In order to raise awareness of the NUDGE project and ensure the engagement of as many European citizens as possible, Cittadinanzattiva has also established different media partnership at international, European and national level. The media partners include The Innovation Platform, the peer review journal Resources and Environmental Economics, EKOenergy, and the Italian online magazine CanaleEnergia.
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The transition to a sustainable and efficient economy requires radical changes in the consumption habits of our society and in the production models of our economy. Remarkably, the transition to a sustainable Europe has to be based on the commitment that "no one is left behind," and that everyone has to be involved in the achievement of this goal. “Leaving no one behind” also means empowering as many people as possible to play a positive and active role so that they can fully participate in the transition. For these reasons, the active participation of European citizens is pivotal for this transition.
The consortium hopes that the results of the NUDGE project will be taken into consideration by the European Institutions. Accordingly, the main outputs to the project will be presented to the Inter-Institutional Group “SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection”, promoted by Cittadinanzattiva through its EU branch Active Citizenship Network (ACN), the European Consumers Union (ECU) and the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS). This group was indeed created to become a) an awareness raising catalyst across Europe for civil society, business, research, media, etc. at national and European level; b) a dialogue facilitator between the European institutions and stakeholders active in specific fields; c) an incubator of good practices in order to facilitate the process of exchange, contamination and dissemination of best practices experiences to enable EU citizens to make sustainable choices.
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Active Citizenship Network (ACN), the European Consumers Union (ECU) and the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (AsviS) are glad to invite you to the digital conference “Making sustainability an easy choice for EU citizens”, during which will be presented the informal Inter-Institutional Group “SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection” on February 16th, 2021 from 10:00 to 12:00.
The Inter-Institutional Group represents the desire of the civil society to contribute to the SDGs and the Green New Deal, aiming to discuss and raise awareness on how the individual can give her/his contribution. In fact, we strongly believe that citizen and consumer empowerment should be the pillar of the transition towards a more inclusive and sustainable Europe.
The initiative is already endorsed by the “SDGs Multi-Stakeholders Network”, that today counts 47 among National and European Associations, and is in line with European Commission’s initiatives as the European Green Deal, the “New Consumer Agenda” and the “Consumer Day”, organized last December by the DG for Justice and Consumers, titled: “Consumer policy in the service of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda”. Click here to read the Conference’s programme. To join the conference, please register here
The idea to encourage an informal Inter-Institutional Group able to interconnect the goals of the Agenda 2030 with the consumer protection was announced by Cittadinanzattiva and the European Consumer Union on March 2019 during the event, held at the European Parliament, “Towards EU election: strengthening the European Union to a more effective consumers protection”. Later on, just after the 2019 European elections, Active Citizenship Network (ACN) - the EU branch of the NGO Cittadinanzattiva–and the European umbrella association European Consumers Union (ECU) have invited the civil society coalition Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) to co-promote this political initiative.
The SDGs Multi-Stakeholder Network is the broader civic society-led network of SDGs stakeholders, promoted to endorse the Inter-institutional Group “SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection”. One of its aims is collecting and sharing best practices, as well as comparing experiences coming from different EU Member States.
The secretariat is co-provided by Active Citizenship Network (ACN) the European branch of the NGO Cittadinanzattiva, the European Consumer Union (ECU) and the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS). To contact us, click here.
The Inter-Institutional Group is opened to members of the EU Institutions that have accepted to work together with the civil society to ensure that Europe will be a global leader in the development and implementation of the SDGs.
Last 29th January 2021, Cittadinanzattiva - trough its EU branch, Active Citizenship Network –participated in the Kick-Off Meeting of the new multi-annual EU-funded project called “FoodSafety4EU” with the role of “Supporting Partner”. The main goal of the project is to start planning integrated actions to put the basis for building together the platform dedicated to the future European Food Safety System.
Last 29th January 2021 took place the General Assembly of the European Consumer Union (ECU), an umbrella consumer organization on whose board Cittadinanzattiva is also involved. In that occasion, Massimo Serpieri - Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission DG Justice & Consumers, Unit E1, Consumer Policy - provided an overview on the New Consumer Agenda. The Assembly welcomed two new members, TALENTED BORDERS from Latvia and ADOC from Italy. With them, the consumer associations members of ECU become 25.
Active Citizenship Network has recently signed an official agreement with the Italian research and technology transfer centre SINERGIE. ACN and SINERGIE have agreed to collaborate and support each other’s initiatives and projects on the topics of common interest such as: sustainability, energy transition, health & consumer issues, digitalization.