Webinar: The new EU Biodiversity Strategy

Participation of Ioli Christopoulou in the webinar titled “The new EU 2030 Biodiversity, how does it concern us?”.

The webinar was organized by the working group of the KOSMOS citizens movement on the Sustainable Development Goal 2 “Zero Hunger” as part of the annual cycle of monthly informative discussions on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The webinar was held on October 29, 2020.

During her remarks, Ioli Christopoulou provided an overview of the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy in Greece and the prospects for the future. In particular, she presented the main results of the assessment of the implementation of the National Strategy for Biodiversity and the first 5-year action plan completed by the Green Tank in the framework of the project “Priority to nature”.

In addition to members of the KOSMOS working group on SDG 2, other invited speakers included MEP Petros Kokkalis, Alexandra Pappa (MEDINA), Stavroula Katsogianni (Panhellenic Association of Geotechnical Professionals & Green Enterprises), Panagiotis Skoteidakis, (From A to Beee) and Christos Stamatis (Stevia Hellas Coop).

The webinar was broadcast live through the COSMOS facebook page, where you can find its recording.

You can watch the presentation by Ioli Christopoulou here:

Notes:

he project “Priority to nature” is being implemented under the Active citizens fund in Greece by the Green Tank.

The Active citizens fund in Greece is supported through a € 12m grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway as part of the EEA Grants 2014 – 2021. The program aims to develop the sustainability and capacity of the civil society sector in Greece, and to strengthen its role in promoting and safeguarding democratic procedures, active citizenship and human rights. The Fund Operator for the Active citizens fund in Greece is Bodossaki Foundation in consortium with SolidarityNow.