[voew-listserver] Conference Announcement: European Policies to Promote Sustainable Consumption Patterns

From: Franziska Wolff <F.Wolff@xxxxxxx>
To: Franziska Wolff <F.Wolff@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:20:15 +0200
Final Stakeholder Conference "European Policies to Promote Sustainable 
Consumption Patterns" on 5th July, Brussels
 

The research project "European Policies to Promote Sustainable Consumption 
Patterns" (EUPOPP), funded under the EU's 7th Framework Programme, is drawing 
to a close. At the EUPOPP Final Stakeholder Conference we will present our key 
findings to an audience of European stakeholders, including representatives of 
the Commission, the European Parliament, environmental and consumer NGOs, 
industry and the research community. The conference also serves to seek out the 
comments and contributions of an expert audience representing a large variety 
of point of views, experiences and comments.

The conference takes place on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, from 10.30 to 16.45 
(Reception) at the International Press Centre Brussels, Résidence Palace, Rue 
de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels. Participation is free.

The EUPOPP project has been carried out by a consortium of seven organisations 
which has evaluated a range of Sustainable Consumption (SC) policy instruments 
(including public procurement) from all European regions in the need areas of 
food and housing, and built scenarios on future impacts of SC instruments.

The conference's objectives are to discuss the main project findings on 
sustainable consumption instrument effects, the sustainability potential of new 
SC instrument bundles and the transferability of SC instruments to other 
jurisdictions. We invite you to reflect these findings as well as the project's 
policy recommendations which refer, among others, to the EU perspectives of the 
new SCP Action Plan and to Rio+20.

The conference is structured along three sessions:

In the 1st session, we will present the reserach project and the two 
methodological building blocks of the SC instrument assessment we deployed. 
Particular emphasis is placed on the significance of specific context factors - 
including gender considerations - in SC policy making. 

In the 2nd session, project findings will be presented on the effects and 
success factors of a number of European sustainable consumption instruments and 
participants are invited to share their reflections on new bundles of policy 
instruments proposed by the EUPOPP project in the consumption areas of "food" 
and "housing"

The 3rd session will address to what extent and under which conditions "best 
practice" instruments and experiences in SC policy making can be transferred 
between national contexts in the larger frame of the EU-27. 
 
Finally, a moderated roundtable discussion will bring together an expert panel 
and the participants to discuss the way forward in SC policy making, taking 
into account the EUPOPP results and policy recommendations.

If you wish to attend please send an email or fax to Ms. Ursula Draude, 
u.draude@xxxxxxx; fax: +49 (0) 6151 8191-33; c/o Oeko-Institut e.V.,  Rheinstr. 
95, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany.

We hope to see you in Brussels!

Kind regards,

Dr. Bettina Brohmann and Regine Barth
for the EUPOPP project.


Background
The project "European Policies to Promote Sustainable Consumption Patterns" 
(EUPOPP) is funded under the 7th Framework Program of the European Union and 
runs from August 2008 to July 2011. The consortium includes Oeko-Institut 
(coordinator), the National Consumer Research Centre Finland, the University 
College London, the Baltic Environmental Forum, ecoinstitut Barcelona, the 
Institute for Social-Ecological Research, and ICLEI - Local Governments for 
Sustainability. More information can be found at www.eupopp.net
[voew-listserver] Conference Announcement: European Policies to Promote Sustainable Consumption Patterns

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