Sustainable Development
2009-2010: Input to the EU SD strategy review and the
forthcoming Lisbon strategy review
Co-chairs: Tim O'Riordan, Commission Member, UK Sustainable Development Commission
(SDC), Jan De Smedt, Belgian
Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFDD)
Working plan 2010
The WG in its meeting in Dubrovnik gave support to the paper Reconstructing
the Lisbon Strategy for a Sustainable New Europe, a contribution by the
co-chairs for the ongoing EU SD strategy review and the forthcoming Lisbon
strategy review. The WG will continue to contribute to these two
processes.
Download the paper Reconstructing the Lisbon Strategy for a Sustainable
New Europe
Download the EEAC
Rio+20 Declaration
2009: Follow up of the work on the EEAC Statement
2008
Chair: Tim O'Riordan, Commission Member, UK Sustainable Development Commission
(SDC)
Main outcome 2009
During 2009 the Working Group mainly focused on the follow-up of the work on the
EEAC statement 2008 "Sustaining
Europe for a Long Way Ahead". The
WG SD worked on a paper based on the paper of the UK
SD Commission "Prosperity without Growth?", as well as a couple
of theme papers of the Bordeaux material. The other theme was the
future of the Lisbon and SD strategy.
The
work 2009 also involved
exchange of knowledge, experience and views with the following two bodies:
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The
European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) which is an informal
network of public administrators and other experts dealing with sustainable
development (SD) strategies in Europe.
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The Sustainable
Development Observatory (SDO) of the European
Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The SDO has the long-term objective to
become an authority on sustainable development from a civil society
perspective, building on and enhancing its constructive and important working
relations with the European Commission, the Council and the European
Parliament.
- In January the WG SD met in Brussels where it decided to produce
a short position paper on a Green New Deal, based on the work
of a number of councils, and to consider work on new economics
structures. The WG also met with the Sustainable Development
Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC/SDO). The
WG gave input to the Spring Alliance, in initiative of the Trade Union Confederation (ETUC),
the
European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and
the Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform), which included
participation in the kick-off conference, "Preparing
for EU Leadership on Sustainability: A Social and Green Agenda for the
Next Decade". The WG provided think-pieces for the Spring
Alliance Manifesto and participated in the presentation
of the Manifesto.
Download
the summary of the kick-off conference to the Spring Alliance Manifesto
- In May a WG meeting took place at the FRDO-CFDD
office in Brussels. The purpose of the meeting was to
discuss EEAC’s input for the ESDN conference in Prague "Options
and Opportunities for the future EU Sustainable Development Strategy" (June 2009), and focused on the relationship between the Lisbon strategy and
the EU SDS. A paper was developed, based on the EEAC Statement 2008, the work from individual councils
as well and the key arguments of the SDC (UK) paper called "Prosperity
without Growth". This paper served as input for the European
Sustainable Development Network conference in Prague as well as for the
European Environment Agency research dissemination seminar in Copenhagen (both
in June 2009). During the Prague conference, Jan De
Smedt of the FRDO (BE), made a presentation of
the state of art of the discussion in the WG. Angelika Zahrnt, Vice-chair
of the EEAC Steering Committee, participated on behalf of the network.
Download
the paper "Prosperity without Growth?"
by the UK SDC
- The WG's input to the Spring Alliance Manifesto and the ESDN conference
served as content for the paper Reconstructing the Lisbon Strategy for
a Sustainable New Europe. In September the WG had a meeting
with the Sustainable Development Observatory of the European Economic and
Social Committee (EESC/SDO) to further discuss this paper.
Download the paper Reconstructing the Lisbon Strategy for a Sustainable
New Europe
- In
October, during the Annual Conference in Dubrovnik, the APS endorsed a
paper,
which supports a Rio+20 event. The WG and EEAC secretariat is disseminateing
this document towards various stakeholders.
Download
the paper supporting a Rio+20 event
For the main outcomes of the past years, please continue reading the archived
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