Events

Spring Alliance High Level Conference 28 September 2009, EESC, Brussels, Belgium:

" Putting People and Planet first: EU Leadership for a social and green strategy post 2010"

The Spring Alliance high level conference on 28th September 2009 took place to start debate between the European Union and civil society on the Spring Alliance Manifesto. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso (read his speech), European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas (read his speech) and for the Swedish Presidency, Ola Alterå, State Secretary to the Minister for Enterprise and Energy, were all in attendance to discuss the central issues of the Manifesto with civil society. 

 

View the  programme  read a short overview of the conference or the complete conference report .  

 

PAST EVENTS  

Spring Alliance Conference 17 June 2009, International Auditorium, Brussels, Belgium

The Spring Alliance Conference took place at the International Trade Union House in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. 


The conference provided the final opportunity for stakeholders to contribute to the manifesto text that has been prepared, based on the inputs from previous Spring Alliance working groups which were established at the Kick Off conference.

 

The morning part of the conference programme  discussed the Manifesto with a panel of representatives from NGOs as well as the business community. In the afternoon, parallel workshops were held to discuss final changes to the Manifesto and the outreach strategy of the Spring Alliance.  Read the conference report.

 

The outcome of the conference discussions; the final Manifesto can now be consulted at the Manifesto section of this web-site. You can also announce your support for the Spring Alliance Manifesto by filling out the registration form which is available there.  


Kick Off Conference 29 -30 January 2009, Brussels, Belgium

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Social Platform organized a joint conference to launch the Spring Alliance movement.  

 

The summary report of the Kick off conference meeting of 29 and 30 january 2009 gives a short overview of the discussions that took place in the plenary sessions. The reports of the afternoon parallel working group sessions can be consulted on the member section.  

 

Please click here to view the presentation 'Creating prosperity for all with one planet' delivered by Olivier Deleuze from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 

 

Please click here to view the presentation of Sian Jones from the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) on

'Social Cohesion and inclusion as an essential pillar for sustainable development'.  

 


 

 

 

 

 

The purpose of the conference is to finalise the Spring Alliance Manifesto. Currently, a consolidated text is being prepared, based on the inputs from the working groups. We will present the text at the conference and discuss it with a panel of representatives from both civil society and business.  The conference will be the last opportunity to contribute to the Manifesto before it is adopted and the second phase of our campaign begins – to persuade the Commission and European Parliament to take up our ideas for a green and social Europe.