Non profit
July 2010
A Vita Europe selection of civil society events around Europe
Listed events (for further descriptions of events and links scroll down):
28 June-16 July 2010, Bruges, Belgium, 17th Intensive Seminar on the EU
1 July 2010, London, United Kingdom, What trustees need to know about impact
2 July 2010, Brussels, Belgium, Innovation & Enterprise – The role of socio-economic players
2-7 July 2010, Caux, Switzerland, Learning to Live in a Multicultural World – Fundamental Rights and Multiculturality in Europe
5 July 2010, London, United Kingdom, Wind Power “101”: A One Day Primer For Non-Engineers
5-7 July 2010, New Forest, United Kingdom, Sustainable Tourism 2010?
6 July 2010, Oxford, United Kingdom, User and volunteer involvement
6 July 2010, Bucharest, Romania, Barriers to Wind Development in Romania: Meeting the Climate and Energy Challenges
6-7 July 2010, London, United Kingdom, The CRC Energy Efficiency Summit
7 July 2010, Brussels, Belgium, Reality Check: Are Common Agricultural Policy subsidies paying for environmental quality?
9 July 2010, London, United Kingdom, Investing in Renewable Energy Infrastructure
11-15 July 2010, Geneva, Switzerland, 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion
12-14 July 2010, Tallinn, Estonia, Waste Management 2010
15-22 July 2010, Genoa, Italy, Genoa city of rights: International Rights Week
19-20 July 2010, Geneva, Switzerland, Workshop “Societies and Identities: the multifaceted impact of migration”
19-24 July 2010, Barcelona, Spain, World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
21 July 2010, London, United Kingdom, International Development Summer Careers Conference
26 July – 2 August 2010, Caux, Switzerland, Everybody Counts – A Dialogue across Generations and Cultures
28 June-16 July 2010, Bruges, Belgium
17th Intensive Seminar on the EU
The Intensive Seminar on the European Union is a one-, two- or three-week training programme providing professionals with in-depth knowledge and practical skills on EU decision-making and policies. With a focus on latest developments and practice-oriented insights, the seminar aims to improve participants’ professional skills and performance when working on EU affairs.
The seminar is the flagship programme among the Development Office’s professional training courses on EU affairs.
Each year, a group of fifty to seventy highly motivated professionals from all over the world representing the public and private sectors, civil society and academia participate in the Intensive Seminar to improve their EU knowledge and skills.
The 17th edition of the Intensive Seminar on the EU consists of three different training programmes:
Classic three-week programme: 28 June-16 July 2010
Advanced two-week programme: 5-16 July 2010
Compact one-week programme: 5-9 July 2010
http://www.coleurope.eu/content/development/prof/IS/index.html
1 July 2010, London, United Kingdom
What trustees need to know about impact
This seminar, organised by NPC (New Philanthropy Capital) will look at how trustees can make sure that their charities are as effective as possible, and give them an opportunity to discuss issues and concerns with other trustees.
The seminar will also focus on what trustees should know about measuring and analysing results. We will use case studies to illustrate how results data can improve services and communicate the value of the organisation to stakeholders and funders.
http://www.philanthropycapital.org/how_we_help/training_and_events/seminars_for_trustees.aspx
2 July 2010, Brussels, Belgium
Innovation & Enterprise – The role of socio-economic players
As part of the Belgian Presidency of the EU, the Section for the Single Market, Consumption and Production (INT) of the EESC will organise the conference “Innovation and enterprise: the role of socio-economic players”, in close cooperation with the private office of Jean-Claude Marcourt, Vice-President and Minister for Economic Affairs, SMEs, External Trade and New Technologies for the Wallon Regional Government and in partnership with the Belgian consultative committees. The conference will mark the beginning of the Belgian Presidency of the EU, while preparing the work of the informal Council of Ministers of Industry and Research, which will be held between 14-16 July 2010. Speakers from the business world, high level researchers (Institut Bruegel, the Czech Academy of Sciences), EESC members and members of Belgian socio-economic committees and the EESC, as well as representatives from the EU institutions will all have the opportunity to engage in discussion with the public through a series of roundtables.
http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.innovation-and-enterprise
2-7 July 2010, Caux, Switzerland
Learning to Live in a Multicultural World – Fundamental Rights and Multiculturality in Europe
This conference is organised by the Swiss Caux-Initiatives of Change foundation, in collaboration with the Ngo Initiatives of Change International.
The conference focuses on fundamental rights and multiculturalism in Europe. It will tackle the crucial issues of the current debate on fundamental rights in Europe: right pluralism, children rights, gender and the European migration policy.
Through training modules on Religious diversity and anti-discrimination, Intercultural mediation, Citizenship, Intercultural teaching and Media ethics in a pluralist society, the conference provides an in-depth reflection on the individual contribution to defend fundamental rights in Europe.
http://www.caux.iofc.org/en/node/44477
5 July 2010, London, United Kingdom
Wind Power “101”: A One Day Primer For Non-Engineers
This conference is organised by Green Power Conferences.
Whether participants are new to the wind industry or simply want to refresh and update their knowledge, this one-day training course will ensure they are up-to-speed with the key, fundamental aspects of wind power. They will learn about the scale, availability and variability of wind energy resources, how wind turbines operate and their methods and limitations in harnessing the wind’s energy, plus the factors, which will decide the commercial success or failure of wind as a power source. Throughout the day, issues will be discussed within their business context, including reference to the wider power market and the practical, economic and regulatory factors affecting demand and supply.
http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/v8-12/Prospectus/Index.php?sEventCode=TWE1007UK
5-7 July 2010, New Forest, United Kingdom
Sustainable Tourism 2010?
This conference is organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology.
Sustainable Tourism 2010 aims to find ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimise the adverse effects of tourism. This can be achieved through the development of new strategies involving the active collaboration of society as a whole. Such solutions ought to cope with the continuous growth of tourism impacts on the country including culture and society.
This conference will explore issues concerned with achieving environmental, social and economic sustainability of tourism alongside the governance mechanisms needed to support sustainable tourism. The meeting will also focus on empirical work and case studies from around the world, which can offer new insights and best practice guidance.
Sustainable Tourism 2010 will take a broad view of the tourism industry, and will examine the practice of sustainable tourism from global travel trends through to destination and site management. Innovative solutions, including those involving ecological tourism are particularly welcome as well as cultural initiatives that will lead to better approaches to tourism with the objective of preserving the diversity of our planet.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/10-conferences/sustainable-tourism-2010.html
6 July 2010, Oxford, United Kingdom
User and volunteer involvement
This seminar is organised by Acevo.
Volunteers and users are central to the operation of many charities, but the question of how to best engage them and maximise their value is becoming pivotal in the current economic climate. This seminar looks at how and when to engage users and volunteers in both the day-to-day running and management of charities.
http://www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=1302
To find out about Acevo’s conferences, workshops and training sessions visit:
http://www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=227
http://www.acevo.org.uk/Page.aspx?pid=1043
6 July 2010, Bucharest, Romania
Barriers to Wind Development in Romania: Meeting the Climate and Energy Challenges
This project is organised by Ewea.
The WINDBARRIERS project aims at gathering up to date and comprehensive information on the administrative and grid access barriers that obstruct the development of wind energy in Europe.
It will quantify lead times for projects installed in the last 12 months, both onshore and offshore, across EU 27. The data gathered covers inter alia the timeframe for getting the necessary permits, the costs linked to the process, the number of actions involved, the success and failure rate of the applications etc. The data is obtained from national wind energy associations, major utilities and project developers active in the EU.
The final publication (foreseen summer 2010) will be a toolkit for policy makers to reduce administrative and grid access barriers, at EU and national level. The recommendations will be disseminated by the consortium. This will be done through the organisation of workshops in 5 EU countries, out of which 3 in new Member States.
6-7 July 2010, London, United Kingdom
The CRC Energy Efficiency Summit
This summit is organised by Green Power Conferences.
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) is the UK’s first mandatory energy savings and carbon trading scheme targeting emissions from public and private sector groups. Organisations with half-hourly metered electricity consumption greater than 6,000 MWh per year are included in this scheme which is designed to incentivize energy and carbon savings through reputational and financial drivers.
CRC participants that fail to reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions are expected to face significant costs associated with the purchase of carbon allowances and potential financial penalties. They also risk serious reputational damage with the publication of the scheme’s annual league table comparing the carbon management performances of all participants.
Now in its fourth year, the CRC Energy Efficiency Summit has provided an important platform for stakeholders and policymakers to meet and discuss the development of this scheme. Now with the CRC’s launch, this event will offer participants practical advice updates and case studies to help manage the risks and maximize the opportunities associated with this complex and important legislation.
http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/v8-12/Prospectus/Index.php?sEventCode=CS1007UK#Agenda
7 July 2010, Brussels, Belgium
Reality Check: Are Common Agricultural Policy subsidies paying for environmental quality?
At this event, organised by BirdLife‘s European Divison (ED), BirdLife will present the results of a report on the CAP reform and its political implications.
On 26 June 2003, EU farm ministers adopted a fundamental reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The reform will completely change the way the EU supports its farm sector.
Key elements of the reformed CAP are:
– A single farm payment for EU farmers, independent from production; limited coupled elements may be maintained to avoid abandonment of production,
– This payment will be linked to the respect of environmental, food safety, animal and plant health and animal welfare standards, as well as the requirement to keep all farmland in good agricultural and environmental condition (“cross-compliance”),
The CAP reform debate has started in earnest in the EU and as it progresses, more and more questions are being raised around the costs and benefits of the current policy. Why do farmers get this money? How much do they get and what is it really delivering? These key questions prompted BirdLife International to produce this report, using newly released data on CAP payments, to identify the relationship between CAP subsidies and environmental quality.
www.birdlife.org/eu/eu_events.html
9 July 2010, London, United Kingdom
Investing in Renewable Energy Infrastructure
This one-day conference, organised by Environmental Finance, will bring together utilities, renewable energy project developers and grid development companies to help investors identify opportunities in renewable energy infrastructure.
http://www.environmental-finance.com/events/view/14
11-15 July 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion
The 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion: Health, Equity and Sustainable Development aims to build bridges between the fields of health promotion and sustainable development. ??The conference will provide opportunities to:
– present and discuss state-of-the-art knowledge and cross-cutting issues in health promotion and sustainable development
– showcase and challenge best practice in health promotion, with focus on sustainability, and
-initiate strong alliances and partnerships for promoting sound policies and practices that positively impact the health of people, societies and the planet.
http://www.healthpromotion.ch/pages/news/konferenzen/2009/2010_07_11_Conference_mondiale.php
12-14 July 2010, Tallinn, Estonia
Waste Management 2010
The International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment, this year at its fifth edition, is organised every two years by the Wessex Institute of Technology in collaboration with other institutions. ??Waste Management is becoming one of the key problems of the modern world, an international issue that is intensified by the volume and complexity of domestic and industrial waste discarded by society. Unfortunately, many of the practices adopted in the past were aimed at short-term solutions without sufficient regard or knowledge for long-term implications on health, the environment or sustainability and this, in many cases, is leading to the need to take difficult and expensive remedial action.
With growing awareness of the detrimental environmental effects of current waste disposal, there is a significant onus of accountability for effective waste management. Better practice and safer solutions are required. Not only is there a need for more research on current disposal methods such as landfill, incineration, chemical and effluent treatment, but also on recycling, waste minimisation, clean technologies, waste monitoring, public and corporate awareness, and general education.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/10-conferences/waste-management-2010.html
15-22 July 2010, Genoa, Italy
Genoa city of rights: International Rights Week
The Rights Week will feature seminars, conferences, public interviews and institutional meetings; films, documentaries, books presentations, theatre shows and concerts inspired to key human and civil values.
The event, this year at its third edition, has an international perspective and it deals with some of the freedoms and rights which are most discriminated in the world.
The Rights Week will cover such themes: the struggle against human trafficking, women’s condition, poverty, illegality, organised crime, right to work and right to information.
In Genoa Nobel Prize laureates, journalists, writers, musicians, actors, judges, civil witnesses coming from all over the world will confront on freedoms to defend and rights to assert.
http://www.genovaurbanlab.it/IMG/pdf/ComuGLeaDiritt10-326-DFLR.pdf
19-20 July 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
Workshop “Societies and Identities: the multifaceted impact of migration”
This workshop, organised by IOM‘s International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) will examine the social and cultural implications of contemporary migration for societies of origin and destination, revolving around ideas such as social remittances, diversity, xenophobia and integration.
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/events/eventEU/cache/offonce?entryId=26858
19-24 July 2010, Barcelona, Spain
World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
The World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), this year at its third edition, is organised by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Department of the Vice-Presidency, Government of Catalonia.
This multidisciplinary meeting is aimed at approaching, examining and exchanging information on the latest advances in the field of Middle Eastern studies in the broadest sense of the term. The Congress also seeks to shed light on key issues related to the Mediterranean and the Middle East and open a debate on new issues and disciplines.
21 July 2010, London, United Kingdom
International Development Summer Careers Conference
This conference is organised with the backing of two organisations, People Unlimited and 2 Way Development, and with the support and sponsorship of The Guardian.
The two organisations above mentioned are both committed to and experienced in helping people develop careers in the not for profit sector.
People Unlimited are a leading national recruiter to the non profit and green sectors. They have 20 years experience in recruiting staff for non profits in the UK and overseas. Based in London, they are also the organisation behind forum3, Europe’s largest careers and volunteering event for the non profit sector
2Way Development is a volunteer agency for people looking to gain overseas experience in the development sector. Set up in 2003, it places hundreds of volunteers into projects across the developing world.
At this conference those interested in working in International Development will have the chance to consider which courses to take, which internships to apply.
The event will also be an opportunity for those who just want some ideas on how to get into the sector.
A set of speakers will give participants their expertise on job hunting, training opportunities and on ID organisations.
www.positivechange01.eventbrite.com
26 July – 2 August 2010, Caux, Switzerland
Everybody Counts – A Dialogue across Generations and Cultures
This conference is organised by the Swiss Caux-Initiatives of Change foundation, in collaboration with the Ngo Initiatives of Change International.
A dialogue across generations and cultures about what really matters to us all. In a world of great challenges and possibilities it is with a sense of urgency that young and old – children, students, professionals, families, pensioners and grandparents – are invited to come and take the time to listen and to share, to reflect and to discuss. It is the aim of the dialogue that participants will become friends, supporting each other across generations and cultures, and together working for a better, healthier, fairer & more peaceful world.
