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Jun 13 2023
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The Tilting City

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About this event

In this event, we will break down the most promising concepts of alternative urban economy while imagining an economy that aims to meet everyone’s basic needs. We will re-evaluate public institutions to provide universal services. Likewise, the event will address food and energy supply, material use and housing, with five recommendations for an ecologically resilient city.

Project background

This launch is part of the Cities as a Place of Hope project of the Green European Foundation. With this project, we aim to create a strong communication network and solidarity network that will enable access to information and policies by compiling experiences and needs on sustainable and green city governments and related policies together with green associations in different cities in Europe. In this study, making the city’s actors effective and visible in city policies is one of our biggest goals.

Practicalities

Date and Time: 19th June, 7:30pm-8:30pm (GMT+3)
Location: Zoom
Language: The main languages of the event will be Turkish and English, with simultaneous interpretation provided
Registration: Please register in advance here

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Oikos, Green Thought Association and with the financial support of the European Parliament to Green European Foundation.

Nov 03 2022
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Local and EU transformative communities (Skopje)

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About the Event

As part of this event we will discuss the wave of local green transformations across countless cities in Europe, setting a path for a different urban living future. We will hear the perspectives of independent and green local counselors as well as community leaders, whose actions and initiatives could lead the transformation.

Context

The purpose of this roundtable will be to present GEF and its partners’ research and mapping of progressive and transformative practices on the Western Balkans, explore possibilities for cities to organise themselves in trans-local networks, and connect them to the Green movement to facilitate their exchanges. The findings of the Cities as places of hope project and local green examples presented at the event will focus on the fields of mobility, housing, energy, waste, food and climate.

This event will bring EU green local policies from different cities across Europe exploring transformative practices. We will look at the steps already taken and the roadmap ahead to turn our cities into places of hope.

 Speakers

  • Dirk Holemans – President of GEF and co-founder of Oikos – Leading partner of the project
  • Aleksandar Gjorgjievski – National coordinator of the project
  • Hristijan Stanoevikj – Moderator
  • Local councilors, representatives of local municipalities and NGOs working on transformative practices

Programme

 

18:00

Arrivals

18:10-18:20

Introduction

18:20-18:40

Session with speaker’s presentations on transformative cities

18:45-19:00

Break

19:00-20:00

Panel discussion with local councilors, representatives of local municipalities and NGO’s working on transformative practices

The primary language is Macedonian but simultaneous interpretation in English for the speakers will be provided

 

Practicalities

Date and Time: 15 November, 6pm

Location: Skopje

Audience: This is a closed event, with invitation only.

 

This 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.

 

Nov 02 2022
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Resilience in the City, How?

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Context

Resilient cities are able to withstand potential disasters, whether they are social, economic or geographical. The climate crisis, in particular, is  affecting the way people live in cities more and more. It creates social injustices with the most vulnerable communities being affected the most. Some local governments in Europe address these challenges by adopting transformative policies and innovative solutions to increase the accessibility to basic needs such as health, sanitation, housing, food, transportation, and water management.

The Green European Foundation alongside the Green Thought Association, aim to be a part of the solution by organizing the webinar “Resilience in the City, How?” within the scope of the ongoing project “Cities as Places of Hope”.

About the event

During this conference, various urban actors, academics and green activists will gather to raise awareness, build capacities and discuss how cities could become more resilient. Within the scope of resilience, the experts will focus on the social and ecological issues caused by the climate crisis and social injustice through various examples.

Programme

Session 1: Politics of Resilience
13:05 – 14:05

  • Last three years with Cities As Place of Hope – Dirk Holemans
  • What is Resilience?- Eray Çaylı
    14:05- 14:15 Break

Session 2: Resilience in the Context of Food, Housing and Social Issues
14.15- 15.30

  • Resilience and Housing in Europe – Kim Van Sparrentak
  • Feeding the Metropolis During A Crisis – Berkan Özyer
  •  Increasing Social Resilience in the City – Who Owns the Night?- Yasemin Bahçekapılı

15.30-16.30

  • Open Session

Practicalities

Date and Time: 15 November 2022 at 13.00 (CET+3).

Location: Online

Language: Turkish

Registration: Sign up here.

 

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Green Thought Association 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

Oct 31 2022
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The Future of the City: What do Donuts have to do with it? (Zagreb)

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Context

Our international speakers will give an introduction to doughnut economics, explain the concept of degrowth doughnut, and show why more and more European cities are adopting it.

This event is part of the Cities As Places of Hope project, organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Oikos, the Institute for Political Ecology, Transición Verde, Nous Horitzons Fundacio, Sunrise, Green Thought Association and Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks, and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The project, launched in 2019, has aimed at fostering progressive city networks to achieve a fairer, greener Europe. Its theme in 2022 is “Resilient cities”.

 

Speakers

–Dirk Holemans (Oikos, GEF Co-President) –Ajda Pistotnik (Policy Lab, Ljubljana)–Mladen Domazet (Institut za političku ekologiju, Zagreb)–Clara Dallaire-Fortier (PhD student, Lund University) – via Zoom–Tomislav Cik (Institut za društvena istraživanja, Zagreb)

 

Practicalities

Date and Time: 11th November, 18:00PM CET.

Location: MAMA Zagreb, Preradovićeva 18 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Registration: Not required.

Language: This event will be in English language.

 

This event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Insitute for Political Ecology and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Oct 19 2022
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City and countryside: so close, so far

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Context

In an increasingly urban world, building resilient cities has become a challenge. But for this challenge to be successfully addressed, we cannot focus solely on urban areas. We need to develop strategies that consider the territory surrounding cities, as well as their dependence on the resources from rural areas. Establishing a balanced relationship between cities and their rural environment will bring mutual benefits while giving greater autonomy and independence to the city itself in obtaining the basic resources it needs. Based on this premise, this publication explores best practices in managing food, water or energy to make our cities and territories more resilient.

This report is partially based on the outputs of the conference “City and Countryside: So Close, So Far Away” (May 26th 2022), as part of the “Cities as places of hope” project.

 

Resilience is the capacity of a living being to adapt to a disturbing agent or an adverse situation. This term also applies to cities, for which this capacity to adapt is essential to respond to the major crises of our time.

 

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Available in Spanish

Available in Polish

 

This publication has been realized by the Green European Foundation and Transición Verde with the financial support of the European Parliament. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this publication.

Oct 13 2022
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Cities as Places of Hope: Expert Meeting (Utrecht)

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About

Cities all around the world have the potential to be the primary drivers behind the transition towards a sustainable and just society. At the moment, however, cities cannot provide a good life for all within planetary boundaries. They are still part of an economic system that depends on hyper consumption and extractivism. In this context, a foundational shift is needed, starting with a transformation in our world view. A shift that departs from the view of humans as homo economicus, towards a mode of living that recognises the fundamental vulnerability of human and non-human life. A world view based on the ethics of care as the founding principle for a new city. The question is how we can make this world view a reality. Whit what reforms can local politicians start working today? This expert meeting will focus on the reforms that local politicians can start working on today and explore the contours of a framework for an ecologically and socially just city.

Context

This expert meeting is part of the Green European Foundations project Cities as Places of Hope, in which we highlight inspiring examples of progressive cities across Europe which are the frontrunners of the social-ecological transition.

Organizers

Dirk Holemans, Coordinator of Oikos Think Tank, Co-president of the Green European Foundation
Hans Rodenburg, Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks, Project Coordinator

Practicalities

Date and time: Tuesday, 18th October from 15.00 to 17.00 CET.

Audience: This expert meeting will take place in Dutch and is invitation only.

 

This project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks and Oikos Think Tank 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.

Oct 07 2022
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Resilient Cities as Places of Hope (Mollet del Vallés)

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Context

In 2022, the Cities as Places of Hope project aims to bring together progressive and transformative trans-local city networks, connect them and facilitate their exchanges, ultimately contributing to a positive narrative for the future of Europe. This year the project will continue with an inspiring public event in each partner country with the title ‘Resilient Cities’ bringing together the broader green family of activists, civil society, new urban actors and citizens.

Programme

09.30–10.00 Introduction of the event and the GEF’s Transnational Project Cities as Places of hope.

  • Sergi Alegre (FNH)

10.00–11.00 The challenge of air pollution.

  • Representative from Mollet del Vallés (tbc)

11.00–11.30 Coffee break.

11.30–12.30 The social challenge of energy.

  • Ismael Morales, Fundación Renovables
  • Encarni García, Councillor Viladecans

12.30–13.30 The challenge of the food system.

  • Joaquim Bartolomé, Councillor El Prat
  • Catalina Parpal, Fundació Catalana de l’Esplai

13.30 – 14.00 Final remarks.

  • Sergi Alegre (FNH)

Practicalities

Date and time: 15th October, 9:30-14:00 PM CET

Language: Catalan/ English

Location: Mollet del Vallés

Registrations: Registrations will be open shortly <<

This project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fundació Nous Horitzons 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.

May 16 2022
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City and countryside: so close, so far

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About the event

With around 55% of the world’s population living in urban areas (over 75% in Europe), building resilient cities has become a challenge. But to successfully meet this challenge, we cannot focus only on urban areas. The strategies put in place must consider the territory they are part of and their dependence on the resources of rural areas. Establishing a balanced relationship with its rural environment will bring mutual benefits, as well as giving greater autonomy and independence to the city itself in obtaining the basic resources it needs.

Based on this premise, how should we manage food, water or energy to make our cities and territories more resilient? We will talk about this in this session organised by the Green European Foundation (GEF) with the support of the Transición Verde Foundation.

Speakers

  • Marta Olazabal is the head of the Adaptation research group at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). She has participated in the drafting of the IPCC 2022 report, in chapter 6 on Urban Areas.
  • Jorge Molero is a consultant and project technician at the Entretantos Foundation and is in charge of the technical secretariat of the Network of Municipalities for Agroecology.
  • Francesc La Roca is a founding member of Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua (New Water Culture Foundation) and professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia.
  • Ismael Morales is the head of communications at the Fundación Renovables (Renewables Foundation) and a contributor on energy issues to the newspaper El Confidencial.

Moderator: Lidia Ucher, journalist specialising in communication for social and climate justice.

Practicalities

When: 26th May, 18:00-19:30 PM CEST

Where: The event is online on Zoom, open and free of charge.

Language: The main language of this activity will be in Spanish. The access link and technical details will be sent to all registered participants on 25th May.

Registration: Sign up here 

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Transición Verde 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.

Apr 06 2022
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Resilient Cities in the Context of Climate Crisis

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About the event

In this event, we aim to further explore the theoretical knowledge around the concept of resilient cities and talk about exemplary green city practices from both Europe and Turkey. We welcome anyone who wishes to increase their knowledge and contribute to the discussion about solutions to the pressing problems of our time.

Context

This event is part of the Cities As Places of Hope project. A project organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Oikos, the Institute for Political Ecology, Transición Verde, Fundacio Nous Horitzons, ASSED Sunrise and Green Thought Association, Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Launched in 2019, this project focuses on the development of progressive city networks as a key factor to create a better Europe. The project aims to bring together progressive and transformative local and international city networks, provide spaces for cooperation, facilitate information exchange, share and give visibility to best practices, and ultimately contribute to the creation of a positive narrative about the future of Europe. “Resilient cities” will be the theme of the project in 2022.

Programme (CET)

13.00 – 13.05 – Opening (Board member or project coordinator)

13.05 – 13.30 – A presentation/speech around the concept of “resilient cities” from Dr. Zeynep Deniz Yaman Galantini

13.30 – 13.50 – A presentation/speech about green city policies from Imane Nadif (Green City Councillor from Amsterdam)

13.50 – 14.05 – A presentation/speech from a partner of Cities as Places of Hope Project

14.05 – 14.20 – Q&A

14.20 – 14.30 – Break

14.30 – 15.00 – Sharing good practices in 2 or 3 breakout rooms

15 minutes – A short presentation/speech about good practice

15 minutes – Q&A and networking

Practicalities

Date and Time: 28th April, 1pm

Registration: Please register here

Language: Simultaneous translation (TR-ENG / ENG-TR) will be provided (except for breakout rooms discussions)

This event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Green Thought Association and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Mar 15 2022
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Cities as Places of Hope (Vilvoorde)

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About the Event

This event brings together advocates for progressive and transformative city policies in various Green Cities in Europe. Gergely Karácsony, mayor of Budapest as well as other Belgian and European mayors and vice-mayors will present transformative policies from their home cities and enter into conversation. There will also be a video presentation on green initiatives in the city of Ghent, one of Belgium’s most progressive green cities.

This event presents an opportunity to learn about projects to make European cities sustainable and green, to inspire one another and strengthen the inter-city network. Everyone interested in making our cities green places of hope is welcome.

Context

This event is co-organized by the Green European Foundation, Oikos Think Tank and Member of European Parliament Sara Matthieu, as part of the GEF project Cities as Places of Hope. Cities as Places of Hope aims to bring together progressive and transformative trans-local city networks, to connect them and facilitate their exchanges, ultimately contributing to a positive narrative for the future of Europe.

Speakers

  • Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of the City of Budapest
  • Sara Matthieu, Member of European Parliament (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance)
  • Andreas Wolter, Mayor of the City of Cologne
  • Zack Polanski, London Assembly
  • Tine Heyse, vice-mayor of the city of Ghent
  • Benedek Jávor, Head of the Budapest Representation in Brussels and former MEP

Programme

14:00-14:15pm: Welcoming and introduction by MEP Sara Matthieu + video Ghent14:15-14:30pm: Keynote lecture by Gergely Karácsony14:30-15:15pm: Conversation between Benedek Jávor, Andreas Wolter and Tine Heyse, moderated by Dirk Holemans 15:15-15:30pm: Q&A with audience15:30-15:45pm: Presentation on Ghent + video of Ghent15:45- 16:15pm: Conversation between Sara Matthieu & Zack Polanski, moderated by Dirk Holemans16:15-16:30pm: Q&A with audience

16:30: end of the event

 

Practicalities

Location: De Kruitfabriek – Steenkaai 44D – 1800 Vilvoorde

Date and Time: Doors open at 13:30; Event starts at 14:00 and ends at 16:30

Registration: Please sign up through this link.

 Audiovisual Material

 

This event is co-organised by the Green European Foundation,  Oikos think tank, Member of the European Parliament Sara Matthieu 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.