How can we improve participation for the green transition?
The green transition can only succeed if it is supported and powered by the people, so how can we improve participation for the green transition? This is the central question of the PHOENIX project. Please participate in the PHOENIX project by sharing your ideas in response to this question by 31 January 2025.
Following this phase of crowdsourcing, an online panel will be organised to review the submitted ideas and make a prioritisation to be presented to European decision-makers as part of the project’s final conference in Brussels in June 2025. Want to participate in the online panel? Read more and express your interest via this form by 31 January 2025.
Public policies must promote the empowerment of citizens
Policies must promote the empowerment of citizens by informing, generating critical thinking. We need to educate people to participate as a way of exercising citizenship and build their confidence that their opinions count and are taken into account. In order to participate, people need to believe t...
Public policies should focus on the common good, making decisions that do not jeopardise the future
We need to sensitise local authorities and governments because the economy cannot take precedence over the health of people and the planet. We no longer want a development model that only favours economic growth, but one that also looks at the environmental and social aspects. Measures must be adopt...
Political decisions must be supported by scientific facts
There is a rise in radical and fundamentalist opinions and a strong influence of some dominant discourses. Access to scientific knowledge is limited, sometimes hosted on paid platforms, and information that lacks truth and rigour circulates more easily, particularly on social networks. We need to co...
Multiple participation mechanisms to extend citizens' power and decision-making
• Multiple approaches must be adopted to encourage citizen participation, moving away from conventional venues, events and mechanisms. People want to participate in spaces where they can be in community, away from the hustle and bustle of mass events, with their peers, and where participation is com...
Public and official entities must set an example in the ecological transition
Public and official entities set an example in the ecological transition, and provide clear guidelines for citizens and companies, supporting them in adopting more sustainable measures and actions. Public entities must be the first to adopt measures and actions for the ecological transition, and to...
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