FP-7: Deliberisation of Sustainable Consumption and Production CSO Platform

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FP-7 Deliberisation of Sustainable Consumption
and ProductionCSO Platform
Regional Environmental Center Country Office
Hungary Dr. Eva Csobod
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Work programme topic
Science in Society S-2007-1.2.3.1-CT Framing
deliberative processes fostering sustainable
consumption and production at the intersection
between environment and energy
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DelibSCP projectCoordination and support actions

• Project objectives
• Identifying research needs and designing elements
  of deliberative processes on sustainable
  consumption and production in the demand areas
  food, housing and mobility
• Project period 2008-2009

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DelibSCP projectobjectives

• Identify and discuss actions within policy
  implementation and innovation, sustainable
  technologies, funding for SCP, and creative
  instruments for behaviour change
• Draw and discuss conclusions for future research
  agenda from the perspective of civil societys
  needs

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DelibSCP projectobjectives

• Develop perspectives with the EC, EEA and other
  European organisations regarding the action plans
  and implementation processes
• Provide an online platform for fostering
  dialogue.

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Project partners
1. Coordinator UNEP / Wuppertal Institute
Collaborating, Centre on Sustainable Consumption
and Production gGmbH (CSCP), Germany 2. The
Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD),University
College for the Creative Arts, UK 3. Regional
Environmental Centre (REC) Country Office Hungary
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The challenge of sustainable consumption and
production

• Selected domains
• Focus on food and drink, mobility and housing
• These impact areas account for approximately
  70-80 of environmental impacts arising from all
  products over their life cycles

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Civil society as actor for change

• Who is the civil society?
• Any legal entity that is non-governmental,
  non-profit, not representing commercial interest
  and pursuing a common purpose in the public
  interest
• What is the role of CSOs in change?
• Active involvement in the stakeholder dialogue
  how to change un-sustainable patters of
  consumption, involvement in policy research

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Sustainable consumption and production approaches
for effective CSO actions

• Contribution to public policy implementation
• Take part in implementation of the SCP agenda
• Monitoring and campaign
• Suggesting new generation policy instruments
  beyond informative instruments to address change

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Sustainable consumption and production approaches
for effective CSO actions

• Support for development and uptake of sustainable
  technologies
• Research and dissemination
• Awareness raising and campaigning
• Independent monitoring
• Creative approaches
• Art, photography, booklets, concerts, fils,
  celebration events, etc

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Project events and timetable
Event 3
Event 4
Event 1
Event 2
Dialogue Action Platform for SCP conference in
Wuppertal
SCP Baseline Report
Strategy Workshop with policy makers
Closing Conference in Brussels
Launch Conference in Szentendre
Food
Housing
Mobility
Online platform
Discovery section
get-involved section
Month 1
Month 4
Month 14
Month 8

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Project partners and their focus areas
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Recent development Social network

• The social networking http//csoplatform.ning.com
  
• The purpose of the network to share information,
  SCP examples, concepts, videos, photos, etc.
• Discussion Forum for project ideas on the field
  of food and drink, housing and mobility, The Ning
  applications

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Success aspects for participation in the SiS
program

• Advantage for new EU MS
• research involvement in an overarching,
  interdisciplinary topic, networking, development
  of good governance
• Topic
• Hungary is involved in Sustainable development
  and SCP from 1992, National SCP AP 2006
• REC Country Office Hungary is the UNEP SCP focal
  point

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Success aspects for participation in the SiS
program

• Financing SCP
• Besides FP-7 projects
• EU Structural Fund
• Civil Fund
• Regional supports

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Success aspects for participation in the SiS
program
Contacts Dr. Eva Csobod, ecsobod_at_rec.org Regional
Environmental Center Country Office
Hungary Szentendre Hungary www.rec.hu www.rec.org
THANK YOU!