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November 2012 GREEN BALKAN NEWS LETTER #2 November 2012 POWERED BY THE EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY GREEN BALKAN NEWSLETTER #2 Mahmut Boynudelik GREEN BALKAN NOVEMBER 2012 Yeşiller TR NEWSLETTER #2 Executive Board Member NOVEMBER 2012 Dear friends, Greens and Equality and Democracy Party: It's been almost a year since the establishment of the Balkan More than unification! Network and exciting developments have taken place. Green thinking and activities are getting stronger in the Balkans, alks between Green Party Conferences, workshops and as you can see from this newsletter. From our side, the new of Turkey and Equality and meetings were organized in electronic platform which is up and running gives us hope Democracy Party (EDP) various cities to discuss the critical for improved communication and exchange of ideas, the for a further collaboration subjects such as Green Economy, Topen for a probable unification Identity Politics, Women Rights, development of common campaigns and the enhancement of started almost one year ago. The Agriculture, etc. Small meetings our presence in the Balkans. We certainly expect that the two parties first organized a were organized with target groups upcoming meeting in Athens will strengthen existing ties Democracy Conference in Istanbul such as LGBT, youth, ecology within the Network and will contribute to further Olga Kikou Ahmet Atil Aşici in order to understand each movements, women’s rights cooperation among the different green parties in the region. Ecologists Greens Yeşiller, others’ approach to urgent activists, religiously sensitive Greece Turkey political issues. During this groups to discuss their opinions. Olga Kikou and Ahmet Atil Aşici conference many intellectuals and Coordinators, Balkan Network academics were invited and they The new party is scheduled to all agreed on the urgent need for formally establish itself on the creation of a democratic- November 25, 2012. Hundreds of pluralistic alternative to AKP intellectuals, journalists and Government. activists have declared their support for the new party. More Greens and EDP aimed to fulfill than 2000 people expressed their this gap in the political arena of support only in one week’s time. Turkey, thus their intention was to The draft party constitution and form a new political party broader program are being openly than mere unification of these discussed among supporters in a existing parties. The focus of this very transparent and participatory new movement was to combine way. Social media is commonly libertarian left wing tradition, used for this purpose and which EDP represents, with the especially young people are ecology activists and the Green encouraged to join and be a part movement. Regional fora were of this new green and left party. organized in 35 provinces all around the country to discuss hot topics of democracy and ecology. POWERED BY THE EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY Thousands of people attended these fora and shared their [email protected] enthusiasm towards forming a new political alternative. Greens and EDP simultaneously held their congresses in June 2012 and declared their will for EUROPEANGREENPARTY unification and the formation of a www.europeangreens.eu new party in autumn 2012. All summer long a joint committee worked on the draft constitution and program of the new party, contacted hundreds of renowned This publication has been made possible with the academics, journalists and support of the Green Institute, Greece activists all over the country, Eleftherias Square 14, 10553 Athens, Greece worked on a plan to assure the Tel.-fax: +30 210 3242861 financial structure of the new [email protected] party and prepared P.R. road map. www.greeninstitute.gr Various camps were organized to familiarize both party members and independent individuals. 03 GREEN BALKAN NEWSLETTER #2 Mahmut Boynudelik GREEN BALKAN NOVEMBER 2012 Yeşiller TR NEWSLETTER #2 Executive Board Member NOVEMBER 2012 Dear friends, Greens and Equality and Democracy Party: It's been almost a year since the establishment of the Balkan More than unification! Network and exciting developments have taken place. Green thinking and activities are getting stronger in the Balkans, alks between Green Party Conferences, workshops and as you can see from this newsletter. From our side, the new of Turkey and Equality and meetings were organized in electronic platform which is up and running gives us hope Democracy Party (EDP) various cities to discuss the critical for improved communication and exchange of ideas, the for a further collaboration subjects such as Green Economy, Topen for a probable unification Identity Politics, Women Rights, development of common campaigns and the enhancement of started almost one year ago. The Agriculture, etc. Small meetings our presence in the Balkans. We certainly expect that the two parties first organized a were organized with target groups upcoming meeting in Athens will strengthen existing ties Democracy Conference in Istanbul such as LGBT, youth, ecology within the Network and will contribute to further Olga Kikou Ahmet Atil Aşici in order to understand each movements, women’s rights cooperation among the different green parties in the region. Ecologists Greens Yeşiller, others’ approach to urgent activists, religiously sensitive Greece Turkey political issues. During this groups to discuss their opinions. Olga Kikou and Ahmet Atil Aşici conference many intellectuals and Coordinators, Balkan Network academics were invited and they The new party is scheduled to all agreed on the urgent need for formally establish itself on the creation of a democratic- November 25, 2012. Hundreds of pluralistic alternative to AKP intellectuals, journalists and Government. activists have declared their support for the new party. More Greens and EDP aimed to fulfill than 2000 people expressed their this gap in the political arena of support only in one week’s time. Turkey, thus their intention was to The draft party constitution and form a new political party broader program are being openly than mere unification of these discussed among supporters in a existing parties. The focus of this very transparent and participatory new movement was to combine way. Social media is commonly libertarian left wing tradition, used for this purpose and which EDP represents, with the especially young people are ecology activists and the Green encouraged to join and be a part movement. Regional fora were of this new green and left party. organized in 35 provinces all around the country to discuss hot topics of democracy and ecology. POWERED BY THE EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY Thousands of people attended these fora and shared their [email protected] enthusiasm towards forming a new political alternative. Greens and EDP simultaneously held their congresses in June 2012 and declared their will for EUROPEANGREENPARTY unification and the formation of a www.europeangreens.eu new party in autumn 2012. All summer long a joint committee worked on the draft constitution and program of the new party, contacted hundreds of renowned This publication has been made possible with the academics, journalists and support of the Green Institute, Greece activists all over the country, Eleftherias Square 14, 10553 Athens, Greece worked on a plan to assure the Tel.-fax: +30 210 3242861 financial structure of the new [email protected] party and prepared P.R. road map. www.greeninstitute.gr Various camps were organized to familiarize both party members and independent individuals. 03 Franziska Brantner GREEN BALKAN NEWSLETTER #2 GREEN BALKAN NEWSLETTER #2 Vedran Horvat MEP NOVEMBER 2012 NOVEMBER 2012 Heinrich Böll Stiftung, EU Zagreb Office HR Regional Energy Strategy n October 18th, the Strategy will shape the energy worried that the strategy fails Ecological transformation Energy Community landscape of South-East Europe for address corruption and public adopted its Regional years to come and will have a procurement issues and does not in the Western Balkans Energy Strategy for the direct impact on people's lives and put sufficient emphasis on low- OWestern Balkans region at a the environment. carbon technologies and energy cological transformation available investment strategies in sustainable negative carbon Ministerial Council meeting in efficiency. in the Western Balkans is the region. There is a need to emissions for the economy in 2050. Franziska Brantner and three other Budva, Montenegro, despite public both necessity and change governance patterns but Environmental impact of the MEPs – Jelko Kacin, Eduard Kukan As a consequence of the failure by criticism. Franziska Brantner, MEP opportunity for the region that change has been achieved energy industry could turn into and Maria Eleni Koppa – urged the the European Commission and the and foreign-policy spokesperson of tEo reach the point of sustainability elsewhere and remains within positive: energy industry emerges responsible EU commissioner for Energy Community to adequately the Greens/EFA group in the in resource governance and capability of local communities in as a component of sustainable energy policy, Günther Oettinger, respond to these concerns, European Parliament, had sovereignty in the terms of energy the region. There is a feasible development. It is to be embedded in a letter to postpone the Franziska Brantner proposes to criticised the draft strategy and supply. Therefore it is one of the sequence of policies and events into human development process adoption of the strategy. The hold a public
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