professional biography by email to contact@bluelink.info. \nPlease note that full story texts are not required at this stage. Successful proposals will need to identify an environmental problem or issue that affects at least two of the covered countries and: \n\nindicate what facts\, developments and figures the journalists intend to collect and investigate;\nlist the main story characters\, organisations or sides\, whose explanation\, stand or opinion will be part of the story; and\nexplain its impact on the everyday life of individuals\, communities or groups affected.\n\nThe editor will respond within 5 working days and will offer feedback to successful candidates\, make suggestions on the story structure and word length\, and eventually invite them to develop full text stories. A detailed introduction to BlueLink’s ethical and professional editorial requirements will also be offered to new authors. \nAuthors and editors will then work as a team to produce illustrated feature stories of outstanding quality and will eventually see them published online by the BlueLink.info e-magazine. Multimedia features will be encouraged. Certain journalistic pieces will be also translated and republished in Bulgarian\, Serbian or Macedonian. \nPublished authors will be remunerated based on the contracted length and complexity of each story. Additional funds will be available for reporting trip(s) or other expenses that are essential for the quality of their articles. An average author’s fee for a 1750 words long story should be about EUR 100 in total\, including all applicable taxes and deductions. Travel and related costs may also be covered separately where necessary. The deadline for this call is the 30th of November 2016\, but story proposals will be accepted on a first come – first served basis as long as funding is available. \nThis call is part of the Journalists and Policy Makers Boost Green Economy project funded by the Green European Foundation (Brussels)\, implemented by the BlueLink Foundation (Sofia) in partnership with the Association for Sustainable Social-Economic Development Sunrise (Skopje) and Drugi Novi Centar Association (Belgrade). The project is organised with financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-watchdog-stories-wanted-bulgaria-macedonia-serbia/
CATEGORIES:Call for articles
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160924T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160924T150000
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SUMMARY:“Universal Human Rights in Europe’s closed borders” Conference in Greece
DESCRIPTION:This event is a part of our Refugees and Migration Policies project\, which highlights the local context as a space in which the European and national realities intersect in their impact on the situation with refugees and asylum seekers. \nThe conference provided analysis of human rights in the context of closed European borders. The first part of the event focused on the political direction of the European Union and it addressed the latest EU policies\, EU-Turkey deal and relocation schemes. The second part focused on the societal dimension with insights into the role of civil society\, integration and education. \nPROGRAMME: \n09h30 Registration Opens \n10h00 – 10h45 Welcome by Susanne Rieger\, co-Chair of GEF and Olga Kikou\, President of the Green Institute \nPART 1: Is Europe’s migration policy headed in the right direction? \n10h15-11h00 Is the EU-Turkey Agreement a necessary compromise or a retreat at the expense of human rights? Following the latest developments\, does Turkey constitute a reliable partner for the EU? The “Visegrad” countries are “fortified” against the refugee flow. Are there any alternative policies? \nModerator:  Alexandros Georgopoulos\, Member of the Board\, Green Institute Greece \nSpeakers: \n\nI. Mouzalas\, Alternate Minister of Migration\nK. Tsitselikis\, President of the Greek Association for Human Rights\, professor at AUTH\nJ. Lambert\, MEP\, European Green Party\, UK\nG. Dimaras\, MP elected by SYRIZA\, member of Ecologists Greens\, Greece\n\n11h15-12h00 Relocation and Resettlement Plan: an effective political tool or EU’s double talk? Which initiatives should be adopted at national and European level? Turkey and Treaty of Geneva. Greece: Reconsideration of the framework of the Treaty of Dublin. A Common European Asylum Service. An evaluation of the European peace initiative. \nSpeakers: \n\nN. Syrmos\, Asylum Service\, Independent Relocation Unit\nΜ. Tremopoulos\, former MEP of Ecologists Greens\, Greece\nD. Kapetanaki\, Representative of the UN Refugee agency (U.N.H.C.R.)\nG. Spyropoulou\, Representative of Amnesty International\n\nPART 2: The social dimensions of the refugee issue:  European and Greek policy towards the refugees \n12h30-13h30 Europe’s approach towards the refugees. What is the potential of Europe and Greece to host refugees? Examples of self-organized refugee care structures. Relocation prospects for refugees in EU countries. \nModerator:  Vedran Horvat\, Institute for Political Ecology\, Croatia \nSpeakers: \n\nM. Peteinaki\, co-spokesperson of Ecologists Greens\, Greece\nP. Konstantinou\, Movement United Against Racism and Fascism Threat (Κ.Ε.Ε.R.F.Α.)\nT. Katerini\, President of  Architects’ Society (S.A.D.A.S)\nE. Papagiannakis\, Deputy Mayor\, Chair of Immigrants’ Integration Council\n\n13h45-14h45 NGOs and volunteer groups and the «disabled» Greek State. Challenges and recommendations for a more effective coordination. \nSpeakers: \n\nG. Charitakis\, Volunteer doctor\, NGO ‘Doctors of the World’\nS. Alexopoulos\, Representative of the group «Pampeiraiki Initiative»\nM. Kloka\, Human rights sector\, NGO PRAKSIS\nP. Dragatis\, Social Worker\, Representative of the Greek Red Cross\n\nTIME & VENUE: Saturday\, 24th of September 2016\, from 9h30 until 15h00 at B.E.A Hall\, 18 Akadimias & Voukourestiou Street\, Athens \nMORE INFO: Event announcement is available in Greek on this webpage.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/universal-human-rights-europes-closed-borders-conference-greece/
LOCATION:B.E.A Hall\, 18 Akadimias & Voukourestiou Street\, Athens\, 106 71\, Greece
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SUMMARY:"Univerde" Summer University in Spain
DESCRIPTION:The 8th edition of “Univerde” was entitled “The Circular Economy and the model of change”. This summer university offered lectures\, debates and workshops which provided insights into how the Green economy can be fostered through transitions to Circular economy. The goal of Univerde is to provide an open space for exchange of ideas\, creation of new strategies and networks for better society. \nThe programme included three plenary sessions\, with inputs from numerous national and international experts: \n\nSaturday\, the 9th of September (19h00-21h00) Another economy is underway. New dynamics and forms of prosperity. Circular economy;\nSunday\, the 10th of September (12h00-14h00) Administrations as an accelerator of change towards the Circular economy;\nSunday\, the 10th of September (18h00-20h00) Companies that foster the Circular economy.\n\nThese were followed by many interesting parallel workshops. The entire programme in Spanish is available for download here. For more information\, visit Univerde webpage! \nWatch the summary video from this event below!
URL:https://gef.eu/event/univerde-summer-university-spain/
LOCATION:Torrelavega\, Cantabria\, IES Marqués de Santillana\, Avenida España 2\, Torrelavega\, Cantabria\, 39300 \, Spain
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160902T160000
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SUMMARY:"Degrowth in the Parliaments" Panel Debate in Budapest (VIDEO Available)
DESCRIPTION:THEME:   \nCould we say that degrowth has entered parliamentary politics? Notably several party figures\, especially in Europe\, have raised the issue of degrowth in their parties and in the parliaments. \nFor this session\, we invited outstanding politicians from various European countries and political parties that\, in different ways\, have engaged with degrowth. First\, we asked them to share with the degrowth community the experiences they have had while attempting to promote degrowth within their parties and/or parliaments looking specifically at the opportunities and challenges they are facing.  Second\, we wanted to know what opportunities they see for the future and whether degrowth could gain momentum in public debates\, electoral campaigns and in the parliaments. Third\, we were eager to understand whether and how the degrowth community\, which includes grassroots activists\, practitioners and researchers\, could eventually support such processes from outside the parliaments. \nThe focus was on the national and European levels. On the one hand\, these levels are potentially very relevant to implement degrowth ideas in a systematic way\, but –on the other hand- they are also places were decision-making processes are complex\, the balance of powers not favorable\, and mainstream ideology very strong. \nSPEAKERS: \n\nPhilippe Lamberts\, Member of the European Parliament and Co-Spokeperson of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament\, member of Ecolo (Belgium);\nSabine Leidig\, former director of Attac Germany\, and Member of the Bundestag for Die Linke (Germany);\nFlorent Marcellesi\, Spokesperson of EQUO in the European Parliament (Spain);\nRebeka Szabó\, Vice-Mayor of the 14th district of Budapest – Zugló.\n\nMODERATORS: \n\nAurélie Maréchal\, Director of the Green European Foundation;\nFederico Demaria\, researcher at Research & Degrowth\, and ICTA UAB.\n\nVENUE: Corvinus University auditorium\, Budapest \nTIME: Friday\, the 2nd of September 2016\, 16h30 – 18h30 \nVIDEO: Watch this relevant debate in English or Hungarian.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/degrowth-parliaments-panel-debate-budapest-video-available/
LOCATION:Corvinus University of Budapest\, Fővám tér 8\, Budapest\, 1093\, Hungary
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160901T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160901T190000
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SUMMARY:ECOPRO Debate at Budapest Degrowth Week: Work out of the box! (VIDEO Available)
DESCRIPTION:This event was a part of our ECOPRO project\, which this year has a special focus on work and its role in the post-growth society. \nTheme: \nThe world has reached the “Limits to Growth” – we are in the status of overshoot\, overuse\, overconsumption\, overpopulation. Our event on the 1st of September will be held 3 weeks after the Overshoot Day 2016 (the 8th of August)\, we will have used as much from nature as our planet can renew in the whole year. We need a new vision of a post-growth economy that fits again within the planetary boundaries while satisfying real societal needs\, guaranteeing well-being and a future for all. \nAmong many others\, we need to rethink our concept of WORK. Can we provide real\, meaningful\, added-value-generating jobs for all active-age men and women of the over 7 billion inhabitants of the Earth? If yes\, how? If not\, how shall we redefine and widen the meaning of WORK? \nWork is much more than spending time at a job – it includes running a household\, caring for children and elderly\, helping in the community and other forms of voluntary and political work. To grasp the diversity of work\, a green and feminist understanding of work\, questioning the gender and international division of labour\, is required. \nDoes work equal money? Equal work\, equal pay? Working for a living\, or a better life? What is the future of the work – and what is the work of the future? \nSpeakers: \nThis debate featured Bernadett Szél (Co-chair of Lehet Más a Politika\, Hungary)\, Beate Littig (Researcher at Institute for Advanced Studies\, University of Vienna\, Austria)\, Anne Snick (KU Leuven\, Belgium)\, Dirk Holemans (Coordinator and Editor at tink tank Oikos\, Belgium) and Jonathan Essex (Co-founder of the Green House think tank\, UK). \nVenue: Corvinus University of Budapest – Fôvám tér 8\, Budapest\, Hungary\, 1093 \nTime: 1st of September\, 16h00 – 19h00 \nVIDEO: Watch this debate in English or Hungarian.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/ecopro-debate-budapest-degrowth-week-work-box-video-available/
LOCATION:Corvinus University of Budapest\, Fővám tér 8\, Budapest\, 1093\, Hungary
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160825T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160828T170000
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SUMMARY:Green Summer Gathering: Edition 2016 in Belgium
DESCRIPTION:This year’s edition of Les Rencontres Ecologiques d’Eté (Green Summer Gathering) featured many insightful workshops\, debates and lectures. Information about the programme and registration is available at Etopia’s website. During this occasion\, the Green European Foundation contributed with two special debates about the present and future of the European Union. \nThe first debate was held on Saturday\, the 27th of August\, from 09h30 to 10h45. This roundtable addressed the “why EU” question: Why the EU? Is the EU dream over? Why should we keep working hard on it? Does it represent the best way to insure progress in Europe? Special inputs on these matters were provided by professor Tanguy de Wilde (University of Louvain). \nOur second debate took place right after – between 10h45 and 12h00\, and focused more on “how EU” question in relation to this year’s challenges\, such as the situation in Greece\, issues with refugee policies and Brexit. How do we re-dynamise the EU project and make it “popular” again? How to tackle and approach this? Should the priority be institutional (more democracy\, more transparency)? Should it be economical? Should we create a different approach to some challenges\, such as the refugee policies? And how to contain the influence of the lobbies in all this? The list of speakers included: \n\nPhilippe Pochet (European Trade Union Institute);\nJean Quatremer (Correspondant at Libe à Bxl);\nJean De munck (Professor of Sociology at UCL);\nVivien Pertusot (Head of IFRI);\nPhilippe Lamberts (Co-President of the Greens/EFA).\n\nBoth debates were held with simultaneous translation in French and English. More information about them can be found on this webpage.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-summer-gathering-edition-2016-belgium/
LOCATION:Massembre\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160825T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160827T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:"Summer Days" Lorient\, France
DESCRIPTION:This year’s “Summer Days Lorient”\, organised by Fondation de l’Écologie Politique from the 25th to 27th of August\, provided three days of insightful discussions about relevant Green topics\, such as Climate and Ecology\, Democracy\, Migration and many others. More information on the programme and its themes can be found on this webpage. \nGreen European Foundation participated in two special workshops during this event. \nFirstly\, the Green European Journal contributed with a debate entitled “Europe\, borders and refugees”\, on Thursday\, the 25th of August from 14h00 to 15h30. This debate focused on the return of borders on the European continent and how the situation with refugees has shaken the European society and its core values\, ​​such as freedom and solidarity. This event was hosted with the help of Fondation de l’Écologie Politique and Heinrich Böll Stiftung. It featured Marie Toussaint (BE delegate for Europe)\, Jens Althoff (Heinrich Böll Stiftung); François Gemenne (University of Liège); Dorothée Schmid (IFRI) and Laurent Standaert (Green European Journal). \nAs an additional reading for this occasion\, we recommended the 12th edition of the Green European Journal: Checkpoint Europe – The Return of Borders. \nSecondly\, our director Aurélie Maréchal participated as a speaker in a workshop on “Political ecology\, 20 years from now”\, which took place as well on Thursday\, the 25th of August from 14h00 to 15h30. During this workshop\, we looked at what greens should do now\, as we are confronted with catastrophic scenarios regarding the future of our democracies\, along with the political\, ecological\, social and economic crises.  We also discussed how the new narrative to be developed and the challenges we should anticipate to face 20 years from now. The moderator was Alain Coulombel (member of the Executive Bureau of the French Green party) and the other speakers included Yves Cochet (president of Momentum Institute) and Alice Canabate (sociologist).
URL:https://gef.eu/event/summer-days-lorient-france/
LOCATION:Lorient\, France
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160820T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160826T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:Green Academy "TIPPING POINTS" in Croatia
DESCRIPTION:Under the title ”Tipping points”\, the fifth edition of this summer university provided 6 days of intensive programme for a very diverse group of 150 participants from more than 20 countries\, including Latin America and U.S. For the first time City of Komiza was hosting the Green Academy\, which programme was conducted in public spaces. \nProgramme was organised in three working modules (Commons\, Degrowth and Climate Justice) and was focused on exchange of theoretical  insights and practical experiences of scholars\, practitioners\, activists and experts.  Intense exchange has taken place between European scholars and their Latin American counterparts which have demonstrated some of the most interesting lessons from previous decade.  Among many relevant speakers\, guests of the Green Academy were Boris Buden\, Hilary Wainright\, Daniel Chavez\, Joan Martinez Alier\, Jagoda Munić\, Pablo Solon\, Giacommo D’Allisa\, Barb Jacobson\, Edgardo Lander\, Kira Vinke\, Branon Andersen and Srećko Horvat. Apart from modules\, participants were also involved in plenary debates where political implications of current political situations were broadly discussed. \nParticipants were able to take part in many cutting edge discussions which are currently relevant at European level and have a first hand experience and exchange with contributors. As a working framework was also relevant for broadening epistemic community gravitating to political ecology at European level and exchange platform between different organisations and groups. It has proven to be a very safe environment to articulate demands for more interesectionality on the Left and for feminisation of politics while at the same time offering visions that comply with ideas of internationalism\, sufficiency and solidarity. \nWorking languages of the academy were Croatian and English. \nThe final programme is available here. \nMORE INFO: \nMore information about this event available at IPE website and Facebook.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-academy-tipping-points-croatia/
LOCATION:Vis Island\, Croatia
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160731T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160731T170000
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SUMMARY:"Green Perspectives on Migration\, From Global to Local" Conference in Oxford
DESCRIPTION:This conference is a part of our transnational Refugees and Migration Policies project. It aimed to provide a space for debate about the implications of the Refugee and Asylum Policies crisis in Europe\, and to foster Green alternatives in terms of solutions and best practices of integration. Furthermore\, this was an opportunity to bring forward the cases of Green activism with successful outcomes in enabling integration in the European context. \nThe programme of the conference included lessons of contemporary integration models from Green professionals in the field\, research inputs from relevant academics and debates on practical proposals for Green policies towards migration. \nPROGRAMME: \n11h00 – 12h00 Framing the Debate & Introducing the Issues; \n12h00 – 13h00 Framing the Debate at the European Level; \n14:00 – 15:00 Experts in Practise and Policy: Integration?; \n15h00 – 16h00 Experiences\, Policies and Solutions around Migration in European Union; \n16h00 – 17h00 Refugee Journeys through time and space: Green Solutions at the Local Level. \n  \nSPEAKERS: \n\nProfessor Marie Louise Seeberg\,  Professor of Migration Studies;\nSushilla Dall\, Manager at The Refugee Resource Centre;\nIn addition to Speakers and Professional Economists from Norway\, Turkey & Egypt and Sicily with Green Experts & Policy Makers.\n\n  \nLOCATION: Kellogg College\, University of Oxford\, UK \nTIME: 31st of July 2016\, from 11h00 to 17h00
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-perspectives-migration-global-local-conference-oxford/
LOCATION:Kellogg College\, University of Oxford\,  62 Banbury Rd\, Oxford\, OX2 6PN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160715T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160716T170000
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SUMMARY:Summer University in Barcelona: Escola Estiu 2016
DESCRIPTION:This year’s summer school of the Catalonian foundation Nous Horitzons served as a space to reflect and advance. Its programme evolved around questions on the future of the European Union\, and Catalonia in particular\, on a political but also economic level. \nA panel debate\, organised by the Green European Foundation\, with speakers such as Ernest Urtasun (MEP Greens/EFA\, Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds & Economist)\, dealt with the topic of fiscal paradises\, tax evasion and whistle-blower protection in the aftermath of the release of the Panama papers. \nMoreover\, different parallel workshops were organised on the second day of the workshop on relevant topics such as the consequences of the Brexit or perspectives of the welfare state. \nFor practical information and detailed programme\, visit the website of Fundació Nous Horitzons.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/summer-university-barcelona-escola-estiu-2016/
LOCATION:Barcelona\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160709T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160709T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:"Green Values\, Religion and Secularism" Debate in Belfast
DESCRIPTION:This event was a chance to continue the fruitful discussions about the topics featured in the book “Green Values\, Religion and Secularism”. With this publication\, the Green European Foundation aspires to foster the debate within the Greens towards a more coherent stance on the changing role of religion in European society. \nThe debate in Belfast was entitled “Green values and progressive politics: religion\, humanism and the ethical basis for political activism”. It featured Erica Meijers (Co-Editor\, Bureau de Helling) who will speak about “Marx\, Religion and Politics” and a discussion about the book\, with Nuala Ahern (Co-Editor\, Green Foundation Ireland)\, John Barry (Professor of Green Political Economy at Queen’s University Belfast) and Erica Meijers. \nThe debate was organised with the help of the Centre for Sustainability and Environmental Governance in Queen’s University Belfast. \nTIME AND LOCATION: Saturday the 9th of July\, between 11h00 and 16h00\, at Queen’s University Belfast.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-values-religion-secularism-debate-belfast/
LOCATION:Queen’s University\, University Road\, Belfast\, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160629T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160629T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:"Commons and Public Partnership" Workshop in Brussels
DESCRIPTION:This event is a part of our Reclaim the Commons project\, which this year aspires to provide relevant insights to the relation between the commons and policy\, and the impact of the commons as a governance model on the public services. \nThemes of the Workshop: \nHow do we build relationships between the collective initiatives\, which focus on the new transitions around the commons\, and the public authorities? What places are the commons claiming and how are sharing and diversity perceived by the public authorities? And how to move forward by overcoming obstacles and building new models? These questions will be addressed during the workshop with the help of our speakers: \n\nJean-Claude Englebert\, First alderman in charge of urban planning and communal properties in Forest\, Brussels;\nLoïc Géronnez\, Commons Josaphat\, Brussels.\n\nTime and Location: Wednesday\, the 29th of June\, from 11h00 to 13h00\, at the premises of Etopia in Brussels (Place des barricades\, 1 – 4è étage).
URL:https://gef.eu/event/commons-public-partnership-workshop-brussels/
LOCATION:Brussels Workshop Etopia\, Place des Barricades\, 1\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160618T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160621T170000
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SUMMARY:"Balkan Watchdogs: Cross border Environmental Reporting" Workshop in Bulgaria
DESCRIPTION:The workshop’s aim was to support young and active journalists from Bulgaria\, Serbia and Macedonia\, who have an interest in the practice of watchdog journalism\, telling stories of environmental dangers and exploring new sustainable solutions offered by the Green economy. This event is a part of the Journalists and Policy Makers Boost Green Economy project\, organised by the Green European Foundation\, with the support of the BlueLink Foundation (Bulgaria)\, the Association for Sustainable Social-Economic Development Sunrise (Macedonia) and Drugi Novi Centar Association (Serbia). \nThe training represented a great opportunity for the young journalists and professionals with an interest in the practice of watchdog journalism in the public interest. It provided the participants with important insights in the cross-border environmental issues in the Balkans and the Green policies as the alternative solutions. This experience served as a platform for knowledge exchange and a chance to enhance the professional skills of the participants. The training was implemented in English. \nThe workshop was facilitated by: Dr. Pavel Antonov\, Chief Editor at the Evromegdan.bg virtual newsroom of the BlueLink foundation; Paul Brown\, Editor\, Climate News Network; Zlatko Simonovski\, researcher and journalist and Beatrice White\, Deputy Editor at Green European Journal. \n  \nPurpose of the Workshop \nWith rule of law and democratic mechanisms failing to protect nature and public interest\, ethical professional watchdog journalism is essential for raising awareness and promoting Green policy solutions in South Eastern European societies. Success stories of environmental and social change\, environmental justice and Green policies advanced by new politicians\, policy-makers and activists fail to effectively reach – and inspire – the general public. \nTherefore\, the workshop aimed to: \n\nBuild on the professional skills and integrity of young and active journalists;\nEngage them creatively and professionally in a virtual newsroom to facilitate authoritative and well-written creative feature articles of environmental change;\nGuide them while they publish and popularise journalistic articles (in text and image) in English and their native languages;\nAllow new policy-makers\, Green politicians\, academic and civil society experts to foster journalists’ understanding of available success cases\, technological and policy solutions.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/balkan-watchdogs-cross-border-environmental-reporting-workshop-bulgaria/
LOCATION:Bulgaria\, Bulgaria
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160610T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160610T163000
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SUMMARY:ECOPRO Seminar in Ireland: "A Community Approach to Sustainable Work in the Circular Economy"
DESCRIPTION:The theme of this seminar was “FULL CIRCLE: A Community Approach to Sustainable Work in the Circular Economy”. With this focus\, the seminar in Ireland aspired to reflect further on the current topics of our ECOPRO project. \nTherefore\, some of the most relevant questions which were addressed during the event were: \n\nWhat role do community groups\, co-operatives and local enterprises have in the circular economy? \nUnder what conditions can the circular economy help us accelerate the transition to a resilient and low carbon society?\n\nThis seminar was based on a participatory format\, blending presentations with facilitated conversations. The list of speakers included Dr. Anne Snick (KU Leuven\, Belgium) and Clare Downey (Community Reuse Network\, Ireland). \nTIME: Seminar was held between 14h00 and 16h30 on the 10th of June. \nLOCATION: WeCreate Workspace\, located in Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Tipperary\, Ireland.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/ecopro-seminar-ireland-community-approach-sustainable-work-circular-economy/
LOCATION:WeCreate Workspace\, Cloughjordan Ecovillage\, Tipperary\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160602T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160602T200000
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SUMMARY:How should g(G)reens vote in the EU referendum? An open debate in London
DESCRIPTION:What is the Green case for Brexit? What is the Green case to remain in the EU? \nGreen European Foundation\, in collaboration with the Green House Think Tank\, brought together the leading Green politicians and thinkers to debate the consequences of the EU Referendum in UK. \nIn this lively debate\, we hosted Molly Scott Cato (Green MEP) and Dick Pels (Dutch Green Party and author of A Heart for Europe)\, who argued why UK should remain in the EU. On the other hand\, Jenny Jones (Green Party Baroness) and Patricia McKenna (former Green MEP for Dublin) presented reasons for leaving. \nLOCATION: NW1 2BJ – Friends House 173-177 Euston Road\, London\, NW1 2BJ\, United Kingdom \nTIME: Thursday\, 2nd of June 2016\, from 18h15 to 20h00
URL:https://gef.eu/event/ggreens-vote-eu-referendum-open-debate-london/
LOCATION:Friends House\, 173-177 Euston Road\, London\, NW1 2BJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160527T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160528T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:"European Migration: Causes and Effects" Dublin Summer School 2016
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Summer School in Dublin focused on how civil society can manage migration and the attitudes towards it in a positive and constructive way\, with a broader remit of linking migration to poverty and indeed to climate change and general Green issues. Furthermore\, this event specifically addressed the situation in Ireland and its role as a Member State of the European Union in finding solutions to this humanitarian crisis. \nLIST OF SPEAKERS: \n\nBarry Andrews (Chief Executive Officer of GOAL)\nJohn Barry (Professor of Green Political Economy at QUB)\nNessa Childers (Independent MEP for Dublin)\nValerie Cox (RTÉ journalist)\nCatherine Devitt (Environmental Justice Officer\, Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice)\nSandy Dunlop (Terenure Initiative)\nMark Fielding (Chief Executive Officer of ISME)\nBrian Killoran (Chief Executive Officer of Immigrant Council of Ireland)\nMaria Giovanna Manieri (Advisor on Migration and Asylum for the Greens/EFA\, European Parliament)\nDuncan Stewart (Broadcaster and Chair of Green Foundation Ireland)\n\n  \nLOCATION: National College of Ireland\, IFSC\, Dublin 1 \nVIDEOS: Video recordings of the insightful lectures from this event are available in this link. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/european-migration-causes-effects-dublin-summer-school-2016/
LOCATION:National College of Ireland\, Mayor Street\, IFSC\, Dublin 1\, Dublin\,  D01 Y300\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160526T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160527T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:"Crossing Borders - Refugee and Asylum Policy in Europe" Conference in Berlin
DESCRIPTION:This event addressed the scope and the causes of the ongoing crisis in relation to Refugee\, Asylum and Migration policies in Europe. Furthermore\, it analysed the EU’s lack of political consensus and co-ordination in the process of decision-making and the impact of this situation on the ongoing crisis. \nThis conference included experts from Europe and the US\, as well as from the EU’s southern neighbour regions\, who discussed crucial issues of Europe’s asylum and migration policies. \nSome of the most important debates that this event aspired to contribute to are: \n\nWhat are our responsibilities as Europeans in face of the refugee crisis?\nHow do debates in Europe differ between countries? What are the reasons for these differences? And how much common ground will we be able to find?\nHow can we create a European refugee policy that enables us to act in solidarity\, while also respecting the Geneva Convention?\nIs it possible to establish a European minimum consensus that goes beyond repression and closing the borders? Or will we instead have to form changing and flexible alliances between member states to decide\, for example\, whether or not to receive refugees or how to cooperate with neighbouring countries that serve as a refuge for refugees and migrant workers?\nHow can we create a common EU border regime?\nHow can the EU improve co-operation with its neighbours\, in order to stabilise Europe’s external borders and improve the conditions for refugees in the initial receiving countries?\n\n  \nPROGRAMME: \nDAY 1: Thursday\, 26th of May (Open to public) \n15h00 Welcome and introduction by Ralf Fücks (President\, Heinrich Böll Foundation\, Berlin) \n15h15 Keynote debate: Europe’s Responsibility – Europe’s Future \nSpeakers: Sven Biscop (Professor and Director “Europe in the World”\, Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations\, Brussels)\, Rosa Balfour (Senior Fellow\, The German Marshall Fund of the United States\, Brussels) and Ralf Fücks (President\, Heinrich Böll Foundation\, Berlin) \n16h45 Panel: European Realities \nSpeakers: Pernilla Bäckman (Researcher\, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies\, Stockholm)\,  Thanos Dokos (Director-General\, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy\, Athens)\, Piotr Buras (Head of Warsaw Office\, European Council on Foreign Relations\, Warsaw)\, Steffen Angenendt (Head of Research Division\, German Institute for International and Security Affairs\, Berlin) \n18h45 Keynote and Panel: Cosmopolitanism\, International Law and National Interests \nSpeakers: Carol Batchelor\, Director of the Division of International Protection\, UNHCR\, Geneva)\, Kathleen Newland (Senior Fellow and Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute\, Washington D.C.)\, Aboubakr Jamai (Professor and Dean\, School of Business and International Relations\, IAU College\, Aix-en-Provence/Rabat)\, Rebecca Harms (MEP\, Chair\, The Greens/EFA\, Brussels) \nDAY 2: Friday\, 27th of May (Closed to public) \n10h00 Keynote 1: Europe’s Asylum Policy – A Vision Limited by Realities \nSpeakers: Lotte Leicht (Advocacy Director\, European Union\, Human Rights Watch\, Brussels) and Yves Pascouau (Director of Migration and Mobility Policies\, European Policy Centre\, Brussels) \n11h30 Debate 1: European Asylum Policy: Shared Responsibilities\, Shared Obligations  \nSpeakers: Matthieu Tardis (Research Fellow\, Centre for Migration and Citizenship\, IFRI\, Paris)\, Maciej Duszczyk (Professor and Head of Research Unit\, Centre of Migration Research\, Warsaw)\, Sara Prestianni (ARCI\, Roma) and Reinhard Bütikofer (MEP\, Chair\, The European Green Party\, Brussels) \n14h00 Keynote 2: Europe’s Border Protection – A Vision Limited by Realities \nGerald Knaus (Chairman\, European Stability Initiative\, Berlin/Istanbul) and Doris Peschke (General Secretary\, Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe\, Brussels) \n15h30 Debate 2: Repelling\, Sealing Off\, Relocating: Risks and Ramifications of Europe’s Border Protection \nSpeakers: Andreas Takis (Assistant Professor\, Aristotle University\, Thessaloniki)\, Metin Çorabatır (President\, Research Center on Asylum and Migration\, Ankara)\, Manuel Sarrazin (German MP\, Alliance 90/The Greens\, Berlin) and Emina Bužinkić (Activist\, Centre for Peace Studies\, Zagreb) \nLOCATION: Heinrich Böll Foundation\, Schumannstraße 8\, 10117 Berlin\, Germany \nLANGUAGES: The conference was translated simultaneously in German/English.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/crossing-borders-refugee-asylum-policy-europe-conference-berlin/
LOCATION:Heinrich Böll Foundation\, Schumannstraße\, 8\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160526T080000
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SUMMARY:"Commons and Resource Sharing" Workshop in Brussels
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is a part of the Reclaim the Commons project\, which in 2016 has a special focus on two themes – the relation between the commons and policy\, and the impact of commons as a governance model on the public services. In the scope of this transnational project\, the Green European Foundation and Etopia will implement three events in Belgium throughout this year\, with this workshop as the first. \nThemes of the Workshop: \nFrom economic platforms to waste and energy management cooperatives\, the question of communal structures is becoming more and more salient. Linked to the question of resource management\, these new structures offer a range of new and innovative opportunities and projects. Trust between partners\, savings made as well as original forms of co-management and coordination provide pathways to new alternatives. \nWhat are the means and frameworks to be put in place? Towards which objectives? And how does the sharing of communal resources represent an ecological and social alternative. These are some of the questions we tackled during this event with our speakers. \nSpeakers: \n\nThe Gérard Fourré and Marc Moura from the Comptoir des ressources créatives and Dynamo;\nBertrand Merckx from Ecores.\n\nTime and Location: \nDate TBC\, at the premises of Etopia in Brussels (Place des barricades\, 1 – 4th floor).
URL:https://gef.eu/event/commons-resource-sharing-workshop-brussels/
LOCATION:Brussels Workshop Etopia\, Place des Barricades\, 1\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160521T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160521T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:Back to Borders? Panel Debate at the EGP Council in Utrecht
DESCRIPTION:What do borders mean in today’s Europe? Be it the harrowing images of refugees risking their lives to scale barbed wire fences\, or the policing of public spaces in the name of security measures\, these dividing lines have a very real impact on the lives of human beings. \nWhereas once walls and barriers appeared to be crumbling on the continent\, it seems today that the space around us is increasingly being carved up\, sometimes very starkly with the return of border controls\, other times almost imperceptibly with the creeping entrenchment of cleavages in identity. What does this trend tell us about the Europe we inhabit today? Are new battle lines being drawn? \nA panel debate in connection to the latest edition of the Green European Journal\, ‘Checkpoint Europe: The Return of Borders’ \nSpeakers: \n\nTineke Strik (Green Dutch MP\, Professor at Centre for Migration law of the Radboud University\, and Member of the Council of Europe)\nKrzysztof Czyzewski (writer\, philosopher and theatre director\, co-founder and president of the Borderland Foundation in Poland)\nFrançois Gemenne (political scientist\, specialised in migration and environmental affairs. He lectures on these issues in various universities\, including Sciences Po Paris and the University of Liège)\n\nModerator: Erica Meijers (Editor in chief the Dutch cultural and political magazine De Helling). \nDate: Saturday\, 21 May \nTime: 12:15- 13:45 \nVenue: \nCursus- en Vergadercentrum Domstad \nKoningsbergerstraat 9 \n3531 AJ Utrecht \nThe Netherlands
URL:https://gef.eu/event/back-borders-panel-debate-egp-council-utrecht/
LOCATION:Cursus- en Vergadercentrum Domstad\,  Koningsbergerstraat 9\, Utrecht\, 3531 AJ\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160520T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160520T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of "Green Values\, Religion and Secularism" in Utrecht
DESCRIPTION:This event featured a discussion on the subject of the book “Green Values\, Religion and Secularism”. \nEdited by Erica Meijers and Nuala Ahern\, the book reflects on the relationship between politics and religion\, both in their own lives and in society. The content of the book provides a space of reflexion for the Green politicians from different European contexts\, about the way their own religious or secular values influence their political attitude; the role of religion in the public forum; conflicts between fundamental rights\, such as the freedom of religion and the principle of sexual and gender equality; the role of Islam in Europe and the question whether religion is a source of inspiration or an obstacle for Green politics. \nThe publication’s aim is to stimulate a debate within the Greens about values\, religious or secular\, which is urgently needed within a Europe haunted by many different crises at the same time. Therefore\, this event is an invitation to work towards a more coherent debate within the Greens on the changing role of religion in society. \nThe speakers participating in the discussion were Philippe Lamberts (MEP)\, Ali Bas (Member of Nordrhein-Westfälischen Landtag)\, Meyrem Almaci (President of Groen) and Judith Sargentini (MEP). \nThe discussion during this event was moderated by Erica Meijers (Bureau de Helling).
URL:https://gef.eu/event/book-launch-green-values-religion-secularism-utrecht/
LOCATION:Utrecht\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160519T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T150003
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170314T100521Z
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SUMMARY:Youth Conference "Digital Commons" in Belgrade
DESCRIPTION:This three-days conference included talks and panel discussions with a focus on the theme of “Internet as a Commons and the New Politics / New Economy of Commoning”. The aim of the event was to provide space for a European debate on how to re-decentralise and reclaim the Internet as a Commons\, which also leaves it open to commercial opportunities. \nIn terms of the programme\, the first day provided insights into relevant themes\, such as The Copernican Revolution of Copyright Regulation\, Digital Commons in New EU Copyright Law\, Social Networks as a Commons and more. \nThe second day consisted of many panel discussions\, along with talks related to Knowledge as a Commons – Innovation & Creativity through Open Access\, Transformative Power of the Commons and Open Innovation. \nDuring the last day of the conference\, the participants analysed Trust & Distrust in Internet Governance\, Data PPPs\, Selfgoverned Commons\, in addition to other relevant topics.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/youth-conference-digital-commons-belgrade/
LOCATION:Belgrade Chamber of Commerce\, Belgrade Chamber of Commerce\, Kneza Miloša Street no. 12/VI\, Belgrade\, 11000\, Serbia
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160518T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20160518T200000
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SUMMARY:Conference on Migration and Refugees Policy in Madrid
DESCRIPTION:This event offered important insights into the current migration policy crisis in Europe\, and more specifically about systematic problems affecting the refugees and asylum seekers. It provided a multitude of perspectives on the situation coming from experts working in immigration services\, NGO professionals active in this field\, along with local and regional politicians. The programme of this one-day event includde workshops and discussions\, with topics detailed below. \nPROGRAMME \n11:30 to 14:00 Workshop (Invitation Only) \nIt served as a meeting place where the experts responsible for immigration and refugees told about their experiences in this field and the problems they come across in order to carry out the work of reception and integration of refugees. Through these shared experiences we tried to find channels of practical action that can be implemented within the competence of governments on national\, regional and local levels. \nModerated by: Marta Carballo \nSpeakers: \n\nIone Belarra (Podemos national MP) who exposed  the role of the Spanish government in this crisis\, focusing on the management and implementation of their commitments\, along with the analysis of reception and access to asylum in Spain.\nEstrella Galán (CEAR Secretary General) who made a summary of the current refugee situation in Spain\, and the role of NGOs;\nManuel Soria (Activist and Member of EQUO political party) who reflected on the aspects of integration policies and immigrant and refugee reception from his experience in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.\n\n17:00 to 19:00 The European Dis-unity on Refugees \nThis roundtable dealt with the shift of European policy in regards to the asylum and refugees. Furthermore\, it provided a discussion amongst prominent NGO experts on the agreements with developing countries\, with particular relevance of the EU-Turkey deal and its consequences. \nModerated by: Cecilia Carballo (President of EQUO Foundation) \nSpeakers: \n\nMaria Giovanna Manieri (Political Advisor on Migration and Asylum for the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament);\nSagrario Martín (President of Doctors of the World Spain)\nJoaquín Nieto (Director of the International Labour Organisation in Spain).\n\n19:00 to 20:00 Fortress Europe or Open Europe? \nThis session presented the experiences and perceptions of society towards migration and refugees\, the treatment by the media and its influence within society. The campaign “Do not be entangled” was also presented. \nModerated by: Reyes Montiel (EQUO Foundation) \nSpeakers: \n\nSergio de Otto (Communication Expert);\nManolo Soria (Activist and EQUO Melilla Spokesman);\nRosabel Argote (CEAR Euskadi) who will presentation of the campaign “Do not be entangled”.\n\nLOCATION: Centro Cultural Galileo – C/Galileo 39\, Madrid\, Spain  \nFor further information head over to EQUO event page.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/conference-migration-refugees-policy-madrid/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural Galileo\, Calle Fernando el Católico\, 35\, Madrid\, 28015 \, Spain
CATEGORIES:Conference,Debate,Workshop
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