ESDN Workshops and other events

ESDN Workshops

Since 2007, the ESDN is organizing thematic workshops in order to facilitate informal exchange of standpoints and experiences between the ESDN Members. This section of the website provides a one-stop-shop documentation of all ESDN Workshops so far. Please click on one of the workshops for more details.

• 5th ESDN Workshop on 'From Green Growth towards a Sustainable Economy?', Madrid, 25-26 March 2010
• 4th ESDN Workshop on 'New Driver for Sustainable Development Strategies - The Power of Smart Linkages', Brussels, 3-4 November 2009
• 3rd ESDN Workshop on 'Post-2010: The Future of the EU SDS and its Interface with the Lisbon Process', Brussels, 19 November 2008
• 2nd ESDN Workshop on 'Experiences with Participatory Tools and Mechanisms'. Berlin, 9-10 April 2008
• 1st ESDN Workshop on 'Sustainable Development Indicators at the EU level'. Cascais, 29-30 November 2007

Conferences and other events (inverse chronological order):

• For a calendar of European environmental policy events at the website of DG Environment, please click here
• For a calendar of European social policy events at the website of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, please click here
• For a calendar of European economic policy events at the website of DG Enterprise and Industry, please click here

• OECD Capacity Building Seminar for Partnerships on "Designing and Delivering Skills Strategies for Cities", Trento, Italy, 11-13 June 2008
• OECD Workshop on Sustainability Assessment Methodologies, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14-15 January 2008
• Workshop on The Role of Government in Social Responsibility, 3 Nov 2007 in Vienna
• OECD Workshop on Sustainable Manufacturing Production and Competitiveness, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-22 June 2007
• European Sustainability Berlin 2007 – ESB07: The ESDN Conference 2007, 3-5 June 2007
• OECD/UN Workshop on Developing Sustainability Strategies in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-9 March 2007
• Workshop on Improving Assessment of the Environment in Impact Assessment, Brussels, 15 January 2007
• Workshop on Institutionalising Sustainable Development, Stockholm, 31 August - 1 September 2006, hosted by the OECD, Canada and Sweden
• Workshop on Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development, Helsinki, 20-21 June 2006, hosted by the OECD
• Sustainable Development goes Mozart: The ESDN Conference 2006, 1-2 June 2006

Upcoming ESDN activities:

ESDNewsletter:

• For the current newsletter, click here. If you want to subscribe to the quarterly ESDNewsletter, click here.

ESDN Quarterly Report:

• For the current Quarterly Report June 2010 on Research and development for sustainable development, click here

Other activities

• Like in 2006, DG Environment offers to co-fund up to 50% of two peer review projects with a maximum of € 100.000 each, provided that they meet a number of conditions detailed in the call. Proposals may be solely submitted by public institutions from EU Member States in charge of National Sustainable Development Strategies. The Commission strongly encourages Member States to participate in this endeavour and submit a proposal. The call is open only until 15 October 2007! For details about the call, please click here. Further documents are available on the DG Environment website.

• “Mission Sustainability – we face the challenge”: competition being run by the German Council for Sustainable Development from 1 December 2006 until 31 August 2007