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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...
Jane Feeney

From Community Action to Policy Change: 3 Key Takeaways from ECOLISE’s 2022 Policy Positioning Process

Humanity is facing a deep and multifaceted social-ecological crisis. Only with radical transformations of our values, institutions and behaviours can we begin to create a world based on social equity that allows for a go...
Jane Feeney

Wrap-up of ECOLISE’s 2022 Policy Stakeholder Event

Community-led initiatives and the European Green Deal: towards transformative local development policies ECOLISE has been in conversation with members and partners during a consultation process around 10 theses toward...
Abdul Otman

Funding community-led climate action through CLLD & Smart Villages

Resourcing regeneration activities is a major challenge for community-led initiatives. At the same time, reaching out and engaging with new audiences has never been more important. The next 10 years will be critical in t...
Abdul Otman

Why communities need to engage in politics in general, and the European Green Deal in particular

A perspective from ECOLISE’s policy domain by Nina Klein Community-led initiatives are already active in environmental action on the ground – and have been for decades. Very often this action was done in niches, ...
Abdul Otman

Bringing the EU Green Deal to local levels with the combined power of Local Action Groups and communities

As part of EU Green Week, ECOLISE and ELARD hosted an event on 30 May 2022 centered around the question: how can we make the European Green Deal happen locally? Guest speakers from the EU Commission and representatives o...
Abdul Otman

Funding community-led climate action through CLLD & Smart Villages

Resourcing regeneration activities is a major challenge for community-led initiatives. At the same time, reaching out and engaging with new audiences has never been more important. The next 10 years will be critical in t...
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