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Oct 27 2020

Just Transition of the Economy

By GEF

About the Event:

Join us exploring the transition to an economy of the future. We will bring together speakers from the EU and the Western Balkans on the topic with their experiences and solutions to promote the importance of this transition all over Europe.

We have to rethink production and consumption from the perspective of a social circular economy. Only if the transformation is planned and executed in a just and equitable way, it will find the timely and necessary support among the population. With this project we are researching the different dimensions of Just Transition and what are the politics and policies we should develop to make the change in our economic realities.

Context:

This seminar is part of the Green European Foundation’s Just Transition transnational project. The project looks into the question of transforming from an extractive to a regenerative economy in a just and equitable way to find the necessary support among the population. It seeks to show that the green family, including GEF in its specific role, is a leading actor in the development of future-proof politics and policies, developed in a sensitive way that keeps in mind local specificities.

Speakers:

Dirk Holemans, Green European Foundation, Co-President, Oikos – Belgium
Aleksandar Gjorgjievski, Sunrise – North Macedonia
Maja Morachanin, MP in the Macedonian Parliament
Ana Petrovska, Head of State Environmental Inspectorate of North Macedonia

Programme:

17:00 Participants join the call

17:00-17:10 Introduction

Aleksandar Gjorgjievski, moderator and GEF National Coordinator

17:10-17:50 Session to explore Just Transition with speaker’s presentations

Dirk Holemans, GEF – Just Transition project
Maja Morachanin, Struggle against mining in North Macedonia
Ana Petrovska, Enforcement – a tool for just transition

17:50-18:10 Panel discussion and Q&A

The primary language is Macedonian but simultaneous translation in English will be provided

Practicalities:

When: from17:00 – 18:10 CET:

Tuesday, 3rd November

Where: Online platform – ZOOM

Language: Macedonian with simultaneous English translation

Registrations are open: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_djrYAunLjXKNq9D

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This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Oct 27 2020

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Transformation Towards Energy Democracy

By GEF

About the Event:

In this event we will underline the need for more democratic and inclusive society by addressing the state of democracy in the EU and candidate countries with the economic alternatives and the urgency of climate change.

Context:

The Green European Foundation and Sunrise have in the previous three year period been pioneers on the topic of Energy Democracy in North Macedonia; with this 2020 event we will continue with the elaboration on the European experiences in the energy sector and stimulating positive changes in North Macedonia and the region. In this open Webinar we will discuss energy transformation and set a path to a participatory, inclusive and decentralized green economy through promotion of the Energy Democracy concept. Together we will contribute to the debates and practices on the EU level with experiences and challenges from the Balkans.

Speakers:

Dirk Holemans, GEF Co-President, Oikos – Belgium
Aleksandar Gjorgjievski, Sunrise – North Macedonia
Miroslav Bogdanovski, MP in Macedonian Parliament
Kristina Ozdaklieska, Deputy Minister of Environment in North Macedonia

Programme:

18:20 Participants join the call

18:20-18:30 Introduction

Aleksandar Gjorgjievski, moderator and National Coordinator

18:30-19:10 Session with speaker’s presentations on Energy Democracy

Dirk Holemans, Energy Democracy
Miroslav Bogdanovski, Energy Democracy and the Fight against small hydro power plants
Hristina Odzakieska, Climate change and Energy

19:10-19:30 Panel discussion and Q&A

The primary language is Macedonian but simultaneous translation in English will be provided

Practicalities:

When: from 18:20 -19:30 CET:

Tuesday, 3rd November

Where: Online platform – ZOOM

Language: Macedonian with simultaneous English translation

Registrations are open: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_djrYAunLjXKNq9D

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This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Oct 15 2020

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Cities as Places of Hope ‘In search of a Green City’

By GEF

Context:

Part of the ‘Cities as Places of Hope’ series; a project launched in 2019 focussing on progressive city networks that are a key factor in the development of a positive narrative on the future of Europe. The project brings together partners from Spain, Croatia, Belgium, North Macedonia and Turkey.

About the Event:

The ‘In search of a green city’ event will bring together green local councillors from different municipalities and green activists from across North Macedonia from diverse green backgrounds. Together we will look at the steps already taken and the roadmap ahead to turning our cities into places of hope. The findings of the GEF Cities as places of hope project as well as local green examples will be discussed during the event.

With this event we are continuing our research and mapping of progressive and transformative practices on the Western Balkans and exploring the EU practices and possibilities for cities to organise themselves in trans-local networks and connect them to the Green movement and facilitate their exchanges.

A second public event will be organised in November ‘Talking about a green city’ where GEF project partners, municipality councillors, green activists and city network representatives will have a chance to further discuss the city level responses and initiatives amid COVID-19 and develop case studies to be implemented in the local context.

Speakers:

Aleksandar Gjorgjievski National coordinator – GEF Cities as places of hope
Sergi Alegre – Fundacion Nous Horizons – GEF Cities as places of hope – El Prat – green water management example from Spain
Maja Morachanin – President of the green party DOM
Sofija Gogeva – Skopje Lab
Dejan Dimitrovski – Local green councilor in municipality of Gazi Baba
Beti Dejanova – Local green councilor in municipality of Centar

Programme:

10:30 – 10:40
- Introduction of the event and participants
- GEF Cities as Places of Hope – examples from Spain
- Importance of green activist’s trainings and networking
10:40 – 11:10
- Presentation of good practices in greening the cities
- Innovation center as a platform in providing sustainable solutions to the City of Skopje
- Citizens Initiative for transformation of Vardarishte landfill site
- Opposing the urban expansion
11:10 – 11:45 Discussion and conclusions

Practicalities:

This is a closed event.

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Aug 13 2019

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Energy Democracy Workshop (Ohrid)

By GEF

About the Event

This event will bring together different actors from across the region and the EU to find alternative solutions and support positive changes to the energy sector in North Macedonia and in South-East Europe.

The topic of the workshop is how we can set a path to a participatory, inclusive and decentralised Green economy through promotion of the Energy Democracy concept.

The workshop will focus on energy cooperatives and other forms of socio-environmental economy in Europe, contributing to the debate and practice on the EU level with experiences and challenges from the Balkans perspective.

The workshop will connect with multiple priorities, underlining the need for a more democratic and inclusive society and educating on economic alternatives that address democratic deficiencies in EU and candidate countries, as well as the climate emergency.

Programme

Day 1

10:00 – 11:00 Introduction of the event, Opening of the event and Presenting 2019 workshop –

Aleksandar Gjorgjievski project coordinator
Maja Morachanin – Member of North Macedonian Parliament, Green perspective on Energy in North Macedonia and the Region

11:00 – 12:30 Presentations and Panel discusion: Energy Sector in EU and the Balkan Region (Current and future perspectives)

Moderated by Ervin Redjepagikj – Energy consultant
Dirk Holemans – Oikos, Belgium – Presentation: Energy Democracy
Hajdana Rukavina, Zelena Energetska Zajednica – ZEZ from Croatia, member of REScoop – Presentation: Community energy experience from Europe and region
Natasha Gligorijevic – Center for Sustainable Development of Serbia – Presentation Green Public Procurement: Energy transition, innovation and Procurement

Discussion on Energy democracy

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Day 2

GEF Energy Democracy Summer School and Workshop

09:30 – 10:30 Working discussions in groups

Energy cooperatives

Hajdana Rukavina, ZEZ Croatia, member of REScoop – European federation of energy cooperatives

The Future of public policies in energy sector,

Ervin Redjepagikj – Energy consultant

Economic alternatives as result of democratic and inclusive society,

Zaklina Zivkovic, Networked – Serbia

Green Public Procurement

Natasha Gligorijevic – Center for Sustainable Development of Serbia

10:30 – 11:00 Conclusions and Closing of the event

The Facebook event for this event can be found here.

Practicalities

This event will be held in conjuction with a workshop on fair and healthy food.

Venue
The venue is located about 8 km (10 minutes drive) from Ohrid Airport and 4 km (10 minutes drive) from the Ohrid Central bus Station
By bus (ticket is € 0.5 to €2)
By taxi: (from € 3 to €7)

Language
Simultaneous interpretation into English will be provided on 8 September.

The sessions on 9 September will be held in Macedonian without interpretation, although participants and speakers are free to communicate in English.

Accommodation

If you would like to apply for accommodation covered by the organisers, please contact Aleksandar Gjorgjievski aleksgo@gmail.com.

Registration

Please register for this workshop via the form found here.

Registration deadline: 5 September 2019

Jul 17 2019

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Fair and Healthy Food (Ohrid)

By GEF

Event Background

The GEF transnational project Fair and Healthy Food aims to bring together different actors to find alternative solutions and positive changes to our current food systems.

Alongside exploring examples of urban movements developing progressive food policies, the project will also examine how regional sustainable food systems can revitalise rural communities.

About the Event

This event, to be held by Ohrid lake in North Macedonia, is organised with the support of our project partner Sunrise, and will invite experts, green activists, academia and NGOs to discuss how we can achieve a fair and healthy food system.

Programme

Day 1

14:00 – 14:30 Introduction of the event and participants

Aleksandar Gjorgjievski project coordinator Fair and Healthy Food
Liljana Popovska – Member of North Macedonian Parliament
Green perspective on Food production in North Macedonia and the Region

14:30 – 15:00 Presentation of the Fair and Healthy Food discussion paper

Aleksandar Gjorgjievski project coordinator

15:00 – 16:00 Debate on the EU Common agricultural policy and alternative solutions to the current food system

Ewa Sufin – Jacquemart – Strefa Zieleni – Poland
Biljana Mitreska – Slow food Macedonia
Zaklina Zivkovic – Networked, Serbia
Vasilka Stefanovska – President of Slow Food Vodno – Skopje

Presentation: Green Economy: Cooperative society

Lupcho Janevski – Director of Agency for promotion and support of
tourism – Republic of North Macedonia

Day 2

11:00 – 11:30 Presentation: Local food production and traditional cooking

Vasilka Stefanovska – President of Slow Food Vodno – Skopje, North Macedonia

11:30 – 12:00 Presentation: Sustainable tourism perspectives

Lupcho Janevski – Director of Agency for promotion and support of tourism

– Republic of North Macedonia

12:00 – 13:00 Panel discusion: Organic and Locally produced food in Macedonia and the EU

Moderator: Bojan Petrovski – Coordinator ASSED Sunrise – Skopje

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Conclusions and Closing of the event

Practicalities

The event will take place in conjunction with a workshop on energy democracy by GEF with the support of Sunrise.

The Facebook event for this event can be found here.

Accomodation

Participants who require accommodation please contact Aleksandar Gjorgjievski aleksgo@gmail.com.

Registration

Registration for this event is required. Please register via the form found here.

Registration deadline: 5 September 2019

Feb 05 2019

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Fair and Healthy Food (Belgrade)

By GEF

Event Background

This event is the first to be held as part of the Fair and Healthy Food project, which aims to connect different actors across Europe that are working to redesign food systems around agroecological principles.

About the Event

To be held in Belgrade, Serbia, with the support our project partner Networked, this event will feature experts who will engage in a dynamic discussion on fair and healthy food. The event will be organised in two parts:

Part One: Fair and Healthy Food Production – discussion & Q&A session

Speakers:

EU CAP expert, who will explore the Serbia-EU negotiation process for EU membership and its effects on sustainable food production in Serbia.
Representative from Belgrade city garden project
Representative from women’s organisation working on sustainable food production in south Serbia.

Part Two: Tastes of Old Mountain – dinner

This dinner will be prepared by Networked in cooperation with women activists from Old Mountain in Serbia, who are fighting to protect their rivers from hydro-industry construction in protected natural areas.

The ingredients for the meal will be sourced from Old Mountain to highlight the power of sustainable food production to revitalise small communities and empower women especially.

Registration

To register for this event, please complete the form found here.

Join the Facebook event here.

May 14 2018

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Greening the Economy in Balkans: Cooperative Society (Belgrade)

By GEF

Context

At the beginning of 2018, a publication The Revision of the Economy in the Balkans: Change Policy, Not Climate, as well as a green economy manual, was published as a part of the transnational project carried out by Green European Foundation supported by Blue Link Bulgaria, Sunrise Macedonia and Networked Serbia.

The research done in the previous years has shown immense potential and pointed out the fact that these national economies are currently going in a different direction: subsidising multinational companies and mega infrastructure projects, privatizing natural resources. A process of political centralization, by taking competences from the local level and exclusion of the citizens from the economic and social decisions is evident. In this political environment, the only possible solution is a creation of bottom-up, self-organized, citizens’ initiatives with a purpose of association of labor and services. The countries of the region have their own historical legacy of a cooperative economy in socialism, which is now in a process of renewal.

About the event

The research has shown the immense potential of the process of greening the economy in Balkans, which is currently challenged. The conference will aim to present the relevant results of the study and to be a platform for discussion on how to start a green business in Serbia and on the cooperative model as one of the viable solutions.

The conference will be an occasion to present the main results of the research published in The Revision of the Economy in the Balkans: Change Policy, Not Climate. The event will host two panel discussions with prominent organisations and individuals working on the green economy in Serbia.

Programme

11:45 – 12:00 Opening a conference
12:00 – 13:30 Panel: How to start a green business in Balkans?

Hristina Odžaklieska, Sunrise Macedonia
Miloš Stančić, Networked/GAJP
Jelena Plavanski, PKS- Belgrade Chamber of Commerce
Ivana Marković, Trag Fondation
Moderator: Violeta Jovanov Peštanac, Networked

13:45 – 15:15 Panel: Green Cooperatives and Cooperative Economy: Innovative Forms of Economics

Represetative of Baštalište
Representative of Association for Sustainable Development (ASOR)
Stjepan Car, Green Energy Cooperative (ZEZ) Hrvatska
Kristina Cvejanov, Serbian Packaging waste Recyclers Association
Moderator: Iva Marković, Polekol

15:15 – 15:30 Closing word: Žaklina Živković, Networked

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Feb 08 2018

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Revision of the Economy in the Balkans: CHANGE POLICY NOT CLIMATE!

By GEF Uncategorized

This project had the aim to to raise awareness among stakeholders, politicians and the general public for the economic potential of a Green Economy, to stimulate changes in consumption and production patterns, and promote a participatory approach to policy making. The report and other project activities respond and contribute to one of the priorities for Bulgaria’s presidency of the EU in 2018: eco-innovation as a driver for economic progress.

Research goals

The purpose of the research was to accomplish the following goals set by the project:

To gather best practices from the three participating countries – Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria – for a green economy;
To showcase and promote the transformation of the economy towards environmental, low-carbon and energy-efficient production along with increasing prosperity and equity in society;
To provide useful facts and arguments for Green politicians and activists to raise awareness among stakeholders, politicians and the general public about the economic potential of the green economy, to stimulate changes in consumption and production patterns, and to promote a participatory approach to policy-making.

A Democratic and Inclusive Green Economy

The research report highlights which political conditions have to be fulfilled to move towards a green economy in those three countries and compares the prospects of Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia in terms of social factors, legal framework and the policy framework.

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Digital version in English is available here

Digitial version in Bulgarian is available here

Digital version in Macedonian is available here

Digital version in Serbian is available here

Jan 10 2018

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GREEN ECONOMY? Campaigner’s Manual

By GEF Uncategorized

The manual’s aim is to promote the economic potential of a Green Economy by summarising the most important definitions and giving policy makers a tool at hand to argue in favour of a green economy and to debunk the most common misconceptions.

Download the digital version of the manual in English here.

The digital version of the manual is also available in Turkish here.

Sep 28 2017

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Eco-innovations for Green Economic Change & Shared Prosperity

By GEF

Context

EU policies and strategic documents, such as Europe 2020, the EU Energy Roadmap 2050, EU Climate Adaptation Strategy, outline approaches to renewable energy and Green and circular economy in order to end the overuse of resources and the social inequality and mitigate climate change. But how do they apply to post-socialist member states and candidates countries in South Eastern Europe? How can eco-innovations contribute to a lasting change of economy and society at large? What are the drawbacks and challenges of Green economy that we need to deal with, to make sure it brings shared prosperity and environmentally sustainable development for everyone? And how can politicians, activists and business communicate effectively, to take society at large on board of the transformation to green economy?

Conference

Researchers, policy analysts and practitioners are invited to propose papers in response to these, and related questions, for the conference ‘Eco-innovations for Green Economic Change and Shared Prosperity in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia’ on November 9 – 10, 2017.

The conference is part of the ongoing project “Revision the Economy in the Balkans: Change Policy not Climate” project by the Green European Foundation, organised with the support of the BlueLink Foundation Bulgaria, Networked Serbia and the Sunrise Association for Sustainable Social and Economic Development Sunrise from Macedonia. The project aims to foster economy transformation towards environmental, low-carbon and energy efficient reduction, along with increasing prosperity and equity in society.

A comparative study of the policy landscapes in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia, practical and political recommendations to achieving equitable Green economy in the three countries will be presented and discussed at the conference. The event will respond to one of the priorities of Bulgaria’s forthcoming presidency of the EU in 2018: eco-innovations as a driver for economic progress. How can they work for achieving shared prosperity and democratisation of the society?

Call for papers

We welcome submissions of research papers, position papers, investigation presentations, or multimedia/film presentations. Abstracts can be submitted by Sunday, October 8, 2017 via email to office@bluelink.net. Find all the guidelines for submitting your abstract in this brief guide.

Participation

No participation fees will be charged for this conference. The working language will be English. In case you have any questions, please contact the Bluelink team by sending an email to office@bluelink.net.

Jan 19 2017

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“Balkan Watchdogs: Cross border Environmental Reporting” Workshop in Bulgaria

By GEF

The workshop’s aim was to support young and active journalists from Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia, who have an interest in the practice of watchdog journalism, telling stories of environmental dangers and exploring new sustainable solutions offered by the Green economy. This event is a part of the Journalists and Policy Makers Boost Green Economy project, organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of the BlueLink Foundation (Bulgaria), the Association for Sustainable Social-Economic Development Sunrise (Macedonia) and Drugi Novi Centar Association (Serbia).

The training represented a great opportunity for the young journalists and professionals with an interest in the practice of watchdog journalism in the public interest. It provided the participants with important insights in the cross-border environmental issues in the Balkans and the Green policies as the alternative solutions. This experience served as a platform for knowledge exchange and a chance to enhance the professional skills of the participants. The training was implemented in English.

The workshop was facilitated by: Dr. Pavel Antonov, Chief Editor at the Evromegdan.bg virtual newsroom of the BlueLink foundation; Paul Brown, Editor, Climate News Network; Zlatko Simonovski, researcher and journalist and Beatrice White, Deputy Editor at Green European Journal.

Purpose of the Workshop

With rule of law and democratic mechanisms failing to protect nature and public interest, ethical professional watchdog journalism is essential for raising awareness and promoting Green policy solutions in South Eastern European societies. Success stories of environmental and social change, environmental justice and Green policies advanced by new politicians, policy-makers and activists fail to effectively reach – and inspire – the general public.

Therefore, the workshop aimed to:

Build on the professional skills and integrity of young and active journalists;
Engage them creatively and professionally in a virtual newsroom to facilitate authoritative and well-written creative feature articles of environmental change;
Guide them while they publish and popularise journalistic articles (in text and image) in English and their native languages;
Allow new policy-makers, Green politicians, academic and civil society experts to foster journalists’ understanding of available success cases, technological and policy solutions.

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