Investing for a Greener Future – EU Green Week 2016

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As a partner of the European Sustainable Development week, Green Week 2016 will take place from 30 May to 3 June. Focusing on the theme "Investing for a greener future", it hopes to contribute to answering a broader question of how to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe. Elements such as, for example, innovation for greener cities, sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems or the role of innovative instruments in mobilising adequate financing and 'blue growth' would naturally fit into the programme.

Green Week 2016 has the ambition to become a truly participatory event and aspires to become a forum for stakeholders and citizens across Europe to engage and express their views or show examples of how todays investments can help the idea of a 'greener future' become a reality for the generations to come.

Not only will a number of other events and actions be featured as an integral part of Green Week, you also have the chance to get involved as a Green Week partner! Ideas may range from organising an online debate, providing video material and stories suitable for social media, proposing speakers, organising a dedicated activity on the focus areas of one of the days' events, or especially linking an event or activity that you have already planned around that time with Green Week. If your event would be particularly relevant to the day's theme, it could be selected as a main partner event of the day and benefit from additional support and visibility.

Any event relevant to the theme and taking place in May and June 2016 can qualify. For more details: contact secretariat@greenweek2016.eu

Programme

Each day of this week will focus on different aspects of the main theme:

• Monday: Investing for greener cities (official opening event in Ljubljana)
• Tuesday: Investing in our countryside
• Wednesday: Investments that make it happen (high level conference in Brussels)
• Thursday: Investing in our oceans
• Friday: Investing for future generations

The official Green Week website will be online soon.

For more information on EU Green Week 2016: http://bit.ly/1K7Gv35
For more information on the European Sustainable Development Week: http://www.esdw.eu/