Invitation: meet MENA environmental leaders, activists and innovators
The Green MENA meets The Netherlands gathering brings together environmental leaders, activists, funders, policymakers and innovators from the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and the Netherlands. Over three days, participants will exchange experiences, explore shared challenges, and build collaborations around climate justice, sustainable land use, food systems, finance, and community-led solutions.
Het Grote Midden Oosten Platfrom is delighted to announce its upcoming programme From Common Ground To Collaboration – The Green MENA Meets the Netherlands.
We bring together a select group of professionals from Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Tunisia. During a three-day program, we will build alliances and exchange experiences on the themes of
- food sovereignty
- pollution caused by a resource-extraction-based economy
Among the 15 participants are agroecological farmers, traditional seed savers, researchers, investigative journalists, NGO representatives, and activists against extraction of raw materials from the Iraqi marshes and Gabès in Tunisia.
We invite you to meet our guests and join in the public events in Utrecht and Rotterdam!
MONDAY 22 June 14:00-17:00 Utrecht (PAX office, Sint Jacobsstraat 12) | Registration at info@hetgrotemiddenoostenplatform.nl
EXTRACTIVIST POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION DUE TO OIL PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY. From ideas to practice: support what is good and do no harm, how finance, land and communities come together.
TUESDAY 23 June 14:00-17:00 Rotterdam (Kleine Walhalla, Sumatraweg 9-11) | Registration at info@hetgrotemiddenoostenplatform.nl
LAND & FOOD PRODUCTION – FARMING IN THE WANA REGION: A meeting with farmers, seed protectors and researchers from Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and Tunisia
The programme is part of our Green MENA Network project, wich aims to make green actors central in Dutch aid and trade relations with West Asia and North Africa. Made possible with support of these organisations.
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