DEAFT PROGRAMME

Green Habito Conference 2023 „Civil Society Ideas for a sustainable green Future of Europe“

Wednesday, 24th May 2023

The arrival of Officials and Speakers in Tallinn

Thursday, 25th May 2023
Arrivals and sightseeing’s in Tallinn

  • The arrival of Delegates
  • Registration to the Conference
  • Preparation of Conference and at 13.00 – 14.00 pm visiting Government institutions
  • Sightseeing tours in Tallinn
  • Dinner in Solaris Centre, Lido
  • 20.00 – 22.00 Organising Committee meeting in Hestia Hotel Europa

DAY ONE. Friday, 26th May 2023.
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE DAY at Hestia Hotel Europa (East Europe room)

09.00 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 – 11.00 Opening and keynote Speeches :
– Kaupo Heinma, Deputy Secretary General at Ministry of Climate of Estonia
– Christer Haglund, Director of Nordic Council of Ministers´ Office in Estonia
– Ursula Roosma, Director of British Council Estonia
– Janne Rajala, President, Green Habito
– Mayri Tiido, Founder and CEO of Lowmerism

11.00 – 12.15 1st Panel discussion with Invited guests and participation of public *

Empowering Social transformation by investing in environment protection and fighting climate change.

Moderator: Ms. Anneli Ohvril, Let`s Do it World Foundation (Estonia)

Experts:

  • Kaidi Tamm, Sustainable Development Programme Senior Expert, Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn (Estonia)
  • Jenni Kaupila, Advocacy officer of UNA Finland (member of Finnish NGDO Platform (Finland) online
  • Oksana Skaldina, Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Eastern Finland)
  • Iulia Halangescu, IFK Coordinator (Sweden)
  • Christian Hansen, Copenhagen Business Academy (Denmark)

12.15 – 12.30 Coffee-Time

12.30 – 14.00 2nd Panel discussion with Invited guests and participation of public *

Civil society, government and business networks to take circular economy, urban development and innovation to next level

Moderator of the conference: Amb. Hatem Atallah
Experts:

  • Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, Aalborg University (Denmark) online
  • Krista Kampus, Head of Tallinn – European Green Capital 2023, city of Tallinn (Estonia)
  • Tove Lund,  Strategy Manager for Sustainable Living, The City of Göteborg (Sweden)
  • Mayri Tiido, Founder and CEO of Lowmerism (Estonia)
  • Michael G. Kavuklis, President of the House of Europe in Rhodes (Greece)

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 16.15 3rd Panel discussion with Invited guests and participation of public *

The role of Civil Society Organisation for tackling green transition and sustainable development

Moderator: Amb. Hatem Atallah

Experts: 

  • Laufey Líndal Ólafsdóttir, Head of Pepp, grasrótarstarfi fólks í fátækt (Iceland)
  • Adel Albaghdadi, We Organisation (Netherlands)
  • Laura Maria Rajala, coordinator of Fimigrant RY (Finland)
  • Balqis Khattab, IKF youth worker (Sweden)
  • Germa Morris, Peace Child Estonia (Estonia)

16.15 – 16.30 Coffee-Time

16.30 – 17.30 Workshop “How can we make the EU energy independent on 100% Green Energy by 2030?” – Ingrid Nielsen, Advocacy Expert, Renewable Energy, Estonian Fund for Nature

17.30 – 18.00 Conference concluding remarks (Amb. Hatem Attallah, moderator)

19.00 – 21.00 Official Dinner

Saturday, 27rd May, 2023 (Panel discussion, workshops, study visits and networking day) in Hestia Hotel Europa

10.00 – 10.30 Report Back & Discuss agreements & ideas from Friday’s sessions

Recruit volunteers to serve on Drafting Group of Network statement
10.30 – 12.00 4th Panel discussion with Invited guests and participation of public *

Examining current consumption patterns and integrating sustainable lifestyle

Moderator:  Vassili Golikov, Programme Director of Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare (Estonia)

Experts:

  • Tove Lund,  Strategy Manager for Sustainable Living, The City of Göteborg (Sweden)
  • Laufey Líndal Ólafsdóttir, Head of Pepp, grasrótarstarfi fólks í fátækt (Iceland)
  • Heidi Solba, President of Lets do it World (Estonia)
  • Kristine Meek Stokke, president of the young ambassadors program (Norway)
  • Ivan Vasilevskikh, Coordinator of Folkevirke (Denmark)

12.00 – 12.15 Coffee break

12.15 – 13.00 Four workshops:

  • “Integrating SDGs into strategies and practices: how to construct change” – German Morris, Peace Child Estonia
  • “How do you know what’s cool about sustainable development?” – Saandra Jaanika, Fridays For Future Estonia
  • “Green growth and waste management”, Heidi Solba, Let’s do it World
  • “Exchange of best practices by partners and practising them for reach communities”  – All partners representatives

13.00 – 14.00 Working in groups:

  • I Group: development of joint statement on Circular economy and reducing overconsumption;
  • II Group: development of proposal for policy-makers on more involvement of CSOs into achievement of SDGs;
  • III Group: development of joint initiatives / project plans between NGOs and other actors on local level to promote sustainable lifestyle and green innovative solutions for social transformation;

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch 

15.00 – 16.00 Presentation and networking of the results of workshops and working group (Presentation of joint statement draft and civil society project proposals for decision and policy makers on SDGs)

15.30 – 18.00 Study Visits and Networking (list of organisation to be confirmed) across Tallinn

19.00 – 20.00 Dinner and Free evening.

Sunday, 28th May 2023 Conference results presentation and summary

11.00 – 12.00 Presentation of the conference results (Proposals for policy makers on Circular economy and reducing overconsumption, CSOs capacity in SDGs; European Network “Green Habito” statement on the role of Civil Society Organisation for tackling green transition and sustainable development

12.00 – 13.00 Follow up activities, Call for local community projects 2023, Presentation of Tallinn Green Capital agenda and summary of the conference”

13.00 – 14.00 Coffee break

14.00 – 18.00 Annual meeting of the network board in Hestia Hotel Europa.

*[Conference Format Note:  In order for all delegates and panelists to tease out the best ideas and strategies from every one of the delegates coming to this Conference, we are using in fram of working groups the Round Table / World Café format.  This requires short (7-10 minute) presentations of key ideas and priorities by each of the 3-5 experts on the Panel. Moderator could ask 1-2 questions to each panelist. Later on they then come down from the Platform (or they continue online conversation with Virtual participants) and join Working groups (a Round Tables (by joining direct conversation with all virtual participants) of delegates and spend up to 10-20-minutes listening / challenging / contributing / discussing responses to these ideas + other priorities and strategies advanced by audience members.  They then return to the Platform/Virtual scene and each expert reports back what they have learned from the participants and what concrete suggestions / recommendations they would offer the network statement. Each session has a moderator, experts, working group facilitators and repartuer .