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Dec 11 2017
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EGAT Study Visit to Brussels 2018

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About EGAT

The European Green Activist Training consists of training sessions for young Green activists in two phases: the first entails national trainings on domestic politics, as well as a session on European politics and institutions; and the second brings together the activists from different countries in Brussels to complement their training by experiencing the European political dimension first-hand.

This transnational project aims at the Europeanisation of existing trainings for Green activists in several European countries by making them more European in their content, but also more co-operative, by enabling young activists to meet and network.

Study visit to Brussels 2018

This year, we will gather EGAT participants from Finland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia and Malta in Brussels between 05 and 09 March 2018 to visit relevant European institutions, civil society organisations and activists, and to take part in stimulating workshops in order to gain a critical insight into functioning of the EU and ways of making an impact as a young citizen.

Programme

Monday 5 March (Arrival Day)

19:00 – 22:00 – Welcome & ice-breaker activities

Tuesday 6 March (Brussels Actors Day)

10:00 – 12:30 – Alternative Initiatives (Parallel Sessions)

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 14:50 – Introducing EGP, FYEG, GEJ (Parallel Sessions)

15:00 – 16:20 – Introducing ILGA Europe, FoEE, The Good Lobby (Parallel Sessions)

16:30 – 17:50 – Introducing GRIP, GEF, Why Privacy Matters (Parallel Sessions)

18:30 – 20:00 – Dinner

Wednesday 7 March (European Day)

9:30 – 17:30 – Visiting the European Parliament

Thursday 8 March (Activism Day) 

10:00 – 11:00 – Introduction and Games

11:00 – 12:30 – Turning apathy Into Action – what makes political campaigning effective?

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 14:50 – Fishbowl – Lessons from the Women’s Movements (EWL, FYEG)

15:00 – 16:15 – Group Work

16:15 – 17:00 – Ideas Bazar & Feel-o-meter

18:30 – 20:00 – Dinner

Friday 9 March (Evaluation Day) 

10:00 – 12:30 – Reflection and Evaluation

12:30 – 13:00 – Lunch and Departures

Oct 13 2017
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Ökopódium EU (Budapest)

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The 4th Industrial Revolution: Opportunities for Green Transformation in the World of Employment

As part of our ongoing transnational project on questions around green transformation and a post-growth society, we are hosting a workshop in Budapest to discuss new technologies and other ‘change-makers’, such as climate disruption, and how they contribute to an ongoing social-ecological transformation and the 4th industrial revolution fueled by disruptive technologies such as digitalisation or robotisation.

Programme

17:00-17:15: Welcome

17:15-18:00: Green transformation – freedom and security in uncertain times

Dirk HOLEMANS director, Oikos Research Center, Belgium

18:00-18:30: What makes the 4th Industrial Revolution different from the previous ones? What are the major dangers and the biggest opportunities?

KIS Miklós, journalist

18:30-19:00: Humans or profit comes first? How do politics and politicians help?

SCHMUCK Erzsébet, Member of the Hungarian Parliament, Politics Can Be Different

19:00 – 19:20: break, buffet

19:20 – 20:20: Forum with the speakers

20:20 – 20:30: Closing Remarks

Dirk Holemans director, Oikos Research Center, Belgium

Registration and information

The event will be provide simultaneous English-Hungarian interpretation throughout the programme.

It is free of charge, but subject to prior registration. For more information, please visit the Ökopolisz website.

 

Oct 13 2017
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ÖkoTanoda EU+ 2017 EU session in Hungary

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ÖkoTanoda – a training in Hungary for young Green activists with a strong interest in Europe

On Saturday, 18 November 2017, GEF is organising  together with its partner Ökopolisz a special training session focused on the European political sphere. Speaker will be Edouard Gaudot, strategic advisor to the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, who will give a first-hand insight into the functioning of the EU.

This event is a part of our transnational project “European Green Activists Training”, which this year consists of training sessions for young Green activists from Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Croatia and Malta. All trainings consist of the following elements:

  • National trainings on domestic politics, as well as a session on European politics and institutions;
  • Study visit to Brussels in spring 2018, in which they will complement their training by experiencing the European political dimension first-hand.

We invite young people (between 16-30 years old) living in Hungary, who are interested in European and domestic politics to participate in a stimulating training organised with the help of . This opportunity will include several training sessions in Hungary during autumn 2017, along with the final study visit to Brussels in spring 2017.

The sessions on Hungarian politics are scheduled for 07 and 28 October. For more information about the trainings and programme, please visit ÖkoTanoda webpage.

As a special element of this training, the participants will gain an exclusive access to our online course IMPACT EUROPE – which will enhance their critical understanding of the European Union, provide them with an analytical overview of the Green movement in the context of contemporary politics at the European level, as well as with insights into ways of generating political impact as a European citizen.

Application process  closed

The deadline for application was 18 September. Stay tuned for similar opportunities next year and shorten the wait by going through our online course!

 

Aug 14 2017
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ÖkoTanoda EU+ 2017 in Hungary

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This event is a part of our transnational project “European Green Activists Training”, which this year consists of training sessions for young Green activists from Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Croatia and Malta. The participants will take part in:

  • National trainings on domestic politics, as well as a session on European politics and institutions;
  • Study visit to Brussels in spring 2018, in which they will complement their training by experiencing the European political dimension first-hand.

ÖkoTanoda

We invite young people (between 16-30 years old) living in Hungary, who are interested in European and domestic politics to participate in a stimulating training organised with the help of Ökopolisz. This opportunity will include several training sessions in Hungary during autumn 2017, along with the final study visit to Brussels in spring 2017.

The sessions planned for autumn 2017 will be hosted on 07 October, 28 October 28 and November 18 between 10h-16h, at the office of the Ökopolisz Foundation.

For more information about the trainings and programme, please visit ÖkoTanoda webpage.

As a special element of this training, the participants will gain an exclusive access to our online course IMPACT EUROPE – which will enhance their critical understanding of the European Union, provide them with an analytical overview of the Green movement in the context of contemporary politics at the European level, as well as with insights into ways of generating political impact as a European citizen.

Apply now!

The applications are open until 18 September. Participation is free of charge, and travel expenses will be covered. Submit your application by filling out this form. Good luck!

For more information please send an email to Gabor Trombitás.

 

Jan 25 2017
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European Green Activists Training 2015-2016 [VIDEO]

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This video was produced in 2016 during the study trip to Brussels, which represents the final part of our European Green Activist Training project. This transnational project offers educational opportunities for young people interested in politics and activism. After a series of training in their respective countries, organised together with our national partners, this joint study trip enables the young participants to meet and exchange in Brussels with other Green-minded people from all over Europe. Furthermore, it provides them with a first-hand opportunity to gain knowledge of European politics during their visits to the European Parliament and other European institutions.

Find out what the organisers, coordinators and some of the participants from Finland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria, have to say about this experience and receive an impression of their study trip to Brussels in the video below.

 

Jan 19 2017
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ECOPRO Debate at Budapest Degrowth Week: Work out of the box! (VIDEO Available)

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This event was a part of our ECOPRO project, which this year has a special focus on work and its role in the post-growth society.

Theme:

The world has reached the “Limits to Growth” – we are in the status of overshoot, overuse, overconsumption, overpopulation. Our event on the 1st of September will be held 3 weeks after the Overshoot Day 2016 (the 8th of August), we will have used as much from nature as our planet can renew in the whole year. We need a new vision of a post-growth economy that fits again within the planetary boundaries while satisfying real societal needs, guaranteeing well-being and a future for all.

Among many others, we need to rethink our concept of WORK. Can we provide real, meaningful, added-value-generating jobs for all active-age men and women of the over 7 billion inhabitants of the Earth? If yes, how? If not, how shall we redefine and widen the meaning of WORK?

Work is much more than spending time at a job – it includes running a household, caring for children and elderly, helping in the community and other forms of voluntary and political work. To grasp the diversity of work, a green and feminist understanding of work, questioning the gender and international division of labour, is required.

Does work equal money? Equal work, equal pay? Working for a living, or a better life? What is the future of the work – and what is the work of the future?

Speakers:

This debate featured Bernadett Szél (Co-chair of Lehet Más a Politika, Hungary), Beate Littig (Researcher at Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Vienna, Austria), Anne Snick (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dirk Holemans (Coordinator and Editor at tink tank Oikos, Belgium) and Jonathan Essex (Co-founder of the Green House think tank, UK).

Venue: Corvinus University of Budapest – Fôvám tér 8, Budapest, Hungary, 1093

Time: 1st of September, 16h00 – 19h00

VIDEO: Watch this debate in English or Hungarian.

Jan 19 2017
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Call for Applications: Green Activist Training in Hungary

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This event is a part of our Europeanising Green Activist Training project, which offers educational opportunities from young people in Hungary, Catalonia, Czech Republic and Finland. This project aspires to provide young people with enhanced knowledge of European politics and improved practical skills, such as negotiation and networking. As a transnational project, it is organised in two steps, starting with a local training with our partners and ending with a joint study trip to Brussels, where all participants get to meet, exchange ideas and visit relevant institutions.

The first call for application this year is in Hungary! We invite all young Hungarians, between 16-30 years old, who are interested in activism and European politics to apply for a stimulating training organised with the help of Ökopolisz. This training series will happen throughout the fall 2016 – on 1st and 29th of October and the 12th of November. The training will be finalised with a joint study visit to Brussels, which will be held in February 2017.

To apply, please follow this link. Deadline is the 12th of September.  Good luck!

Jan 11 2017
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A Third Sector in Welfare

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The Euro crisis has shown that the organisation and financing of welfare is of overwhelming importance for the development of European cooperation. Demographical changes, low efficiency, rigid bureaucracies, old traditions and strained public finances are creating new challenges. In many countries, thousands of small decisions have resulted in a paradigm shift from public to private ownership in the welfare sector, without a democratically legitimised general policy.

Public opinion has been taken by surprise and a counter-reaction has emerged in many countries. However, this counter-reaction has several different political colours, some being progressive and left-wing, and others being populist and right-wing.

The report, ‘A third sector in welfare: Green responses to privatisation of welfare services across Europe’, provides an overview of developments related to privatisation of the public welfare sector and the policies of Greens in five countries – United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Spain and Sweden – in response to this transformation.

Karl Palmas describes how the UK has always exerted a strong influence on other European countries with its social policies, while Frida Johnsson explains how a new wave of privatisation in Sweden is affecting the country’s social model, and how Germany has traditionally been seen to occupy a middle ground on private sector involvement. Erzsébet Gergely and Zoltán Zarándy highlight the difficulties faced by Hungary in overcoming its history of strong state involvement under communism, while Reyes Montiel gives an overview of the challenges facing Spain, where the welfare state remains in a weak position.