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Abdul Otman

SAVE THE DATE – Making the European Green Deal strong and real: Harnessing the power of community-led initiatives and local governments

We are excited to extend an invitation to you for a pivotal event: Making the European Green Deal Strong and Real: Harnessing the Power of Community-led Initiatives and Local Governments. This conference serves as a foll...
Katerina Boucoyannis

Deep Dive into the #10theses consultation phase

Ever since September 2022, ECOLISE has embarked on an extensive consultation phase of the 10 theses towards transformative community-led local development policies. So far, over 350 persons from >130 organisations hav...
Katerina Boucoyannis

Building alliances on a strong European Green Deal through the #10theses policy positioning process

ECOLISE is forming a strong alliance of partners in its policy positioning process 2023 on community-led initiatives and the European Green Deal. We are doing this in two phases: 🌱Until mid September, we are looki...
Inés Elvira

ECOLISE Advocacy Training Harvesting: Join the Advocacy Campaign!

  As we continue to advance our 10 theses advocacy campaign, we are thrilled to share with you the harvesting of the Advocacy training co-created with The Good Lobby. The trainers Giulia Neri and Kelsey Beltz broug...
Inés Elvira

Civil Society Forum for Sustainability Shaping the European Green Deal: Brussels, 26 & 27 June 2023

On the 26th and 27th of June 2023 the The Civil Society Forum for Sustainability – Shaping the European Green Deal took place. The event was co-hosted by SOLIDAR, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and SDG Watch E...
Duncan Crowley

Pioneering EU proposal for Nature Restoration under threat

The European Commission has proposed a new law to restore ecosystems for people, the climate and the planet. The European Commission has proposed a Nature Restoration Law, with binding targets for nature restoration and...
Inés Elvira

Beyond Growth 2023 Conference – Towards Local Community-Led Transformative Policies

The Beyond Growth Conference held at the European Parliament from the 15th to the 17th of May 2023 was a groundbreaking event, organised by 20 Members of the European Parliament, brought together esteemed researchers, ...
Sara Silva

Reimagining Peatlands!

Bethany Copsey and Ireen van Dolderen from RE-PEAT gave a workshop on peatlands and the imagination at Cafe Mellemfolk in Aarhus, Denmark, on April 1st, 2023. You can dive deeper in this organisation’s vision by re...
Abdul Otman

Beyond Growth 2023 Conference – “Development” implies a goal – what’s our vision of bioregional transformative development?

This article is part of a series that highlights why The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference aligns with several of the ten theses of ECOLISE The concept of economic growth has been at the forefront of policy-making for decad...
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