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SUMMARY:Europejski Zielony Uniwersytet 2023
DESCRIPTION:O WYDARZENIU\nPo sukcesie pierwszej edycji\, Europejski Zielony Uniwersytet powraca! W dniach 17-18 listopada 2023 r. na zaproszenie Green European Foundation\, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw\, fundacji Strefa Zieleni i organizacji Ostra Zieleń w Warszawie spotkają się aktywiści i aktywistki\, politycy i polityczki oraz eksperci i ekspertki z całej Europy\, by podjąć próbę budowania mostów w najważniejszych kwestiach ekologiczno – społecznych na szczeblu krajowym i europejskim. Dołącz do nas\, by uczestniczyć w debatach na najbardziej palące tematy\, pogłębić swoją wiedzę i poznać osoby\, którym bliska jest zrównoważona\, zielona Europa. \nW kontekście wielu trwających obecnie kryzysów i wybiegając w przyszłość do 2024 r. jako roku kluczowego dla Europy\, chcemy skupić się na trzech głównych obszarach tematycznych: \nSprawiedliwa transformacja (w kontekście wdrażania Euopejskiego Zielonego Ładu)\nPokój i bezpieczeństwo\nOdporność systemu i trwałość instytucji demokratycznych \nPoprzez warsztaty i debaty na zielone tematy oraz sesje networkingowe European Green Academy pozwoli na zdobycie wiedzy\, kompetencji i umiejętności niezbędnych do działania zarówno na poziomie lokalnym jak i europejskim. EGA umożliwi wszystkim obecnym i potencjalnym członkom i członkiniom zielonej rodziny nawiązać kontakty\, poznać nowe inicjatywy oraz odkryć ważne tematy i możliwości angażowania się w zielonych ruchach! \n  \nŚcieżki tematyczne\n  Sprawiedliwa transformacja / Społeczny wymiar Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu \n  Pokój i  Bezpieczeństwo \n  Odporność demokratyczna \n  \nProgram\nPiątek\, 17 listopada\n \n\n\n\n\n14:00-14:10  \n\n\n⊷OTWARCIE\n\n\n\n14:00-14:10 \n\n⊷CONNECT\n\n\n\n15:00-15:30 \n\nOTWIERAJĄCY  KEYNOTE\n[EN & PL]\n\n\n\n15:30-17:00 \n\n◉SESJA PLENARNA [EN & PL]\nOdporność Demokratyczna & Pokój i Bezpieczeństwo\n\n\n\n \n●～●～●～●\n\n\n 17:15-18:45 \n\nSESJE RÓWNOLEGŁE\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  Zielone spojrzenie na Pokój i Bezpieczeństwo) \n[EN & PL]\n  Warsztat: Planowanie strategiczne [EN]\n W stronę zrównoważonego rozwoju miast: Ekonomia Obwarzanka w praktyce [EN]\n\n Education  in rule of law and human rights [EN] \n\n\n\n19:00– 21:00 \n\nKOLACJA NETWORKINGOWA\n\n\n\n\n \nSobota\, 18 listopada\n  \n\n\n\n09:00-09:30\n\n⊷ CONNECT\n\n\n\n\n09:30 – 11:00 \n\n\n◉SESJA PLENARNA\nBezpieczeństwo i Odporność demokratyczna (w kontekście krajów Europy Centralnej i Wschodniej) [EN & PL] \n\n\n\n\n11:00-11:30 \n\n\nPRZERWA\n\n\n\n\n11:30 – 13:00 \n\n\nSESJE RÓWNOLEGŁE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Digital organizing – to win and grow [EN]\n◉Budowanie pokoju w praktyce [EN & PL]\n\n The Gender Dimension of the Energy Transition [EN] \n\n\n\n13:00-14:30\n\nLUNCH\n\n\n\n\n14:30 – 15:30 \n\nWarsztat wystąpień publicznych [PL]\n\n◉Wybory w Polsce – refleksje i analiza [EN & PL] \n\n\n\n\n15:45 – 17:15 \n\n\n\nSESJE RÓWNOLEGŁE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ◉Inna Polityka: Zielone przywództwo i Wybory Europejskie  2024 \n[EN & PL]\nWyzwania migracyjne w Europie [EN]\n\n Youth Visions on a Just Transition of European Labour Markets [EN] \n\n\n\n\n17:30 – 18:30 \n\n\nZAKOŃCZENIE\n\n\n\n\n\nNajważniejsze informacje\n\n\nData: 17-18 listopada 2023 \nLokalizacja: Centrum Konferencyjne West Gate (Warszawa) \nJęzyki: Angielski i Polski \nRejestracja: Rejestracja na wydarzenie została zakończona. Dziękujemy za wszystkie zgłoszenia! \n\nW razie pytań prosimy o kontakt mailowy pod adresem: alina.zmuda@gef.eu \nOpłata solidarnościowa\n\nPomóż nam wspierać aktywistów i aktywistki z niedostatecznie reprezentowanych środowisk! \nPonieważ nie każdy może pozwolić sobie na udział w Akademii\, wprowadziliśmy opłatę solidarnościową dla uczestników\, którzy mają możliwość kontrybuowania we wspólnych kosztach. Zachęcamy do wpłacania dowolnej kwoty (30 EUR – 120 EUR)\, aby wesprzeć uczestnictwo osób z niedostatecznie reprezentowanych środowisk\, a także pokryć koszty wyżywienia w Akademii. Z góry dziękujemy za pomoc! \n\nKliknij tutaj aby wpłacić opłatę solidarnościową.\n\n\nPrelegentki i prelegenci\nOPENING KEYNOTE: \n\nYamina Saheb\, współautorka raportów IPCC\, działaczka kampanii przeciwko Energy Charter Treaty\nHanna Machińska\, Former Commissioner for Human Rights\nJoanna Talewicz- Prezeska fundacji “W Stronę Dialogu”\n Melanie Vogel\, Współprzewodnicząca\, European Green Party\n\nPIERWSZA SESJA PLENARNA \n\nGwendoline Delbos Corfield\, Członkini Parlamentu Europejskiego\, Greens/EFA\nSofia Oliynyk\, Koordynatorka Programu Wsparcia Demokracji i Bezpieczeństwa\, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Kyiv\nMichael Keating\, Durektor Wykonawczy\, European Institute of Peace\nLuiza Bialasiewicz\, Profesorka European governance\, Universytet Amsterdamski\nChristina Kessler\, Członkini Komitetu Wykonawczego\, Federation of Young European Greens\n\nDRUGA SESJA PLENARNA \n\nNicolae Ștefănuță\, Członek Parlamentu Europejskiego\, Greens/EFA\nSenada Šelo Šabić\, Senior Research Fellow\, Institute for Development and International Relations\nMałgorzata Tracz\, posłanka na Sejm RP\,  Partia Zieloni\nAgnieszka Bryc\, Assistant Professor\, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika\nYevheniia Bryhinets\, Executive Committee Member\, Cooperation and Development Network\n\nZAMYKAJĄCY KEYNOTE \n\nAlice Stollmeyer\, Załpżycielka i Dyrektorka Wykonawcza\, Defend Democracy \nJúlia Boada-Danés\, Członkini Parlamentu Hiszpanii\nAgata Meysner\, Prezeska Generation Climate Europe\n\nDowiedz się więcej tutaj. \n\n\nWydarzenie organizowane jest przez Green European Foundation we współpracy z Fundacją Strefa Zieleni i Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warszawa oraz dzięki wsparciu finansowym Parlamentu Europejskiego dla Green European Foundation.  \nUczestników Europejskiego Zielonego Uniwersytetu wsparły finansowo: European Green Party\, International Bureau of Groenlinks\, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Kyiv\, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Warsaw\, Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/european-green-academy-2023-pl-2/
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SUMMARY:European Green Academy 2023
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nClick here  to access the information about the event in polish or check our Facebook event. \nKlliknij tutaj\, aby zobaczyć więcej informacji po polsku lub sprawdź nasze wydarzenie na Facebooku. \nAfter a successful first edition\, the European Green Academy opens its doors for the second time this autumn! From 17-18 November 2023\, the Green European Foundation together with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw\, Strefa Zieleni\, and Ostra Zielen will invite diverse green actors\, activists\, politicians\, and academics from all over Europe to explore salient green issues and build bridges between national and European-level debates.  \nIn the context of the current polycrisis and looking ahead to 2024 as a pivotal year for Europe\, this year the Academy will address three key themes:  Democratic Resilience\, Peace & Security and the Social Dimension of the Green Deal.   \nVia a diverse range of formats\, including workshops\, training\, plenary debates\, and networking activities\, the European Green Academy seeks to equip participants with knowledge and skills\, the ability to link national green ideas and debates to the European sphere\, and to make new connections to further their involvement in the green movement.  \nRead about last year’s edition here. \n  \nKey Themes\n  Peace & Security \n  Democratic Resilience \n Social dimension of the Green Deal \n◉Livestreamed sessions \n  \nProgramme\nRooms: Bruskela\, Berlin\, Rzym\, Lizbona\,  Madryt\, Paryż \n  \nFriday 17 November\n  \n\n\n\n\n14:00-14:10   \n\n\nOPENING\nFoyer \n\n\n\n\n14:00-15:00 \n\n\n⊷CONNECT (EN & PL)\nFoyer \n\n\n\n\n15:00-15:30  \n\n\n◉ OPENING KEYNOTE (EN & PL)\nBruksela + Berlin + Rzym  \n\n\n\n\n15:30-17:00  \n\n\n◉ PLENARY (EN & PL)\nDemocracy and Security: Avoiding a Tale of Two Europes (EN & PL) \nBruksela + Berlin + Rzym  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n●～●～●～● \n\n\n\n\n 17:15-18:45  \n\n\nPARALLEL SESSIONS\n\n\n\n\nGreen Visions on Peace and Security (EN & PL) \n  \nBruksela \n Strategic Planning in Social Activism (EN) \n  \nBerlin\nImplementation of the Doughnut Economics  in cities (EN) \nRzym\n How to Build and Strengthen Civil Society (EN) \n  \nLizbona + Madryt\n\n\n\n19:00– 21:00  \n\n\nNETWORKING DINNER\nFoyer  \n\n\n\n\n  \nSaturday 18 November\n  \n\n\n\n\n09:00-09:30 \n\n\n⊷  CONNECT \nBruksela + Berlin + Rzym \n\n\n\n09:30 – 11:00 \n\n\n◉PLENARY (EN)\nSecurity and Democratic Resilience (Central and Eastern Europe) \nBruksela + Berlin + Rzym  \n\n\n\n\n11:00-11:30 \n\n\nBREAK\n\n\n\n\n11:30 – 13:00 \n\n\nPARALLEL SESSIONS\n\n\n\n\nDigital Organising – to Win and Grow (EN) \nRzym\n◉Pathways to Peace in Times of Crisis  (EN & PL) \nBruksela \n\nThe Gender Dimension of the Energy Transition (EN) \nLizbona + Madryt \n\n\n\n\n13:00-14:30 \n\n\nLUNCH \n\n\n\n  \n14:30 – 15:30 \n\n\nPublic Speaking Training (PL) \nRzym\n\n◉ Insider Perspectives on the Polish Elections  (EN & PL) \nBruksela + Berlin \n\n\n\n\n15:45 – 17:15 \n\n\nPARALLEL SESSIONS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ◉A Different Politics: Green Leadership and the 2024 EU Elections (EN) \nBruksela + Berlin \n\n Migration Challenges : Current and Future Pathways for Policies and Practice (EN)  \n  \nLizbona + Madryt \n\nYouth Visions on a Just Transition of European Labour Markets (EN) \n Rzym \n\n\n\n17:30 – 18:30\n\n◉CLOSING (EN & PL)\nBruksela + Berlin + Rzym  \n\n\n\n\n  \nPracticalities\nDate: 17-18 November 2023 \nLocation: Centrum Konferencyjne West Gate (Warsaw\, Poland) \nLanguage: English and Polish.  \nRegistration deadline: Please  note: Registrations are now closed. For any late registration requests\, please contact alina.zmuda@gef.eu. \nFor questions or more information\, contact alice.hubbard@gef.eu. \n  \nSolidarity Fee\nHelp us get activists from underrepresented backgrounds to the European Green Academy! \nAs not everyone can afford to attend the academy\, we’ve put in place an optional solidarity fee for participants who have the means to contribute in solidarity with others. By paying the solidarity fee (30 EUR – 120 EUR)\, you’re supporting young activists from underrepresented backgrounds or those who can’t afford to travel to Warsaw for the Academy. Please note\, if GEF sponsors your accommodation and/or travel\, this fee is obligatory. Click here to pay a solidarity fee (please note that the previous link is not the official registration page; registrations at the bottom of this page). \n\nMeet our key speakers\nOPENING KEYNOTE: \n\nYamina Saheb\, IPCC author\, campaigner against the Energy Charter Treaty\, and advocate of decolonising global governance\nHanna Machińska\, Former Commissioner for Human Rights\nJoanna Talewicz- President\, the W Stronę Dialogu Foundation\n Melanie Vogel\, Co-Chair\, European Green Party  \n\nPLENARY I \n\nGwendoline Delbos Corfield\, MEP Greens/EFA\nSofia Oliynyk\,Program Coordinator\, Democracy Support and Human Security Program\, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Kyiv\nMichael Keating\, Executive Director\, European Institute of Peace\nLuiza Bialasiewicz\, Professor of European governance\, University of Amsterdam\nChristina Kessler\, Executive Committee Member\, Federation of Young European Greens\nLaurent Standaert\, Political Director of the Green European Foundation (moderator)\n\nPLENARY II \n\nNicolae Ștefănuță\, MEP Greens/EFA\nSenada Šelo Šabić\, Senior Research Fellow\, Institute for Development and International Relations\nMałgorzata Tracz\,Member of Sejm\,  Partia Zieloni\nAgnieszka Bryc\, Assistant Professor\, Nicolaus Copernicus University\nYevheniia Bryhinets\, Executive Committee Member\, Cooperation and Development Network\nAdam Reichardt\, Director of New Eastern Europe (moderator)\n\nCLOSING KEYNOTE \n\nJúlia Boada-Danés\, Member of Spanish Parliament (Sumar)\nAlice Stollmeyer\, Executive Director\, Defend Democracy \nAgata Meysner\, President\, Generation Climate Europe\n\nLearn more about them here. \n  \nAcknowledgments\nThe following organisations sponsored the attendance of participants to the European Green Academy: European Green Party\, International Bureau of Groenlinks\, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Kyiv\, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Warsaw\, Westminster Foundation for Democracy. \n  \n\n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Fundacja Strefa Zieleni\, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.  \n  \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/european-green-academy-2023-2/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Networking event
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SUMMARY:Green deal and Beyond (Skopje)
DESCRIPTION:About\nThe European Green Deal (EGD) is a comprehensive plan to combat the climate crisis while eliminating socio-economic inequalities. This package of policy initiatives aims to transform our economic and energy system through collective action. \nThe Green Agenda for the Western Balkans reflects the same principles as the EGD for EU member states: In line with the EGD measures\, Western Balkans countries will work towards environmental protection\, waste reduction\, and the decontamination of air\, water\, and soil.  In this event\, we will discuss with experts\, NGOs and activists the perspectives of the development of the Green Agenda in the Western Balkans. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation’s project Green deal and Beyond. The first focus of this project is based on proposals of the green family to integrate ambitiously the social dimension\, so to work on a ‘Just Green Deal’. The second level will ‘Go Beyond’ the Green Deal and mobilize future-oriented concepts such as Sustainable Welfare\, related to an Ecological Welfare State and the operational concept of Universal Public Services. \n  \nAgenda\n12.00 – 12.30 Welcome coffee and registration12.30– 15.00 Roundtable discussion on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans and the European Green Deal15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break15.30 – 17.30 Conclusions and recommendations from the participants followed by individual speeches17.30 – 18.00 Break18.00 Dinner and discussion \nmoderated by Hristijan Stanoevikj\, ASSED Sunrise \n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 11th November\, 12pm- 19pm CET \nLocation: Skopje \nLanguage:  The main language of the event will be Macedonian \nPlease note this roundtable is a closed event. \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-deal-and-beyond-skopje/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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SUMMARY:GEF at the European Forum (Madrid)
DESCRIPTION:  \nAbout the event\nThe European Forum is a unique space for the left\, greens and progressives to come together. This event allows like-minded political foundations to organise debates and discussions on key social and green topics. Within this context and in collaboration with Transform! Europe and FEPS\, GEF is organising two workshops on 11 November. \nGEF’s role in the European Forum will draw from our Knowledge Community: the Future of the EU’s Energy Project and our work on Post- and Degrowth. \n  \nProgramme\n9:30-11:30 The Role of the State   \nForging a socio-ecological welfare state defined by wellbeing within planetary boundaries could be the chance to face the polycrisis. Indeed\, our welfare states should ensure universal access to high-quality essential services such as clean\, affordable and energy-efficient housing and mobility\, as well as strengthened social protection systems that mitigate the devastating consequences of climate change and environmental degradation. A new socio-ecological state would have a responsibility in enabling policy frameworks so citizens everywhere can take into their stride the new challenges brought about by digital breakthroughs and the climate crisis. By implementing social policies that tackle socio-economic inequalities\, reduce our carbon emissions and limit our environmental impact\, socio-ecological welfare states stand the chance to improve people’s quality of life and strengthen their resilience to shocks.  \n  \n12:00-14:00 The Climate Dimension of the Future of the EU’s Energy Project \nThe current EU energy framework showed its weaknesses over the past couple of years – amidst crises. These uncovered problems with fossil fuel resource dependency\, as well as with dependences on single countries as such. They showed the missing links between EU energy policy and security/geopolitics. The polycrisis also showed the lack of social safeguards and consideration in the EU and MS energy policy\, it showed that the democracy dimension has been too much underlit\, and above all – it clearly showed that\, if the EU had doubled down on its clean energy transition a decade earlier\, it would have been much more resilient to what it is experiencing today.  Mitigating and adapting to climate change is in other words not solely extremely important in terms of avoiding climate damage and emergency\, but also has positive spillover effects on energy security\, and if done rightly on the social and democratic dimension of energy. So why isn’t it going faster? Panelists will be asked how to speed up the EU’s clean transition\, zooming in as well on the existing stumbling blocks and cross-cutting policy areas.  \n  \nSpeakers\nThe Role of the State   \n\n (Moderated by Kevin Le Merle\, FEPS) \nDiego Lopez Garrido\, Former Secretary of State for the European Union in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation \nCornelia Hildebrandt\, co-president Transform ! Europe \nLéa Das Neves Bicho\, Political adviser to MEP Lamberts \nAjda Pistotnik\, Co-founder and Director\, Policy Lab (Slovenia) \nMarta Iglesias Lopéz\, International Action Director\, Movimiento Por La Paz \n\n The Climate Dimension of the Future of the EU’s Energy Project \n\n(Moderated by Taube Van Melkebeke\, GEF) \nDavide Panzeri\, ECCO\, Italian think tank on climate change \nEva García Sempere\, Environmental activists\, former MP and energy transition expert \nKevin Le Merle\, Analyst at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies\, FEPS \nSean Currie\, Co-spokesperson Federation of Young European Greens \n\n  \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 11th November \nLocation: Madrid \nLanguage:  The main languages of the event will be English\, Spanish and French. \nYou can read the full programme here. For more info\, get in touch with Taube Van Melkebeke \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of with Transform! Europe \, FEPS 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.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/european-forum-23/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:How Can Greens and Progressives Influence NATO?
DESCRIPTION:About the event: \nGreen and progressive parties across Europe have historically held a sceptical view towards NATO\, with many deeming such a military alliance incompatible with disarmament and a shift towards non-military solutions to international conflicts.   \nThe Russian war of aggression against Ukraine shifted some of these stances\, prompting extensive internal and external debates within the green movement\, particularly in Western and Northern Europe. These debates have cast a light on the desperate need for a green and progressive policy path within security and defence issues\, and revealed gaps that exist within green and progressive parties’ positions on military defence.   \nTo contribute to this crucial European debate\, GEF commissioned a report with the support of Cogito that maps out stances towards NATO across Europe\, explores how Greens and progressives can influence NATO\, and asks specific questions around topics like nuclear disarmament or focusing on European defence cooperation instead.   \nThis webinar will present some key findings of the working paper\, and discuss these questions further with a panel of interviewees.    \nProject background: \nWith a focus on the Eastern flank of Europe\, the 2022-2023 debates series seeks to enrich green and political ecology discourse. The series aim to provide spaces to hear the voices of green actors\, peace and security experts\, as well as partners from different regions. With the support of Cogito\, GEF is delving specifically into the question of NATO and anchoring the green movement’s debates on this topic within its many historical and geographical dimensions.  \nSpeakers:\n\nJacob Risberg\, Miljöpartiet de gröna \nAtte Harjanne\, Vihreät  \nMerle Spellerberg\, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen \nAndrés Ingi\, Píratar \nModerated by Sarah Bitamazire (report author) \n\nPracticalities: \nDate and Time: November 8th (20:30 – 22:00 CET)  \nLanguage: English    \nRegistration: This is an online event\, please register in advance via this link.  \n\nThis webinar is organised by the Green European Foundation\, with the support of Cogito and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/how-can-greens-and-progressives-influence-nato/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Perspectives on European Security
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nDespite 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. \n  \nProject background\nThis 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. \n  \nProgramme and Speakers:\n10:00 – 11:30      Session on Energy Security \n\nOlena Rutkovska – project manager for Ukrainian NGO Khmelnitsky Energy Cluster\nMorgan Henley – EU heating sector decarbonisation campaigner at Bankwatch\n\n12:00 – 13:30     Session on Democracy & Civil Society in Ensuring Security \n\nBalin Mikola – research fellow at the Democracy Institute of Central European University\n\n15:00 – 16:30    Workshop on Media Security & Propaganda \n\nIryna Zemlyana – media expert at the Institute for Mass Information\n\n17:00 – 18:30    Session on Digital Security \n\nAnastasiya Zhyrmont – campaigner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Access Now\n\n20:30 – 22:00  Forum on Sharing Experiences \n  \nPracticalities:\nDate and Time: 27th October (10:00-22:00) \nLocation: European Youth Center Budapest \nLanguage:  The main language of the event will be English. \nRegistration: Registration is now closed\, but links will be provided for the streams of some sessions. \n\n\nThis 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. \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-perspectives-on-european-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231026T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231026T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20231017T113042Z
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SUMMARY:Anticipating the Climate Collapse (Barcelona)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe future we predicted is unfolding before us. Devastating climate changes have resulted from pushing the planet to unprecedented limits. We must continue to fight to reverse the effects we have\, unfortunately\, already provoked. But in the meantime\, we are living with climate changes that are here to stay. What can we do about it? How can we fight increasingly hot summers in our cities? How can we ensure the protection of the natural environment\, so that deforestation and mistreatment do not continue? How can we live comfortably without damaging natural and energy resources? What can we do to ensure that our children live in a less polluted environment? How can we help young people who suffer from climate anxiety? How can we continue fighting and prevent ourselves from succumbing to inaction and helplessness? \nContext\nGEF’s Green Red Dialogues\, organised with the support of Fundació Nous Horitzons\, aim to tackle pressing issues of our time and the challenges Europe faces with an explicit social and green lens. From COVID-19 to the war in Ukraine\, far right resurgence to feminist struggles – these issues tend to reverberate across multiple countries and domains. Through the dialogues\, we connect the red and the green and highlight Southern European perspectives on crucial topics and developments across the continent.  \nSpeakers\n\nFrancesc Mauri – Weather Forecaster\nJúlia Boada – Member of the Spanish Congress\, former Political Advisor to the European Greens\,\nLlorenç Serrano – Just Transition manager (CCOO Catalonia)\nMercè Conangla– Psychologist\n\nPracticalities\nDate and time: Thursday\, December 15th\, 18:00 – 19:30  \nLocation: Espai Assemblea of CCOO (Via Laietana\, 16 Barcelona) \nLanguage: The main languages of this event will be Catalan and English. \nRegistration: Please register in advance via this link.  \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fundacio Nous Horitzons and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/anticipate-climate-collapse/
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231019T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231022T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
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SUMMARY:Congress of Young Europeans 2023
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nDuring this Congress\, selected participants from all over Europe will have a chance to come together in Thessaloniki\, a vibrant and culturally rich city to work together\, voice their concerns and put forward their own solutions for a more just Europe\, ahead of the 2024 European elections. \nThe main theme of this year’s Congress of Young Europeans is independent living a defining struggle and battle of this generation that ranges from chasing for basic care and mental health to affordable housing\, from gender rights and to good working conditions\, from equality all the way to political underrepresentation. A young person has the right to all of these things\, to afford building a life for themselves\, independently. \nThe Congress\, entitled “Independence Days”\, will focus on the role of youth in shaping their future in Europe. Selected participants will reflect on widespread reality for young people all over Europe\, explore the interlinking challenges across different regions\, and propose forward-thinking solutions that reflect young European’s needs in the political debate. \nParticipants will take part in hands-on workshops with high-level speakers discussing topics such as the cost of living\, youth mobilization and resilience. Beyond the topical sessions\, participants are invited to use this event as a platform to facilitate their own session\, by presenting their own initiatives related to the topics. \n  \nPracticalities\nDate: 19 -22 October 2023 \nLocation: Thessaloniki\, Greece. \nLanguage:  English \nFormat: In-person event \nPlease note that applications for this event are now closed. \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Thessaloniki Office\, Young European Greens (FYEG) and the Green European Foundation (GEF) with the financial support of the European Parliament to Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/congress-of-young-europeans-23/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231017T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231017T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20230927T164428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T150951Z
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SUMMARY:The Geopolitics of Degrowth (London)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nCan the UK and the European Union be the first to renounce economic growth but still be global players? What are the tensions\, as well as important synergies\, in trying to bring about such a transition of our economic systems and international relations at the same time? \nThis event brings together leading academic and political voices to consider how we might transform our economy away from one predicated on growth\, and what this means for our diplomatic and trade relations\, as well as defense policy\, arms control\, and the threats posed by current and future conflicts\, including in Ukraine. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of GEF’s project Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe\, which explores the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project aims to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. It aims to find solutions beyond naïve anti-militarism and convenient belief in green growth. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu. \n\nSpeakers\n\nCasper Wits – Lecturer in East Asian Studies\, Leiden University\nFrank Meeussen – Diplomatic Advisor to Belgian Deputy-Prime Minister George Gilkinet\, Ecolo\nGabriela Cabana-Alvear – Transdisciplinary scholar and degrowth researcher\, London School of Economics\nMarissa Conway – CEO\, United Nations Association UK\nProf. Peter Newell – Professor of International Relations\, University of Sussex\n\n  \nProgramme:\n15:00 – 15:30    Arrivals and welcome (London venue) \nIntroductions from UK-UNA\, Green House and the Green European Foundation \n15:30 – 16:30    Session 1: How will a degrowth agenda impact on international relations? \n\nCasper Wits: China-Europe relationships – what will the future look like?\nGabriela Cabana-Alvear: The EU-Chile trade agreement – a degrowth perspective\nProf: Peter Newell: Steering away from extractivism\n\nShort presentations followed by panel discussion. \n16:30 – 16:45    Break \n16:45 – 17:45     Session 2: Defence policy in a post-growth world \n\nFrank Meeussen: Arms control as a condition for a post-growth world\nMarissa Conway: Shifting away from Militarism.\n\nShort presentations followed by panel discussion. \n17:45 – 18:00    Closing discussion \n  \nPracticalities:\nDate and Time: October 17th\, 15:00 – 18:00 BST (UK time). \nLocation: This is a hybrid event. You can join online via Zoom or in person at the United Nations Association of the UK – 3 Whitehall Court\, London\, United Kingdom. \nLanguage:  English \nRegistration: Please register in advance via this form. Registration is required both for online and in person participants. Spots in the venue are limited\, so register quickly and do notify us if you can no longer make it\, via events@greenhousethinktank.org. \n\n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Green House Think Tank and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/the-geopolitics-of-degrowth/
CATEGORIES:Hybrid event,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231014T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231015T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20231009T105053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T115117Z
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SUMMARY:Citizen Assemblies in action (Brijuni)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nIn this study trip\, participants will explore the broad definition of citizen assemblies and how they can contribute to a vivid and active democracy. Guests and experts from academic and practical backgrounds will share their expertise with the participants and enable an exchange of ideas and concepts. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nIgor Vidačak\, Faculty of political sciences (Zagreb)\nGesa Maschowski (Bonn4Future Climate Forums)\nMicheal O’ Cinneide(Galway)\nIgor Bajok(Rijeka)\nDamir Kapidžić\, University of Political Sciences Sarajevo\nJovana Timotijević\, Ministry of Space\nVujo Ilić\, University of Belgrade\n\n\nProgramme\n\nSaturday October 14\n09:30 Igor Vidačak\, Faculty of political sciences (Zagreb) -”Relevance\, innovations and impact of deliberative citizen engagement models and methods” \n10:30 Gesa Maschowski (Bonn)-”Bonn4Future Climate Forums” (online) \n11:30 Coffee break \n12:00 Micheal O’ Cinneide(Galway)-”Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity loss in Ireland process and outcomes” \n13:00 Igor Bajok(Rijeka)-”Citizens‘ Assembly in the making–case of city of Rijeka” \n14:00 Lunch \n15:00 Joint photo and free time for a walk in the Brijuni Nationalpark \n17:00 Damir Kapidžić\, University of Political Sciences(Sarajevo)-“Can Citizens ’Assemblies resolve democratic deficits in divided societies? The case of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina” \n18:00 Jovana Timotijević\, Ministry of Space (Belgrade)-”Experimenting with deliberation in urban planning –case of four deliberative forums in Belgrade” \n19:00 Vujo Ilić\, University of Belgrade-”Deliberative mini-publics in Serbia and Southeastern Europe: Possibilities and limitations for empowering democracy” \n20:00 Dinner \n\nSunday October 15\n9:00 Plenary \n10:00 Partners project meeting (internal) \n12:00 Lunch \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 14.10.2023 9:30 – 15.10.2023 13:00 \nLocation: Brijuni\, Croatia \nLanguage:  The main language of the event will be English. \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with  the support of Institute for Political Ecology and the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/citizen-assemblies-in-action-brijuni/
CATEGORIES:Study trip
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231014T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231014T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20231012T135207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T114449Z
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SUMMARY:Green Political Activist Training - Sustainable Energy Politics  (Budapest)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThis event is divided into different sections. The first part of the workshop will cover the basics of EU energy policy and climate policy nexus.  It will also look at Hungary’s energy policy objectives\, compliance with EU targets\, and current investments\, with a particular focus on the construction of Paks2. \nThe part\, will look at current energy policy developments. What determines the price of energy commodities\, what can be expected in the near future\, how will the war in Ukraine and inflation affect energy conditions? \nFor the third part\,  we will analyse the EU’s renewable energy targets and the current developments in Hungary: solar and wind energy\, the potential of geothermal energy. The speaker in this section will analyse the chances of a green transition at EU and national level. We will continue familiarising ourselves with the role of statistics in the field of energy politics\, and then we will turn to the following topics: \n\nEU Clean Energy Package (CEP)\nThe possibilities of the Hungarian CEP implementation\nThe solidarity economy paradigm and the possibilities of creating energy communities\nThe development of energy community financing\nCooperative principles.\n\nThe event will close with an analysis on the potential of energy efficiency. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation’s Green Political Activist Training Project. We put together a series of learning activities aiming to help participants to understand the concepts of political ecology and apply them to both local and European-level politics. We will examine various policies and policy proposals ranging from local politics to the European Green Deal. Our goal is to prepare participants for both assessing and advocating policies in line with progressive green values. We’ll also provide young green activists with them tools and knowledge\, as well as an opportunity to network\, get in contact with political actors and experts on multiple levels and come together as a political community. It is essential for us to help like-minded movements and actors connect in order to help the political ecosystem flourish. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nBenedek Jávor\, Green European Foundation Board Member\nRosa Martinex\, Green European Journal Board Member\nBalázs Felsmann\, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research\nNóra Feldmár\, Habitat for Humanity\nZsolt Balajti\, expert on energy industry\nBéla Munkácsy\, Eötvös Loránd University & World Wildlife Forum\nMárton Fabók\, Solidarity Economy Center\n\n  \nProgramme\n9:30 – 10:00 Arrival\, registration \n10:00 – 10:10 Opening – Rosa Martinez on the EU energy architecture \n10:10 – 10:50 Benedek Jávor: Hungary’s sustainable energy policy – how are EU commitments being met? \n10:50 – 11:30 Balázs Felsmann: Current situation on the energy market\, availability of energy resources\, energy prices (tbc) \n11:30 – 11:40 Coffee break \n11:40 – 12:20 Béla Munkácsy: Situation of renewable energy use – EU overview \n12:20 – 12:50 Lunch break \n12:50 – 13:30 Nóra Feldmár: Energy poverty\, social issues \n13:30 – 14:10 Márton Fabók: Energy self-determination\, energy communities \n14:10 – 14:50 Zsolt Balajti: The potential of energy efficiency (tbc) \n14:50 – 15:20 Discussion \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time:  14th October\, 2023\,  9:30 am – 15:30 pm \nLocation: Budapest. Gödör Klub\, Budapest\, Király u. 50\, 1061 \nLanguage:  The event will be held in Hungarian. \nRegistration: Please register in advance here. \nOther useful info: The event will be held  in person. We have limited places\, the registration follows a first come-first served logic. \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of  Progressive Hungary Foundation and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-political-activists-training-10-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231012T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231015T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20230510T093740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T140921Z
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SUMMARY:Political Ecology Days (Brussels)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThis edition of the Politicla Ecology Days will be particularly focusing on the question of the reversal of inequalities and the innvational ideas on how to take care better of our world and society. We will therefore discuss how to repair and transform the earth\, how to mend inequalities\, investigate the relations between humans and non-humans and discuss  our visions of the economy\, the world or justice. Repair can be conceived here as both “acknowledging”\, “doing justice” or “taking care”. Transform as a movement which\, starting among other things from what there is to repair\, modifies the coordinates of the world-system. \nDuring 4 days\, you can discover more about green politics in 8 lectures\, 12 workshops\, Greens Talks and 1 documentary screening. \n  \nSome highlights of the pogramme:\n12th October 2023 \n20:00-21:30: Une économie centrée sur le soin with Emmanuel Petit\, Christine Bauhardt and Géraldine Thiry\, moderated by  Dirk Holemans (Co-President Green European Foundation) (FR<>EN) \n13 October 2023 \n9:30: La sobriété ou l’essentiel au quotidien with Geneviève Pruvost\, Catherine Larrère\, Nadia Leila Aissaoui\, moderated by Claudine Drion (FR<>EN) \n11:30: Justice restaurative environnementale & écologie judiciaire with Marine Calmet\, Olivier de Schutter\, moderated by Sophie Wustefeld (FR<>EN) \n20:00: Une écologie des corps par-delà nature et culture with Myriam Bahaffou\, Catriona Sandilands\, Cy Lecerf Maulpoix\, moderated by Julien Didier (FR<>EN) \n 14 October 2023 \n14:00: Le Green Talk – 8 nanos-conferences with François Ost\, Catherine Larrère\, Erica Lippert and many more (FR) \n18:30: Artistic performance: Désorceler la finance \n15th October 2023  \n10:30 – 15:30: School of love – processus artistique (artistic performance) \n10:30 – 13:00: De la résilience intérieure (workshop\, FR) \n14:00 – 16:30: Créer des “mèmes” (internet) écologiques (workshop\, FR) \nYou can find more details for the individual events and many more highlights and the complete programme on this website. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nCatherine Larrère\, French philosopher\nGeneviève Pruvost\, sociologist of work and gender\nEmmanuel Petit\, professor of economics\nMyriam Bahaffou\, decolonial ecofeminist activist\nGéraldine Thiry\, professor of economics\nOlivier De Schutter\, former special rapporteur for the UN Human Rights Council\n\nand many more! \nLearn more about the schedule of the programme and speakers.\n  \nPracticalities:\nDate and Time: 12-15 October\, 9am – 6pm \nLocation: Tour et Taxis\, Avenue du Port 86c/3002\, Brussels \nLanguage:  The main languages of the event will be French and English\, with simultaneous interpretation provided for some sessions. \nRegistration: Please sign up here \n  \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Etopia and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/political-ecology-days-2023/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231011T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231011T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20230920T083946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T113803Z
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SUMMARY:Geopolitics of Degrowth in a Conflicted Europe (Leipzig)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nGreen policies that respect planetary boundaries and allow the Global South to develop seem incompatible with unlimited economic growth in the EU. We need a realistic scenario for a future in which we consume more sparingly but live better together. A scenario that could be possible within a degrowth context. \nThe war in Ukraine completely changed the geopolitical landscape. Today\, the idea of ending GDP growth in the EU encounters new and important impediments\, with power and wealth being measured in military capacity. Can a degrowth Europe build strength and resilience in this context? \nTo tackle this issue\, the Green European Foundation with the support of BlueLink is organising a workshop in Leipzig\, as part of a series of expert meetings across Europe. The outcomes from these meetings and further research and interviews will feed into a final publication to be launched in the autumn of 2023. \nWe invite researchers\, activists and policy makers – particularly from Central and Eastern Europe and Ukraine – with an interest in green policies and geopolitics to present perspectives\, experiences\, analytical or activity reports and to engage in a discussion around the following questions: \n\nHow does degrowth within the EU affect the EU’s ability to achieve geopolitical objectives like providing security\, and what are the resulting tensions and synergies?\nCan such tensions be mitigated? If so\, how?\nHow would it be possible to optimize the possibilities that degrowth offers\, including for democratic flourishing and a safer Europe and world?\n\nNot every question has a definitive answer and we promote creativity\, analytical thinking\, and a fresh approaches to the challenge. \nProject Background\nThis event is part of GEF’s project Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe\, which explores the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project aims to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. It aims to find solutions beyond naïve anti-militarism and convenient belief in green growth. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu. \nPracticalities\nThis GEF workshop will take place as part of the International Roundtable 2023 held by the Peaceful Revolution Foundation in Leipzig. You can find out more information about this conference here.  \nDate and time: October 11th\, 2023 (14:30 CET)  \nLocation: Leipzig\, Germany and online (hybrid event)  \nLanguage: English  \nRegistration: Open to all interested participants\, but please register in advance via this link. Please use the ‘Questions and Comments’ field to specify your scope of interest or proposed intervention. You will receive a confirmation email after registration.  \nIn case you want to attend the workshop in person in Leipzig\, please also email office@bluelink.net by Friday\, October 6th.   \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of BlueLink. It will take place as part of the Revolutionale International Round Table 2023 held in Leipzig by the Peaceful Revolution Foundation.   \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/geopolitics-of-degrowth-in-a-conflicted-europe/
CATEGORIES:Hybrid event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231011T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231012T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20231005T104625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T171355Z
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SUMMARY:GEF at the Budapest Forum
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Budapest forum is an annual event organised by the Municipality of Budapest\, Political Capital\, and CEU Democracy Institute to push forward the ‘Building [of] Sustainable Democracies’. You can find more information on the programme and speakers here. \nThe European Energy Governance is a critical component for building and sustaining democratic systems in the EU. The way we envisage our energy systems impacts the very fabric of our societies and\, therefore\, our common future as Europeans. The war of aggression in Ukraine and the numerous turbulences in the global economic and geopolitical landscape have stressed more than ever the consequences the European energy policy implementation. The wide-ranging impacts extend beyond energy procurement and security\, encompassing democracy\, environmental sustainability\, and social justice. \nThe current EU energy framework showed its weaknesses over the past couple of years amidst the polycrisis. These uncovered issues\, ranging from fossil fuel resource dependency to dependences on single countries. It thereby showed the missing links between EU energy policy and security. The polycrisis also showed the lack of social safeguards and consideration in the EU and energy policy. It showed that the democracy dimension has been severely neglected. And above all\, it showed that if the EU had doubled down on its clean energy transition at least a decade earlier\, it would have been much more resilient than it is today. \nGEF will tackle the future of the EU’s energy project as part of the Budapest Forum with a panel entitled Tomorrow’s Europe – replacing energy at the centre of the European political and democratic project\, building on GEF’s Knowledge Community: the Future of the EU’s Energy Project. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nJesse Scott- Research Fellow at the German Institute for Economic Research.\nStéphane Bourgeois-Leader of Collaborative Low Energy Vision for the European Region and European Relations and Policy Manager at NégaWatt Association.\nRosa Martínez Rodríguez-  Board member of the Green European Journal\, member of the political ecology think tank Ecopolítica\, and Former Green member of the Spanish Parliament.\nEero Yrjö-Koskinen-\, executive Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).\nBenjamin Denis- Senior Policy advisor and Head of industrial policy coordination at industriAll Europe.\n\nModerated by Taube Van Melkebeke- Policy Mnaager (Green European Foundation) \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 11th – 12th October \nLocation: online and CEU\, Nador 15\, Budapest \nLanguage:  The main languages of the event will be English. \nRegistration: Please find the link to online and on site registration here You can read the full programme here. \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of City of Budapest\, Political Capital Institute\, CEU Democracy Institute 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.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/save-the-date-budapest-forum-building-sustainable-democracies-23/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231009T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231023T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063256
CREATED:20230915T123705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T072354Z
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SUMMARY:EGAT Poland: 2023-2024 edition
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe European Green Activist Training (EGAT) is an international training program for young activists interested in political ecology. This program\, which is one of GEF’s flagship initiatives\, has been implemented for several years in numerous European countries in cooperation with green organisations active in the region. \nThis year\, the programme will take place in Poland for the fourth time\, kicking off in Katowice\, Zielona Góra and Białystok! \nThe EGAT workshops aim to support young activists through education and training in practical skills\, but also by connecting with other like-minded individuals! \nRead more about the programme here. \nParticipants profile\nWe invite people aged 16-21 interested in green topics\, activism\, social projects\, democracy and human rights to participate. Young activists with little experience and from minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply! \nProgramme\nThis year\, the first phase of training will happen in three cities in cooperation with activists and local organizations. Each workshop will last for one day and will take place on a Saturday. \n– Katowice – October 21\, 2023 \n– Zielona Góra – October 28\, 2023 \n– Białystok – November 4\, 2023 \n\nParticipants will then take part in nationwide workshops\, which will take place in early 2024 in Warsaw. During the second part\, participants will connect with people from various regions of Poland to learn about the green movement and find ways to support each other in common struggles. \nPeople participating in the national workshops in March 2024 will be able to continue their journey by joining the international stage of the project\, which will take place in Brussels. During the trip\, we will attend different seminars and trainings with people participating in the same programme in other countries. As a part of the trip\, we’ll visit the European Parliament\, engage with politicians about their paths\, and discover the opportunities that may await us. \n  \nPracticalities\nCost \nParticipation in the program is free of charge. Transport costs to the workshop site for commuters will be covered by the organizers. \nApplication  \nIf you are interested in the workshop\, please send the completed form by the following dates: \n\nKatowice – until October 9\, 2023: application form\nZielona Góra – until October 16\, 2023: application form\nBiałystok – until October 23\, 2023: application form\n\n  \nIf you have any questions or doubts\, please send an email to: katarzyna.zakliczynska@pl.boell.org. \n  \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw  and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/poland-23/
CATEGORIES:Call for participants
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SUMMARY:EGAT Lithuania: 2023-2024 edition
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nJoin us for an insightful exploration into the workings of the Lithuanian national government and the European Parliament. We’ll delve into pressing issues like threats to democracy in Europe\, embracing green values\, advancing the feminism movement\, championing social justice\, and nurturing our planet’s well-being. Let’s come together to discuss how each of us can contribute to a brighter future for all! \n50 participants will be part of the national trainings and out of those\, 20 people will be selected to go to Brussels for the EGAT Study trip! \nThe national event will take place over 3 days during which the organisers  will take care of the food and accommodation. The participants selected visit the Seimas will be charged a participation fee of 15 euros (in case a participant is unable to cover this fee\, we are committed to finding a solution that works for everyone involved). \n  \nPracticalities\nApplication  \nInterested? complete the form below before October 27th by submitting this form. \nFor more detailed information\, you can contact Greta Tilvikaitė at info@jaunejidemokratai. \n  \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Union of Young Democrats and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/egat-lt-23-24/
CATEGORIES:Call for participants
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SUMMARY:Vienna Feminist Climate Conference / Feministische Klimakonferenz
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nWomen are taking a strong and successful stand to curb the climate crisis. In many countries\, the climate movement has female faces. However\, neither the causes and impacts nor the efforts to find solutions are equally distributed among women and men. A recent analysis by the aid organization CARE with data from more than 100 countries shows that 150 million more women are affected by the hunger crisis than men – due to impacts of climate change and the biodiversity crisis\, the Corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Food security declines as gender inequality grows. Globally\, inequality has risen (again) in the past three years. \nBased on these findings\, it is high time for a second Feminist Climate Conference – in order to raise awareness of the range and interconnections of the effects outlined above and to continue working on the development of long-term solution models. All crises are causally or impactfully interconnected. Holistic approaches to solutions are therefore a top priority. In the framework of the conference\, the Green European Foundation is organising the evening event From Grassroots to City Halls. Talk with feminist and ecological urban visionaries\,  giving space to female thinkers\, creators and activists from different European towns to share their experience. \nSpeakers & Programme\n9:00 Arrival (day programme organised by Grünen Bildungswerkstatt Wien) \n9:30 Welcome words by organisers \n\nJudith Pühringer (Stadträtin\, Parteivorsitzende Grüne Wien)\nElisabeth Kittl (Bundesrätin\, Obfrau Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien)\nMeri Disoski (Nationalrätin\, Grüne Frauensprecherin)\nJulia Schriffl (stellv. Obfrau FREDA)\nViktoria Spielmann (Wr. Gemeinderätin\, Grüne Frauensprecherin Wien)\nDagmar Tutschek (Co-President GEF)\n\n9:45 Opening speeches by Leonore Gewessler (Austrian Minister of Environment) and Alma Zadić (Austrian Minister of Justice) \n10:30 Internationale Herausforderungen (Volkshalle) \n\nMonika Vana (Europ. Parlament)\nJudith Bauder (Uni Wien)\nAnke Schaffartzik (CEU)\nModeration: Pia Nagl (Klubobfrau Die Grünen Josefstadt)\n\n10:30 International Challenges (Nord-Vestibül) \n\nPhilsan Osman (Uni Gent)\nJennifer Pitter-Lopez (Licht für die Welt)\nModeration: Dagmar Tutschek (GEF)\n\n12:00 Lösungsansätze (Volkshalle) \n\nTina Wirnsberger (FIAN\, Vorsitzende Umweltausschuss Neubau)\nMeike Spitzner (Wuppertal Institut für Klima\, Umwelt\, Energie)\nGisa Ruland (Freiraum)\nModeration: Katharina Wegan (Die Grünen Frauen Wien\, Bezirksrätin Hernals)\n\n12:00 Approaches to Solutions ((Nord-Vestibül) \n\nMarie-Monique Franssen (Environmental anthropologist and writer)\nHalliki Kreinin (Universität Münster)\nSilvia Jura da Silva (Klimabündnis Österreich)\nModeration: Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart (Boardmember GEF)\n\n13:30 Lunch break \n14:20  Keynote: Wie können wir Stadt feministisch und sozial gerecht denken?\nJudith Pühringer (Stadträtin\, Parteivorsitzende Grüne Wien) \n14:45 Klima und Rechts-\, Finanz-\, Menschenrechtsfragen (Volkshalle) \n\nMartina Neuwirth (VIDC)\nIrmgard Ehrenberger (IFOR Austria)\,\nModeration: Julia Schriffl (stv. Obfrau FREDA)\n\n14:45 Climate and Lega\, Financial\, Human Rights Issues (Nord-Vestibül) \n\nHarriet Clayton (Advisor for Greens/EFA in the European Parliament)\,\nOksana Aliieva (Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine)\,\nModeration: Anne-Sophie Bauer (Landtagsabgeordnete Grüne OÖ)\n\n14:45 Coffee Break \n16:15 Austrian Climate Ambassadors: Fearless for a good Climate! Inside Brussels – Austria – Vienna. \n\nMonika Vana (Europ. Parlament)\nElisabeth Kittl (Bundesrat)\nMeri Disoski (Nationalrat)\nViktoria Spielmann (Wr. Landtag und Gemeinderat)\nHeidi Sequenz (Wr. Landtag und Gemeinderat)\nModeration: Dagmar Tutschek (GEF)\n\n17:30 Wild@heart\, strong in action: Female Young Rebels. Podiumsdiskussion der jungen Klima-Rebellinnen \n\nLena Schilling (Fridays for Future)\n Marie Muthspiel (Österr. Klimavolksbegehren)\nMarina Hagen-Carnaval (Letzte Generation)\nAmina Guggenbichler (Erde brennt)\nModeration: Sofia Palzer-Khomenko (Klubobfrau Die Grünen Simmering)\n\n18:30: Opening of evening event From Grassroots to City Halls. Talk with feminist and ecological urban visionaries (organised by the Green European Foundation with support of Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien)  \n19:30 From Grassroots to City Halls. Talk with feminist and ecological urban visionaries \n\nEva de Bruijn (Eindhoven\, NL)\nDonna Cooney (Dublin\, IR)\nJanine Bex (Innsbruck\, AT)\nAlexandra Würz-Stalder (Graz\, AT)\nModeration: Dagmar Tutschek (Co-President GEF)\n\n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 23 September 2023\, 9 AM – 9 PM \nLocation: Volkshalle\, Rathaus Wien\, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1\, 1010 Wien \nLanguage:  The main languages of the event during the day will be German and English. The parallel morning  panels are happening in parallel in German (Volkshalle) & English (Nord-Vestibül). The afternoon events are taking place in German with simultanous translation DE<>EN.  The evening event is taking place in English with simultanous translation EN<>DE.  \nMore information and programme of complete conference here \n\n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/feminist-climate-conference-viene/
LOCATION:Volkshalle\, Rathaus Wien\, Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1\, 1010 Wien
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Cities (Budapes)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nIn the European Union\, 70% of the population lives in cities and therefore\,  80% of all GDP is also generated in cities. This concentration also brings forth numerous challenges\, including rising forced displacement\, traffic congestion\, and increased levels of noise and air pollution stemming from vehicular activities. EU cities have accumulated a wealth of experience in tackling these problems paving the way for the concept of compact cities. This training session welcomes all individuals interested in gaining insights into sustainable urban development\, exploring key considerations\, and understanding policy avenues for achieving sustainability. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation`s Green Political Activist Training Project.  We put together a series of trainings and seminars which aim to help participants to understand the concepts of political ecology and apply those to both local and European-level politics. We will examine policies and policy proposals on various levels\, hence\, local currents as well as the European Green Deal. Our goal is to prepare participants for both assessing and advocating policies in line with progressive green values. Moreover\,\, we aim to help young green activists by offering them tools and knowledge\, as well as an opportunity to network\, get in contact with political actors and experts on multiple levels and come together as a political community. It is essential for us to help like-minded movements and actors connect in order to help the political ecosystem flourish. \n  \nProgramme and Speakers\n9.30 – 10.00 – Arrival\, registration \n10.00 – 10.10 – Opening – \n10.10 – 11.10 – Péter Udvardi : The compact city\, sustainable urban planning \nSustainable mobility in the 21st century \n  \n11.10 – 11.20 Coffee break \n11.20 – 12.20 László Szilágyi: Urban air quality – new EU framework \nWaste management and circular economy \n  \n12.20 – 13.20 Lunch break \n13.20 – 13.50 Sándor Bardóczi:  Protecting urban green spaces \n  \n13.50 – 14.00 Coffee break \n14:00 – 14:30 Ada Ámon: 100 climate problems in 100 European cities \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 16th September\, 2023\,  9:30 am – 14:30 pm \nLocation:  Budapest \, Gödör Klub\, Budapest\, Király u. 50\, 1061 \nLanguage:  Hungarian \nRegistration: Please register here \n  \n\nThis training has been organised by the Green Europe Foundation with the support of Progressive Hungary Foundation and with the financial support of the European Parliament for the Green Europe Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/sustainable-cities-budapes/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230912T070000
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SUMMARY:North-South Relations and the Post-Growth Challenge (Málaga)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Club of Rome report “The limits to growth” was published in 1972 . These 50 years have gradually confirmed the validity of the study. However\, despite the ever-closer risk of environmental and social collapse\, the main focus of the economy remains profit growth\, which is clearly unsustainable and profoundly unequal. In response to this crisis of the hegemonic socio-economic model\, the degrowth/post-growth movements advocate for an economic model that overcomes the ecological limits of the planet\, improves human well-being and reduces inequalities\, challenging the growth dogma. In Europe\, these movements are becoming increasingly popular among activists and scientists\, and the debate has even begun open up at the institutional level.         \nMoving away from growth may represent an opportunity for the EU to increase its resilience and reduce its energy and raw materials dependence. However\, this is something that undoubtedly poses important geopolitical and geostrategic challenges\, including that of North-South relations. How would the EU’s post-growth approach influence relations with the global South\, what would be the main tensions and synergies\, and what challenges will it face in establishing cooperative and equal relations with these countries? \nIn this expert meeting\, we will explore the advantages and also the challenges that the post-growth EU would face in its external relations with the Global South\, and more specifically with the African continent. To this end\, we will introduce into the equation the prospects of demographics and global population movements as a geopolitical factor\, and as an opportunity for European foreign policy to put human rights\, gender equality\, sustainability of life and care\, reduction of inequalities and a profound environmental transition at the centre.  \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of GEF’s project Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe\, which explores the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project aims to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. It aims to find solutions beyond naïve anti-militarism and convenient belief in green growth. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu.     \n  \nSpeakers\n \n\nItziar Ruiz-Giménez. Lecturer in International Relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Coordinator of the Group of African Studies and of the International Studies Group of this university. PhD in International Relations. Bachelor in Law and in Political Science. \nFrancisco Pineda. Director of the NGDO Paz y Desarrollo. Advisor in International Relations and Cooperation\, he has worked for 30 years in International Development Cooperation projects in Latin America\, Africa and Asia. \nMarcos Castro. Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Malaga. PhD in Economics and Master in Territorial and Urban Planning Policy. His lines of work are ecological economics\, critical economics and international cooperation. \nModerator: Carmen Molina. Biologist and expert in ecological agriculture \n\n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 12th September\, 7pm-8:30pm CEST  \nLocation: La Térmica (Avenida de los Guindos\, 48 – Málaga\, Spain)  \nLanguage: The main language of the event will be Spanish  \nRegistration: Open event. No prior registration is required  \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fundación Transición Verde\, and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/north-south-relations-and-post-growth/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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SUMMARY:Geopolitics of Post-Growth
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nScientists increasingly doubt whether we can stop the climate and ecological crises as long as our economy continues to grow. So we had better prepare for a future without GDP growth. In fact\, the degrowth movement\, which is rapidly gaining popularity among activists and scientists\, advocates the deliberate scaling back of overproduction and overconsumption to bring the economy back into balance with the living world\, in a way that reduces inequality and improves human well-being. \nBut what would a farewell to economic growth mean for geopolitics? Can a European Union that is the first to enter the post-growth era remain (or become) a global player? Will it be able to defend itself\, its allies\, democracy\, and the international rule of law against aggressive autocrats? The transition to a post-growth society must be a democratic one. But that is far from obvious at a time when authoritarian regimes are invading or threatening their democratic neighbours. \nOn the plus side\, a post-growth EU might gain resilience. Without economic growth\, it will be easier for the EU to reduce its dependence on imported energy and raw materials. This favours strategic autonomy. It also provides an opportunity to move beyond the neo-colonial ‘extractivism’ that burdens relations with the global South. \nIn this webinar\, we will identify points of contention and try to develop commonalities. After some brief introductions\, there will be ample time for participants to have their say. \n\nProject background\nThis event is part of GEF’s project Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe\, which explores the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project aims to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. It aims to find solutions beyond naïve anti-militarism and convenient belief in green growth. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu.   \n\nSpeakers\n\nSophie Bloemen\, co-director Commons Network\nRoderick Kefferpütz\, director of the European Union office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung \nRichard Wouters\, project leader ‘Geopolitics of a post-growth Europe’ for GEF \n\nThe webinar will be moderated by Judith Sargentini\, former MEP for GroenLinks and CEO in the not-for-profit sector. \n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time: Friday\, 8 September (14:00 – 16:00 CEST)  \nLanguage: English  \nAudience: Public event online\, via Zoom    \nRegistration: Please register online via this link.  \nIn case of further questions\, contact project lead Richard Wouters – rwouters (at) groenlinks.nl  \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks 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. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/geopolitics-of-post-growth/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230907T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230907T210000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Thinker: Helen Thompson (Brussels)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nIf fossil fuels have always been a matter of international struggle\, the transition to renewable energy will be no different. Energy will continue to define geopolitics. In this talk Helen Thompson explains how the energy transition to renewables can be described as revolutionary. Over a period of 30 years\, we will redraw the entire energy base of modern civilisation. Renewable energy sources require a lot of metals\, which are readily available in some parts of the world\, such as China. This brings with it new relationships and dynamics in world politics that will affect us all.  \nContext\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation’s A Just Green Deal And Beyond project. The project looks into the social dimension of the European Green Deal (EGD) and what needs to be done so that social measures are embedded in Green Deal policies. So far\, it rests on a ‘compensation logic’ while we urgently need a holistic approach that integrates the social rights from the beginning. The energy transition is a crucial aspect in the EGD and will bring with it new relationships in world politics. If we don’t take into account social justice\, it will affect vulnerable groups the most. We need more geopolitical insight about the energy transition to be able to make it socially just.  \nSpeakers\nHelen Thompson\, British professor of Political Economy and author of the influential book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century.\n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 7th September\, 19:30-21:00  \nLocation: Bozar\, Brussels   \nLanguage: English    \nRegistration: Get your ticket here \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Oikos and in collaboration with Bozar. It is organised with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/meet-helen-thompson/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230901T233000
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SUMMARY:EGAT Croatia: 2023-2024 edition
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe European Green Activists Training (EGAT) is a project organized by the Green European Foundation in cooperation with the association Forum for Sustainable Development Green Window. The project is being held in Croatia for the seventh year in a row\, and more than 120 young high school students\, students and young professionals from all parts of Croatia have participated in the project. \nThe aim of the project is to familiarise participants with green topics (climate change\, biodiversity and environment protection\, human rights and democracy\, feminism\, active citizenship…)\, green policies and sustainable development policies\, as well as the EU institutions. Through various sessions and discussions involving representatives of international organizations and the European Union\, the goal is to explore possibilities of active and professional involvement in building a greener and more just society. \nMany previous participants remained active in the fields of sustainable development and green policies\, while some even had the opportunity to pursue their career through internships or regular employment opportunities in the institutions of the EU. \nApart from Croatia\, participating countries include Finland\, Greece\, Hungary\, Catalonia\, Poland and the Czech Republic. \n  \nProgramme\nThe project consists of two national trainings and one study visit to the institutions of the European Union in Brussels: \n\n\n\nThe first national training (Red Cross House in Sljemen) – November 25-26\, 2023.\nSecond national training (Home of the Red Cross in Sljemen) – January 27-28\, 2024.\nStudy visit to Brussels – planned for March 2024 (exact date to be announced\n\n\n\n\n  \nPracticalities\nThis programme is for Croatian nationals aged 18-25 . Applications from those who do not have previous experience in the mentioned areas are very welcome! After the selection process\, 20 project participants are selected. Participants are required to participate in all meetings and national training sessions\, as well as the study trip in Brussels. \nPlease apply via this form before September 22. \n  \nCost\nThe one-time registration fee (participation fee) for participating in the project is EUR 40\, while the costs of accommodation and food for all national trainings\, as well as the costs of the study trip to Brussels\, are fully covered by the organizers. For participants outside Zagreb\, possible travel expenses for participation in national trainings are covered. \nFor all additional questions\, please reach out to info@zeleniprozor.hr. \nHandling of personal data\, collected in the scope of this application\, will be carried out in accordance to the legislation of the European Union (EU Directive 95/46/EC). For additional information\, please visit https://gef.eu/privacy-policy/. \n  \n\n  \nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sustainable Development Forum Green Window and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/croatia-23/
CATEGORIES:Call for participants
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SUMMARY:EGAT Finland: 2023-2024 edition
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nIf you are eager to learn about green politics and changemaking\, this course is made for you! Prior experience or membership of the Young Greens is not needed – on the contrary\, we want to get participants who could learn the most out of this course! We are looking for applicants from diverse backgrounds – youth aged 15-25 from all across Finland – and the most important thing we are looking for is motivation. \nDuring the European Green Activist Training\, you will be introduced to green values and activity from the local level to the national\, EU and international level. As a course participant\, you will hear from politicians and other professionals of the field\, discover how politics are made\, get a backstage pass to civil society organisations\, and discuss changemaking from an individual’s perspective. This course will give you the knowledge\, skills and support network you need to become a changemaker. You will find your own way to be an activist\, gain new friends and valuable experience. \n\nProgramme\n\n1st meeting\, 7.–8.10.2023 in Kuopio\n\nWelcome to the training! Introduction to green politics and ABC of changemaking \nDuring the first meeting we will get to know each other and have an introduction to the Green Party and Young Greens. At this meeting we will discuss green politics and activism at various levels – including local\, national\, and international levels. This meeting will be held at the same time as Väentapaaminen\, an annual national event by Young Greens of Finland. (This meeting is fully funded by the Green Youth and Students of Finland\, although it is situated within the context of the Green European Foundation’s EGAT programme). \n\n2nd meeting\, 1.-2.12.2023 in Helsinki\nPeek from local level politics to Brussels\n\nOver the second meeting\, we will learn about politics in both the European and global context. We will get familiar with the structures of the European Union and the work of the European Parliament and how the green movement operates on the European level. The second meeting will prepare participants for the course trip to Brussels. \n  \n\n3rd meeting\, 19.–20.1.2024 in Helsinki\nFeminist politics\, media and non-governmental organizations as changemakers for the environment\n\nDuring the third meeting we will first discuss human rights and equality and how to advocate for them.We will learn about how the media can be used as a tool for change and how it is operated by progressive forces in Finland and the European Union. In addition\, we will focus on environmental and climate politics as well as find out more about different NGOs and grassroot movements and their work in different environmental fields. \n  \n\nStudy trip to Brussels in spring 2024\n\nIn addition\, there will be the traditional Brussels Study Trip in March 2024 (Date TBC). Participants from other European Green Activist Trainings which are simultaneously taking place also in Croatia\, Spain\, the Czech Republic\, Poland\, Lithuania and Latvia\, will join us for a one-week excursion in Brussels to share knowledge from our national trainings and take a look behind the scenes at the activities of the institutions of the European Union. We will visit the European Parliament and meet people who work in various positions in Brussels. \n\nPracticalities\nThe Brussels Study Trip will cost 150 euros per participant\, which will cover all travel and accommodation expenses for the travels to and from Brussels. Meal expenses for the travel to and from Brussels are not included in the participant fee\, but will be charged afterwards to those who attend the Brussels Study Trip. Accommodation and meal expenses in Brussels will be covered by the organizers. If a participant needs financial help\, they may ask for a discount or exemption from the fee. \nApply by sending completing form by Friday 20.9. \nFor more information please get in touch with Laura Haikonen (0451393999) laura.haikonen@vihreatnuoret.fi \n  \n\nThis EGAT programme is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Visio and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/egat-fin-23/
CATEGORIES:Call for participants
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SUMMARY:Geopolitics of Degrowth (Zagreb)
DESCRIPTION:About the conference\nA perspective on degrowth from the post-socialist semi-periphery of Croatia\, with a turbulent transition to capitalism in hindsight\, suggests that capitalist development can lead to dedevelopment\, depopulation and environmental degradation — making an alternative pathway into a just and sustainable future not only necessary but also politically desirable. \nAfter the Hague\, Manchester\, Malmö\, Budapest\, Leipzig\, Venice\, Barcelona and Paris\, the 9th International Degrowth Conference is taking place this summer in Zagreb. It will sit at the heart of a broader Zagreb Degrowth Week\, a free arts and conviviality festival realised in cooperation with neighbouring capitals. \n\nAbout GEF’s session\nIt makes sense for the EU to be a frontrunner in the transition to a degrowth society. This is a matter of ecological justice: EU countries bear the greatest historical responsibility for the crises of climate and biodiversity\, and can free up natural resources for the Global South without loss of wellbeing. But what would degrowth mean for geopolitics? Can a Europe that is the first to renounce economic growth still remain (or become) a global player? Will it be able to defend itself\, its allies\, democracy and the international rule of law against aggressive autocrats? After all\, the power of countries and alliances is largely determined by their wealth and military capabilities. Without billions in Western support\, both money and arms\, Ukraine would not be able to hold out against the Russian aggressor. This panel brings together policymakers\, experts and practitioners for a frank conversation on the geopolitical risks and opportunities for a degrowth Europe. What concepts\, alliances\, or alternative forms of power might answer to the challenge of combining ecological\, democratic\, and geopolitical resilience? \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 30.08.2023 at 6pm\nLocation: Zagreb\nVenue: Centar Mladih ribnjak – Center for Youth Ribnjak\, Park Ribnjak 1\, 10000\, Zagreb; room ZV-KC-2\nType: Non-academic Session
URL:https://gef.eu/event/geopolitics-of-degrowth-zagreb/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230827T000000
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SUMMARY:EGAT Czech Republic (Akumulátor):  '23-'24 edition
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nSign up for Accumulator and become one of 15 young activists! You don’t need a CV full of experience. What’s important is the motivation to change things around you .During this programme\, you will explore different aspects of politics and activism with experts in green issues\, including journalists\, academics\, experts\, and politicians. We will awake your sense of initiative and support your skills in advocacy\, teamwork\, campaigning\, and work with the media. Together we will go through a whole range of approaches and tools that will help participants do their bit to change the world for the better. It is important for us to connect theory and practice. Besides practical skills\, we will focus on important cross-cutting themes such as climate change\, education\, feminism and more. \nIn addition\, you will become a member of a wide alumni network\, which includes all former participants who today are often engaged in activism\, politics and other exciting projects. Together we organize a big alumni weekend every summer where we get together to share our experiences. \nWe are starting this year’s Accumulator with a weekend at the end of October 2023\, in the spring of 2024 we will meet in Brussels with young people from Finland\, Lithuania\, Latvia\, Spain\, Poland and Croatia who are delving into similar programmes as the Accumulator. \n  \nParticipation Requirements\n\nYou are between 18 – 24 years (recommended)\nYou live in the Czech Republic (but you do not have to have permanent residence in the Czech Republic or Czech citizenship)\nYou are willing to be proactive and participative\nYou have to participate in ALL phases of the training: please check details below.\n\nIf there is any obstacle (for example financial\, or regarding health or language) that could prevent you from participating in the project\, let us know and we will adjust the program and conditions so that you can still participate. The accumulator is an open and inclusive space and all young people are welcome to apply despite their background. \nApply HERE by August 27! \n  \nCost\nOur goal is that all selected applicants are able to participate in the Accumulator\, regardless of financial possibilities. Nevertheless\, we ask for a solidarity fee to be able to fund all the activities. Please consider what your personal financial contribution possibilities are for the realization of the Accumulator. You can let us know the amount of your contribution when filling out the application form HERE. Please note that the amount of the contribution you are able to provide won’t influence the selection process. \n  \nProgram\nThe EGAT Akumulator consists of two weekend trainings and separate preparation for these trainings. It also includes a one-week study trip to Brussels\, which is preceded by the EU for Beginners e-learning course and a preparatory meeting that will take place over a day the week before the visit to Brussels. \n1. Accumulator\, 20 – 22 October 2023\, Veronici Centre\, Hoštětín \nSYSTEM ERROR: How to change it?\nDuring the first weekend\, we will get to know each other and decide how we want the entire Accumulator to work together. We will share our expectations\, fears\, experiences\, and motivations. In short\, we will try to create a safe environment for everyone to feel good and positive about the training.\nWe refer to the time in which we live in different ways. However\, the common denominator is often the word “crisis”. We are talking about a climate\, economic\, global\, energy crisis\, but also a crisis of imagination. During the first weekend training\, we will cover a little bit of all of the above. Through formal and non-formal education methods\, we will try to think together about how individual crises are related to each other and try to examine problems at system level. \nWith a focus on deepening the ability to think systemically\, we will try to understand the basic concepts that we will work with during the following weekends. We will talk\, for example\, about capitalism\, but also globalization and colonialism. \nAt the end of the weekend\, we should have a unified level of knowledge\, clarified shared values and a deepened ability to think systems. \n2. Accumulator\, November 24-26\, 2023\, ČSOP Hostel\, Vlašim \nENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: From where and where? \nFrom theory to practice. First\, we will clarify the theoretical roots of political ecology\, then we dive into activist political practice. Who are the green actors? What and who is involved in the environmental movement? How to become part of the change? We will solve all this during the second weekend together with specific actors from environmental organizations and platforms\, for example Greenpeace\, Fridays for Future or Re-set. In addition to activism\, we will also explore the waters of politics with members of three political parties – Pirates\, Greens and Future. \nFinally\, we will focus on creating campaigns. What to watch out for? What is the good practice of well-known environmental organizations? \n3. Preparation for a study stay in Brussels\, March 2024\, one day (online or offline) \nThe main topic of the third weekend will be the European Union. The Impact Europe e-learning course will allow us not to have to deal with how the EU works all weekend\, and we can then go straight to a critical discussion about its pros and cons and the relationship between its policies and the policies of the Czech Republic. We will talk about how political processes at the national and European level can be realistically influenced. At this meeting\, which will take place online or offline\, we will share practical information about the study trip to Brussels. At the same time\, we will open here some of the topics that are dealt with at the European level by experts\, MEPs and activists that we will meet in Brussels. \n4. (BST – Brussels Study Trip) Study stay in Brussels\, spring 2024 \nEUROPEAN GREEN ACTIVIST’S TRAINING – EGAT \nAccumulator takes place in various forms simultaneously in Finland\, Croatia\, Spain\, the Czech Republic\, Poland\, Lithuania and Latvia. Participants from these countries will meet for a one-week excursion in Brussels to share knowledge from individual trainings and take a look behind the scenes at the activities of the institutions of the European Union. We will visit the European Parliament and meet people who work in various positions in Brussels. Even with several members of the European Parliament. \nBut Brussels is not only about the EU\, and we will have the chance to learn about local initiatives and how grassroots activism is done in a place where European politics intersects with Belgian politics. \n  \nWho will train me and how?\nNon-formal education lecturers Zuzana Kašparová and Miriam Macurová will guide you through the training and excursion to Brussels. Both have been active in the field of alternative education for several years and educate young people to take an active approach to public affairs. They themselves are socially engaged in the topics that will be discussed at the trainings. Both were members of the non-profit educational organization Be International. Zuzana is dedicated to the feminist project Vyhonit dábla\, she is the author of the program “Na zachodce” for CT\, she is involved in the activist crip collective and lectures on a freelance basis\, for example sex education or intercultural competence. Miriam works as a campaigner and expert on European climate policy at Greenpeace\, where she is also part of the environmental education program. The program is thus created on the basis of real experiences from the public space. \nThe program itself is based on meetings with people from practice\, i.e. politicians\, journalists\, experts and activists\, who will introduce the participants to politics and public events based on their experience. \nIn addition to workshops and guest lectures\, the program is based on informal education. His methods are based on working in groups with an emphasis on individual initiative. So what you get from the Accumulator depends on how much you put into the training. An important part of the educational process is the sharing of experiences and reflection. \nIn informal education\, they learn by experiencing and trying new things\, which not only leads to new information\, but also to the acquisition of practical skills and thinking about values. It is not graded\, it does not know the role of the teacher\, it is voluntary and the participants are themselves responsible for what they learn. \nDeveloping the ability to work in a group is essential for the Accumulator. Although everyone takes away newly acquired skills and knowledge\, we believe that the ability to collaborate collectively is crucial when trying to change the world around us and when involving other people in future activities. \n  \n\nThis EGAT programme is organised by Green European Foundation with the support of Institute of Active Citizenship and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.  \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/egat-czech-republic-23/
CATEGORIES:Call for participants,Training
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230826T120000
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SUMMARY:Deliberative democracy in tackling climate justice? (Požega)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nDuring this lecture and discussion\, we will try to define some advantages and ambiguities of Deliberative Democracy when confronted with other participatory practices based on self-mobilisation\, as a leverage to discuss about “hybrid” practices and how they must be related to the pre-existing struggles in a territory\, and to the next-steps of decision making. A series of filed-of-contested-actions will emerge\, for opening space to the working groups for imagining solutions that can better relate mini-publics to maxi-publics\, and lay-and-expert knowledge. Leading questions will be formulated about what can we intend as justice (included epistemic justice)\, how can we tackle the asymmetries of information\, and avoiding to consider territories as a neutral ground on which a debate on a specific issues (for example: those related to energy) has to start from scratch. \n  \nProject background\nThe projects aims to explore the different levels and possibilities of citizen participation. Experiences from different countries are presented and discussed\, this summer school event being one oft them. \n  \nSpeakers\nGiovanni Allegretti\, Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the Coimbra University\, researcher on citizen participation in the management of territorial transformations and budgeting. \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 26th August 2023\, 10am-12am \nLocation: Osnovna skola Emilija Ostojic\, Knjaza Miloša 26\, Požega 31210\, Serbia \nLanguage:  The main languags of the event will be English. \n  \n\nThis EGAT programme is organised by Green European Foundation with the support of Institute of  Center for Green Politics and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/deliberative-democracy-in-tackling-climate-justice/
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230814T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230814T233000
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SUMMARY:EGAT Latvia: 2023-2024 edition
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe youth organization “Protests” in cooperation with the Freedom and Solidarity Fund announces applications for the summer camp “Young Activists Academy” or JAA! It will be a great opportunity for young people to get inspired and prepare for active participation in civil society. \nThe camp will be held on 25-27 in August near Kandava\, Latvia. It is organized as a part of “European Green Activists Training – Latvia”. “Young Activists Academy” will be a 3-day camp\, during which we will introduce young people with little or no activism experience to various NGOs and movements\, such as the Green Movement\, as well as inspire them to actively participate in civil society. We will identify local problems and find ways how we can solve them and become heard at the political level as well. We will learn how the European Union and its institutions work and how you\, as an individual\, can be heard in it. We will identify  the threats to European democracy and how we can prevent them while also promoting an inclusive\, feminist and green society. \nProject “JAA” is organized by the “Freedom and Solidarity Fund” in cooperation with the youth organization “Protests”. The project is funded by the Green European Foundation through the “European Green Activists training” project. \n  \nWho can apply?\nWe are looking for young people between the ages of 15 and 30 who speak and understand the Latvian language. We will give preference to younger young people from the regions of Latvia and/or with less experience of activism\, but we invite everyone who is interested in the topics raised to apply. \n  \nPractical information\n  \nThe camp will be held in Latvian. \nThere is no fee to participate. The organizers will pay the travel and accommodation costs of the participants. \nThe application is open until August 14 at 23.59! Apply by clicking here. \nAfter the summer camp\, there will also be a follow-up event\, where we will continue to develop and explore activism basing on the already built knowledge. Since this event is part of the “EGAT” project\, the camp participants will have the opportunity to go to Brussels next March for a 3-day training organized by the European Green Fund. \nIn case of questions\, contact the coordinator Marta Bogustova by email at marta.bogustova@hotmail.com. \nThe project is financed by the Green European Foundation within the framework of the “EGAT” project. \n  \n\nThis EGAT programme is organised by Green European Foundation with the support of Protests and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.  \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/egat-latvia-23/
CATEGORIES:Call for participants,Training
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230719T163000
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SUMMARY:The Green Narrative on Peace and Security (Vaxtorp)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThis learning space is designed for young activists (15-35) from across Europe. The two sessions\, organised by GEF with the support of FYEG\, will facilitate learning about what security is and what it can mean in different regional contexts in Europe\, in the light of past conflicts\, crises and current trends. The session will be led by carefully selected experts. Following this\, space will be given to those directly affected by the recent conflict in Ukraine to share their thoughts\, experiences and ideas for moving forward. After the Summer School\, participants will be able to talk about security in an informed and holistic way. \nProject background:\nThis event is part of the Summer Camp: Writing the Green Stories. The camp focuses on building the capacity of young people to create their own narratives\, turning their personal stories and experiences into activist actions. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nSofija Todorović\, Programme Director of YIHR Serbia\nPalina Burko\, Belarusian environmental activist\,  Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama\nYevheniia Bryhinets\, Executive Committee Member of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (CDN)\n\n  \nProgramme\n12:00 – 13:00: Security and geopolitics – hand in hand? \n\nSofija Todorović\, Programme Director of YIHR Serbia\n\n15:00 – 16:30: Workshop: Security in times of war – Belarusian and Ukrainian perspective \n\nPalina Burko\, Belarusian environmental activist\,  Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama\nYevheniia Bryhinets\, Executive Committee Member of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (CDN)\n\n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 19 July\, 12 – 16:30  CEST \nLocation: Vallåsens Värdshus\, Rössjöholmsv. 20\, 312 98 Våxtorp (Sweden) \nLanguage:  English. \nFormat: In person event \nRegistrations for this event are now closed \n\nThese summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of FYEG and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/fyeg-summer-camp-23/
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230707T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230707T140000
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SUMMARY:Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe: Rethinking Relations with the Global South?
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nRivalries between states or political entities for sovereignty over a territory or a resource are often enough to justify the development of (often commercial) armed forces and alliances. Geopolitics\, if it is to mean anything other than the analysis of this interplay of forces and influences\, would therefore affirm that no state would voluntarily reduce its economy at the risk of being overpowered by another one not willing to make this sacrifice. \nThis generality about international relations partly explains the expansion of empires throughout history\, and from this point of view\, the great European and industrial powers are doing nothing new by colonizing\, enslaving\, and establishing asymmetrical trade relations. \nWhat’s new\, however\, is that the intensity of the economic flows of industrial means of production is ravaging ecosystems and climatic balances. In other words\, the economic growth of the major powers (exploiting resources extending far beyond their sovereign territories) is unsustainable. \nIn response\, many intellectuals are striving to bring out a convincing macro-economic model of post-growth. These efforts are taking place when economic growth is slowing down\, or even stagnating\, and producing increasingly irreversible and lethal effects on the environment and people’s health. \nTheoretical models of post-growth postulate that it is possible to reduce the intensity of physical and economic flows while maintaining a satisfactory standard of living.  That is to say\, maintaining a “good standard of living” (with access for all to education\, healthcare\, leisure\, culture…) without using fossil fuels implies developing a large-scale renewable energy system\, which we know very well has a lower energy rate of return and requires large quantities of materials. \nIn any case\, the abandonment of fossil fuels and the development of a decarbonized\, non-growthiest economic model holds the seeds of new international relations and new balances of power. \n\nProject background\nThis event is part of GEF’s project Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe\, which explores the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project aims to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. It aims to find solutions beyond naïve anti-militarism and convenient belief in green growth. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu.    \n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time: Friday\, July 7th (12:00 – 14:00 CEST)  \nLocation: Online\, via Zoom  \nLanguage: French  \nRegistration: This is a closed expert meeting. However\, if you wish to learn more or receive an invitation\, please get in touch with Kévin Puisieux via k.puisieux (at) fondationecolo.org.  \n\nThis expert meeting is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Fondation de l’Ecologie Politique and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/geopolitics-of-post-growth-2/
CATEGORIES:Expert meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230630T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230701T170000
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SUMMARY:Green Days for the Future (Gdansk)
DESCRIPTION:  \nAbout the event\nThe Green Days for the Future will unite Polish green movement representatives to share their views on current issues. GEF will specifically organise three sessions: More than energy–battle for the nuclear or for the vision of future? (plenary session) Sustainable Food System–different perspectives (parallel session) and how to ensure that European Funds serve the EU’s strategic objectives?–The role of Monitoring Committees and Horizontal principles of conditionality (round table). European and Polish speakers will engage in the debate together and offer valuable insights into the topics. \n\n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Polish Green Days project in which green actors address central challenges for a green Europe. The energy crisis forces states to rethink their energy policy\, which will be more closely discussed. Additionally\, there is a need for a sustainable plan to guarantee food is accessible and affordable to everyone. \n  \nProgramme\nFriday\, 30th June 2023 \n10:30 – 11:45 Opening Plenary – More than energy – battle for the nuclear or for the vision of the future? \n\nWith Ula Zielińska\,Dagmar Tuschek\,  Ewa Bińczyk (UT) lub Michał Krzykawski (UŚ)\, Kacper Szulecki lub Radek Gawlik\,  Radek Ślusarczyk\,  Zofia Łapniewska\, moderated by Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart &  Hanna Schudy\n\n12:00 – 13:15 Sustainable Food System – various perspectives \n\nwith Olivier de Schutter\, LVC\, Dr Alicja Baska\, Małgorzata Tracz\, Lena Kuklińska and others! Moderated by Maria Staniszewska.\n\nSaturday\, 1st July 2023 \n11:45-13:15 How to ensure that European Funds serve the EU’s strategic objectives? – The Role of Monitoring Committees; Horizontal Principles of Conditionality  \n\nwith wona Janicka (OFOP) and others! Moderated by Bogna Czałczyńska.\n\nYou can access the full Green Days schedule – including more speakers and other sessions not organised by GEF – via this link.  \n  \nPracticalities\n  \nDate and Time: 29th June 15:00 – 1st July 19:00 \nLocation: Hotel Orle\, Lazurowa 8\, 80-680 Gdańsk \nLanguage:  The main languages of the event will be Polish and English\, with some sessions with simultaneous interpretation provided EN<>PL. \nRegistration: Registrations are now closed. \n  \n\nThis summer school sessions is organised by the Green European Foundation\, with the support of Strefa Zieleni and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/gef-at-the-green-days-for-the-future-gdansk/
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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