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Participatory lab: Local Green Deals - closing the gap between commitment and action

Official High-Level EU Regions Week Event

11 October 2023, 11:30 - 13:00
Brussels, Belgium- European Committee of the Regions, Jacques Delors building, Atrium 5, Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040 Brussels

Session description
In this 90-min political lab, we aim to exchange and debate about political and practical realities linked to garnering broad social support for the implementation of the EU Green Deal on the local level. Participants are invited to reflect on the concept of Local Green Deals as a new, inclusive form of cooperation between local stakeholders, and across political levels in an “eye-to-eye” format. From creative ideas for fostering local engagement and social innovation to rethinking governance structures and approaches, this session is to practically support translating EU commitment into action in local communities around Europe.

Session speakers

  • Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor, The City of Łódź
  • Diana Pretzell, Deputy Mayor, City of Mannheim
  • Minna Arve, Mayor, City of Turku

Objective of the session
This session is to introduce and provide a better understanding of what Local Green Deals are and what they can do for local communities by dissecting threats, risks and challenges when moving from political commitment to implementation reality and exploring ideas and solutions for effective, inclusive participation offers that leave no one behind. The debate will be addressing three core elements for building successful Local Green Deals for which panellist and audiences are to exchange practices and ideas:

  • Fair Local Green Deals – Shaping inclusive citizen-participation that works
  • “Selling the deal” politically & publicly in time of poly-crises’
  • The art of crafting a local deal with business - from idea to reality

As a participatory lab the session will include group work of participants to develop and present ideas related to the three core elements listed above.

This session is for you if…
…You are a local politician or from a local administration looking to either get started with your LGD or to get feedback on solutions and steps you have taken towards building your green deal. This is a space to exchange with experienced peers and a variety of stakeholders for constructive feedback.
…You are a citizen concerned about the future of the planet and their local communities and see dynamics, trends or challenges for which you would like to share and explore solutions or inspire change in society and across different levels of governments

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