Open call for Participants: Youth training “Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in the cities”

CDN - Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe is announcing a call for participants for the youth training Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in the cities. The event will take place from 21 to 25 of September in Riga, Latvia (20 and 26 are travel dates to and from Riga for the participants). This training aims to explore how technology impacts our cities and rethink the concept of smart cities from a Green perspective in the EE context. This will be done through 1) Creation of a space for 25 young people to learn, share knowledge about and critically

Pride 2020: Our fight is one, our cause is common, our goal is liberation.

This Pride month 2020, as queer young Greens from CDN and FYEG, we take this moment to reflect on

Study Session “Work that Works for all: Shaping Europe’s Future of Work”

Young people today feel more and more disengaged with participation in organisations, activism or decision-making structures as the economic

Call for the PT of “Work that Works for all: Shaping Europe’s Future of Work” Study Session:

Cooperation and Development Network (CDN) and Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) are announcing an open call for members

Urban reporters wanted!

Dear all, Alternative Urbanisation Working Group has a proposal we think you might find interesting. They want to make

Turkey, is time to condemn hate speech, not the human rights defenders

StickyMay 18, 2020Uncategorizedoffice

We are witnessing with great worry the aggravating situation on LGBTI+ rights and attack on defenders of these rights in Turkey. Since the pandemic outbreak, homophobia and transphobia are steadily rising as many authorities in the country consider the LGBTI+ community as carriers of the virus. This culminated with the Friday sermon last month, when Ali Erbaş […]

Call for international solidarity: Activists detained in Belarus

StickyMay 11, 2020Uncategorizedoffice

The previous weekend marked the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany defeat in the World War II. In order to commemorate this day, majority of the countries held reduced and small ceremonies due to the cautious measures in halting the spread of the pandemic. This was not the case for Belarus, where the Belarusian Armed Forces […]

GrEEn Views: discussion series on life around and after the pandemic

StickyApril 23, 2020Uncategorizedoffice

As the world as we know it changes in the light of COVID-19 pandemic, all the issues and injustices of the system we live in are becoming more obvious than ever. Governments of Eastern Europe (and not only) have been failing to meet their duties in these challenging times and in the past weeks we’ve […]

Zoom-bombing prevention guide for Young Green organisations (and not only)

StickyApril 20, 2020Uncategorizedoffice

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, more and more activists, schools and organisations are communicating and holding meetings through web-based teleconferencing platforms. But while their usage has increased immensely, so have the cyber-attacks directed on these platforms. Members of CDN Digital X Working Group came up with a handy guide on measures and simple ways that […]

Belarusian authorities stop denying the COVID-19!

StickyApril 8, 2020Uncategorizedoffice

While countries in Europe and all over the world have been imposing quarantine and lockdowns, and calling the state of emergency, this doesn’t seem to be the case in Belarus. Even though the World Health Organization rung the alarm bell of the Coronavirus global pandemic, that requires extra precaution measures, Belarusian authorities keep denying the […]

General Assembly and Strategic Planning Meeting 2020 Report

StickyMarch 29, 2020Activities, Organisational Activities, Uncategorizedoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe held its 11th General Assembly in Ratomka, Belarus 3-8th of March 2020. The General Assembly was hosted by our Member Organisation, Belarus Young Greens. The General Assembly was preceded by the Strategic Planning Meeting (4-5 March) which served as a starting point for discussion the Strategy 2022-24 with Member […]

Open call for Participants: Seminar “Art as Shelter” [Extended]

StickyFebruary 13, 2020Activities, CDN News, Educational Activities, Gender, News, Uncategorized, Working groupsoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe and Gender Working Group are announcing a call for Participants for the international seminar “Art as Shelter”. The seminar will take place between 7th – 11th April in Tirana, Albania ( 6 and 12 are travel dates to and from Albania for the participants). The project is the first phase of […]

Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in the cities

January 14, 2020Activities, Alternative Urbanisation, Educational Activities, Uncategorized, Working groupsoffice

Project background and summary The role of youth in cities has been one of CDN’s areas of work for several years now. The Network has previously organized several projects, including the Annual Work Plan “Urban Steps for Resilient Future” and a Summer School “Youth and the City: Young People for Fair and Green Cities”. Building […]

Call for Prepteam: “Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in cities”

StickyJanuary 14, 2020Activities, Alternative Urbanisation, Educational Activities, Uncategorized, Working groupsoffice

Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe and its Alternative Urbanisation Working Group are announcing a call for Prep-Team members for the international training “Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in cities”. The seminar will take place between 26th and 30th May in Riga (25th and 31th are travel dates). The event is implemented as […]

Recapping CDN Annual Work plan 2019

StickyJanuary 6, 2020Activities, CDN News, Educational Activities, News, Uncategorizedoffice

This year was an interesting journey for CDN in the realm of digital rights, critical digital journalism, online artivism and activism. Thanks to our Annual Work Plan “Digital Technology For Democracy: Youth Turns Threat Into Opportunity”, we had the chance to dive into these topics. This AWP consisted of three international activities: 1- Seminar in […]