Making an Impact

Collective Actions Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production

Brussels, Belgium | 7-8 Dec 09

The 'Making an Impact - Collective Actions Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)' conference will bring together a range of highly qualified speakers to discuss and develop recommendations about the role of civil society in SCP at a regional, national and international level. The conference is targeting CSOs, researchers and policy makers working in the field of SCP. The conference is hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (7 December ) and the Brussels representative of the German state NRW (8 December ).

The Conference program is lively, interactive and participatory. It includes the following topics and workshops:

• SCP and policy development: high-level panel discussion on how to engage civil society in the SCP Policy processes;
• Voice of the CSO Platform on SCP: develop concrete ideas for collective actions to promote SCP policy processes at regional, national and EU level;
• CSO’s vision: SCP in Europe. The voice of the CSO Platform will be shaped into concrete recommendations to make an impact  towards SCP;
• Creating partnerships for making more impact: three workshops discussing solutions for better collaboration between CSOs, researchers and business;
• Tools for effective implementation of new ideas: Interactive discussions with experts to learn more about funding, communication and media tools to promote SCP;
• Looking to the future: Interactive panel discussion to summarize the outcomes of the project and to discuss the future activities.

For further information about CSCP and the conference please following this link.