ACTIVATING CIVIL SOCIETY FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION (SCP)

How can NGOs become more active in promoting SCP?

How can SCP policy processes be supported at different policy levels?

How can sustainable food, housing and mobility be promoted at local and national levels?

Where can civil society partners for research projects be found?

 

Answering these questions is critical to engaging civil society organisations in promoting SCP.

Creating a networking platform for CSOs

The civil society platform on sustainable consumption and production, officially the ‘DelibProcessSCP’ project, is working to make SCP a reality by supporting the engagement of civil society in SCP research and policy processes.

 

The project developed a European platform for civil society organisations (CSOs) that facilitates learning, networking and the design of new ideas and partnerships to promote sustainable consumption and production. Over 200 CSOs, researchers and policy makers from across Europe have come together within the platform to discuss the current SCP issues and to explore opportunities for multi-stakeholder partnerships to advance SCP.

 

Conferences and online meetings

Three international conferences, several smaller workshops and an online platform have offered a unique opportunity for participants to network and share information on events, publications and developments related to sustainable food, housing and mobility. Within the online platform users can discuss SCP issues and develop new project ideas to promote SCP in research and policy processes.

 

Network of Change

To increase the number of CSOs engaged with SCP research and policy processes, it is necessary to develop new partnerships between CSOs and other stakeholders. The DelibProcessSCP project introduces five common types of partnerships where CSOs play an important role. More information on these partnerships including case study examples is available in the booklet Network of Change – Civil Society Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption and Production (pdf, 1 Mb).

Explore project outcomes and case study examples and new project ideas online www.scp-dialogue.net.

Background

The project is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission (EC). Project partners are the Regional Environmental Center (REC) in Hungary (link www.rec.org) and the Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD) in UK (link www.cfsd.org.uk).