{"id":34743,"date":"2025-04-03T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=34743"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:24:02","slug":"knowledge-and-citizenship-to-support-green-deal-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2025\/04\/03\/knowledge-and-citizenship-to-support-green-deal-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Knowledge and Citizens&quot;, to support Green Deal projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euagenda.eu\/publications\/download\/622852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A message<\/span><\/a> working group <strong>&quot;Knowledge and Citizens&quot;<\/strong>, prepared by the Green Deal Projects Support Office and published by the European Commission in January 2025, highlights<!--more--> <strong>the key role of citizens in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal<\/strong>The report covers the period from December 2022 to July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The &quot;Knowledge and Citizens&quot; working group brings together <strong>16 projects<\/strong>, which focus on the role of citizens in the implementation of the European Green Deal. Its main objectives are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strengthening citizen awareness<\/strong> about their own role as agents of change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoting inclusive and participatory approaches<\/strong> to decision-making and policy-making at local and national levels to address climate change challenges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Designing transdisciplinary approaches<\/strong> to change behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main activities and achievements of the working group include the development of <strong>action plan<\/strong> and its ongoing updating. The group focused on four main areas of activity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creation <strong>knowledge sharing platforms<\/strong> in the form of an interactive map of projects and their outputs. Although it was not possible to create a fully interactive map, the projects shared information through a common matrix.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influencing policy<\/strong> through the development of joint policy recommendations. This activity has been reworked and focused on two main themes: <strong>Integrating citizen science data into European policy<\/strong> a <strong>Inclusion of vulnerable groups in EU policy-making<\/strong>Projects <strong>AURORA<\/strong> a <strong>REAL DEAL<\/strong> took a leading role in coordinating these two policy documents.<\/li>\n<li>Development <strong>methods to improve stakeholder and citizen engagement<\/strong>, especially vulnerable groups. This activity was not a priority for the projects in the given period.<\/li>\n<li>Providing <strong>guidelines and examples for case studies and good practices<\/strong>Like the previous activity, this one was also a lower priority.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report highlights <strong>significant collaboration within smaller groups<\/strong> in organizing and jointly participating in events such as the EU Green Week 2023 and the Citizen Science Conference in Kenya. They were also successful <strong>bilateral meetings<\/strong> between the working group coordinators and individual projects. The projects showed considerable interest in <strong>communication activities<\/strong> Offices to support Green Deal projects.<\/p>\n<p>The challenges included <strong>lack of commitment to some projects<\/strong> due to the perception of additional responsibilities. The coordinators therefore focused on more active projects, while the others were continuously invited and informed.<\/p>\n<p>Between <strong>next steps<\/strong> These include finalising two policy recommendations by the end of 2024, engaging with EU policymakers and strengthening collaboration between projects to scale up their results. The long-term goal is to create a community of citizen science experts and strengthen the connectivity of projects.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights that citizen engagement and the use of their knowledge are key to the successful implementation of the European Green Deal. <em><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Glossary of Key Terms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Green Deal Call (GDC):<\/strong> Call for proposals funded under Horizon 2020 to support the implementation of the European Green Deal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green Deal Projects Support Office (GDSO):<\/strong> The Green Deal Project Support Office aims to facilitate coordination between projects funded under the GDC and maximize their positive impact.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working Group (WG):<\/strong> A thematic group within the GDSO that brings together projects focused on similar areas. The Knowledge and Citizens Working Group focuses on the role of citizens in the Green Deal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Action Plan:<\/strong> A document prepared by each working group that outlines the group&#039;s goals and tasks to achieve them, including timelines and responsibilities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizen Science:<\/strong> Scientific research in which non-professional scientists, i.e. the general public, also participate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Policy Brief:<\/strong> A short document that contains an analysis of a problem and a set of recommendations for policymakers or other target groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research and Innovation Action (RIA):<\/strong> A type of project within the Horizon Europe programme that aims to create new knowledge or explore new or improved technologies, products, processes, services or solutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Innovation Action (IA):<\/strong> A type of project under the Horizon Europe programme that aims to produce plans or designs for new or improved products, processes or services, including prototyping, testing, demonstration and pilot projects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vulnerable Groups:<\/strong> Population groups that are at higher risk of negative impacts of environmental change or have limited opportunities to participate in decision-making processes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transdisciplinary Approach:<\/strong> A research approach that integrates knowledge and methods from different scientific disciplines and also includes perspectives from outside academia, such as from stakeholders and citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The report of the Working Group on Knowledge and Citizens, prepared by the Green Deal Projects Support Office and published by the European Commission in January 2025, highlights<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}