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May 10 2022
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GEF Summer Schools 2022

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As part of our Capacity Building programme, we aim to promote education and training and provide networking opportunities amongst Green actors across Europe.

Like every year, GEF is hosting a series of Summer Schools in partnership with different organisations to raise awareness among citizens about Green solutions to the challenges Europe faces and allow green-minded individuals to come together, take stock and shape the future of the movement.

More details to follow, watch this space!

 

Future of Eastern Europe Conference (Riga)

When: 6-7 June

Organised with the support of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe.

Read more here.

 

We are the Future, but we are here NOW (Riga)

When: 8-12 June

Organised with the support of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe

Read more here.

 

Ecotransformation Summer School (Litomyšl)

When: 14-17 July

Organised with the support of Institute for Active Citizenship

Read more here.

 

European Green Academy (Warsaw)

When: 15-16 July

Organised with Fundacja Strefa Zieleni and HBS Warsaw

Read more here.

 

This Oppressive System and Our Mental Health – summer school sessions (France)

When: 27 July

Organised with the support of FYEG

Read more here.

 

Green Academy: Archipelagos in Movement (Croatia)

When: 27-31 August

Organised with the Institute for Political Ecology

 

 

This events are organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of the aforementioned organisations and the support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Aug 06 2020
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Online Facilitation for Green Minded Trainers

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About the Event:

The Green European Foundation in cooperation with horizontal school, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation, is organising the “Online Facilitation for Green Minded Trainers” on 18, 23, 25 and 28 September 2020.

 

Context:

Online trainings and online events have been gaining popularity in the recent years due to their relative accessibility, convenience, sustainability, and easier admission to a variety of expertise from all over the world. With teleworking becoming the new norm, many event and training organisers find themselves in the position of having to transfer their working methods online thereby shedding light on the new opportunities for digital and hybrid collaborations.

These opportunities also enable us, green organisations, to reach further, to strengthen our collaboration across countries, and to solidify our work once an event has ended. For sustainability-driven organisations, being compelled to invest in digital infrastructures has also opened up the space for less polluting, resource-consuming work.

In this context, the Green European Foundation in cooperation with horizontal school, is organising this training for facilitators and event moderators working on green topics .

 

Practicalities:

When: from 14h-17h CET on the following days:

  • Friday 18.09
  • Wednesday 23.09
  • Friday 25.09
  • Monday 28.09

Where: Online platform to be decided

Language: English

WHAT WE COVER:

  • an orientation to online learning
  • how to design and facilitate inclusive and participatory online workshops
  • how to deal with technical elements, background and obstacles
  • how to avoid online fatigue & passiveness
  • how to reflect and evaluate on the sustainabillity of online events
  • a toolbox of profound online tools  and methods
  • peer-to-peer exchange
  • networking with other green-minded facilitators

TRAINERS

SEBASTIAN WEHRSIG, a trainer of horizontal school, is passionate about socio-ecological transformation, people and nature. He works on-site and online as a facilitator on education for sustainable development, international co-creation and citizenship education. Currently, he fosters sustainable development, climate actions and socio-ecological transformation at Villa Fohrde, an educational house in Brandenburg, Germany.

MARISCHA WEISER, a co-creator and trainer at horizontal school, is passionate about building communities, enabling co-creation, developing and applying methods to create social change in our societies. She is a coordinator, community builder and facilitator at MitOst,  working in the field of culture and citizenship education. Currently, she focuses on program design, methods for capacity building of civil society actors as well as discovering the potential of online learning.

For questions and more information, please contact mariana.batista@gef.eu and/or horizontalschool@mitost.org

**This training course is brought to you by the Green European Foundation and horizontal school, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

 

Apr 24 2019
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Green Learning: 10+ New Courses!

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Green Learning – 10+ New Courses!

For all keen and green learners who want to supercharge their knowledge on the hot topics in Europe today, Green Learning has over 10 brand new courses for you to get stuck into!

Dive into the pivotal issues facing the European Union today, including:

  • How Can We Fight Climate Change?
  • Food & Agriculture
  • How Can We Achieve a Social European Union
  • How Can We Realise Tax Justice?
  • Empower the Youth!
  • Brexit
  • Towards a Transparent EU
  • Towards Sustainable Transport & Mobility
  • Fighting Terrorism and Ensuring Security
  • Towards Human Migration & Asylum Policies
  • How Can We Protect Our Fundamental Rights?
  • Combatting Hate Speech
  • Hate Speech Widersprechen (DE)

The courses will guide learners through these often-complicated topics with fun and dynamic content that break down the key information, facts and figures to give insights into the important issues at play. Then, learners will also explore the potential solutions to these problems to discover how to enact change for the better!

How to Start Learning

Create your account for free at www.mygreenlearning.eu and start learning now!

To start learning, create your account, click on “My Account” and find the desired course under “Library”.

These courses are part of the Green Learning platform of the Green European Foundation, which provides free online courses for learners to build their knowledge and develop their skills. Discover all the courses on offer at www.mygreenlearning.eu/about

Promotion

If you would like to promote the new Green Learning courses on your own website and/or social media, you can use the promotion pack found here.

A pack specific to courses relevant to the youth climate movements can be found here. 

A pack for the course Fast track: Green Issues from A to Z can be found here.

The promotion packs features text & visuals for you to use and share among your networks and beyond!

Apr 10 2018
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Education for Europe

Education for Europe – Building Capacities Towards and Beyond 2019 (Brussels)

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Context

The Green European Foundation (GEF) invites organisations invested in strengthening the European green movement to join its annual networking and capacity building meeting on education and training. This year’s special edition is entitled “Education for Europe – building capacity towards and beyond 2019” and will take place in Brussels on June 5 to 7, 2018.  

Over the past decade, GEF has built expertise in capacity building as integral part of its work programme through online courses, face-to-face trainings across Europe such as the European Green Activists Training or our Fundraising Training for projects on Migration and Asylum. In this spirit, “Education for Europe – building capacity towards and beyond 2019” will serve as a platform for political discussions on the role of training for advancing activism, as well as an opportunity to identify training and educational needs within the Green network, as well as available resources and inspiring initiatives taking place across Europe. The meeting will combine formal and non-formal training and facilitation methods.  

About the event  

This year’s edition is aimed at GEF’s members and partner’s foundations, as well as other NGOs, citizen movements, educational institutes, youth organisations and green parties active in the field of education, training and capacity-building.  Through this event, participants will be able to:  

  • Engage in a political discussion on the role of capacity-building and trainings ahead of the upcoming European elections; 
  • Create new partnerships with other actors implementing trainings on green topics across Europe;  
  • Expand their knowledge on building successful online learning courses;  
  • Gain knowledge and inspiration on adding a European dimension to their training programmes; 
  • Transfer and gain knowledge on resources and tools that can boost educational projects; 
  • Increase their impact and outreach through expanding and diversifying the green network of trainers and trainings; 
  • Participate in the creation of a governance model for European green pool of trainers and experts.  

 

Draft Programme

TUESDAY 5 JUNE 

14:00 – 15:00 CAPACITY BUILDING AS BREEDING GROUND OF THE GREEN MOVEMENT Keynote speech 

15:00 – 16:00 OUTREACH AND NETWORK EXPANSION  Political discussion 

16:30 – 18:30 CREATING SYNERGIES: EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS 2018-2019 Market Place – parallel sessions 

WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE 

10:15 – 12:00 LET’S CREATE A GREEN POOL OF TRAINERS! Training session & moderated discussion 

12:00 – 13:30 HOW ABOUT STARTING AN ONLINE COURSE? Training session 

14:30 – 16:30 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

  • FUNDRAISING FOR POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS 
  • HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL EVENT & PUBLICATION PROMOTION STRATEGY? 
  • GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION: ARE YOU COMPLIANT? 

16:30 – 18:00 OPEN SPACE  Parallel sessions and working groups

THURSDAY 7 JUNE 

10:15-12:15 PROJECTS INCUBATOR Interactive working session in small groups 

12:15-13:15 EVALUATION & CLOSING 

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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.