Call for contributions: Balkan River Summit 2024!

Got a story to tell? Have Experiences to share? Pitch your fight for river protection and present at the Balkan River Summit 2024!

Contribute to the event through the following formats:

  • Pitch your fight: Present your campaign or project and share your fight for river protection.
  • Capacity-building and skill-sharing workshops: Lead a workshop to enhance skills and share valuable knowledge.
  • Opinions and ideas: Share your insights and innovative ideas on various topics related to river conservation.
  • Thematic panels: Participate in or organise a panel discussion on key themes relevant to our mission.

 

Submit your interest in speaking or presenting with the subject line: "Call for Contributions" to balkanriversummit24@euronatur.org. Please specify which format you are interested in and include a brief description (200-300 words), including if and how it fits at least one of the following key themes listed below:

 

Blue Heart Campaign and Activism

  • 10+ years Blue Heart campaign: new challenges, activist responses, and ideas for river protection in the Balkans
  • (Re-)Uniting voices for Balkan rivers within and across borders
  • How can science, education and the arts contribute to river protection in the Balkans?
  • Mobilising media for river protection in the Balkans
  • Activism, human rights and access to justice
  • Activism and self-care

 

Environmental and River Protection Strategies

  • Rural development without hydro: wild rivers and sustainable livelihoods
  • Out of the box: river protection through other means
  • Pan-regional river protection efforts in the WB

 

Policy and Climate Change

  • Do we need more dams? Climate change, biodiversity loss and the renewables transition
  • European Green Deal and the Western Balkans: river protection policies and EU accession
  • Rights of Nature: what can be applied in the Balkans?

 

Find more info and the updated tentative program on the summit webpage