The Fair Trade Advocacy Office will be leading with other civil society networks (e.g. CIDSE, IFOAM-EU, RIPESS-EU) an elections campaign on Sustainable Consumption and Production ahead of the EP elections in May this year. In order to support civil society organisations taking an active role in this campaign at national level, Fairtrade International has launched … Continue reading European Parliament elections campaign on Sustainable Consumption and Production (and small grants)

Call for Submissions: Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in SDG Implementation - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)   Three years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), many Governments, UN entities, international and regional organizations, Major Groups and other Stakeholders, are planning … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in SDG Implementation

How to prepare in this year of transition? Panel debate 10:00 - 12:30 @ EEB (Tweekerkenstraat 14-16, Brussels) Please register by 25 February by emailing to sdgwatcheurope@gmail.com In 2019, a new European Parliament will be elected, and the political leadership of the EU will change. This year of transition provides opportunities to reshape the overall … Continue reading Making sustainable development the political priority for the EU’s new political leadership

The registration for the CSO Forum on Wednesday 20th March, prior to the Regional SDGs Forum in Geneva, is now open. You can register via  this link. You will need a UN Badge to enter into the Palais de Nation building. Please share with colleagues!

By Civil Society Europe and the National Federation of Polish NGOs The European Civic Academy aims to give activists key insights and exchange experiences into critical development in the area of democracy and civic space as well as concrete tools on how to address them. Building partnerships between the academic world, and civil society is … Continue reading European Civic Academy

The Fair Trade Advocacy Office has just launched a call for proposals for small grants for projects by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and/or Local Authorities (LAs) in any EU Member State to develop and implement innovative approaches that promote sustainable production and consumption at local level, in particular Fair Trade and Ethical Fashion, to raise … Continue reading Small grants for projects at local level around Fair Trade and Ethical Fashion

European Youth Forum is organising a policy debate for the Spitzenkandidaten on 29 April together with the Maastricht University, which will be a rare opportunity to learn about their views through a joint, live debate. The debate will also reflect on topics emerging from an online survey. If you have any questions or topics that … Continue reading Policy debate for the Spitzenkandidaten

Interactions between science and society are at the centre of this year’s Potsdam Summer School, which will take place from 20 to 29 August 2019. It will explore the importance of science communication in order to find effective ways of communicating highly relevant topics in the field of sustainability and global change. Since the sharing … Continue reading Connecting Science and Society: Call for Applications to the Potsdam Summer School 2019