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WORKSHOP SERIES FOR MODULES

Module 1 Sustainability and Competitiveness in Production and Consumption

Module 1.5 Responsible competitiveness
Is socially responsible action in companies and industries a stumbling block or a driving force of the competitiveness of the European Economic Area? The networking of European actors and an exchange of experiences with other economic areas are pursued in respect of this issue.
The workshop series was started in Brussels on January 22, 2008.

Agenda for Module 1.5. [PDF-File 131 kb]

Background information [PDF-File 47 kb]

Module 2: System innovations for sustainable development

Complexity, innovation and governance in restructuring sectoral systems of production and consumption The workshop series “Systems innovation for sustainable development” comprised three workshops during 2006 and 2007. The core question was how structural transformation in sectoral systems of production and consumption (such as energy, mobility, food) can be promoted in order to enhance the sustainability of these systems. In each of the workshops, some forty invited participants discussed relevant aspects, focussing on the issues of complexity (Workshop 1), innovation (Workshop 2) and governance (Workshop 3). The workshops were organised by a team of international researchers with joint funding by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research through its programme for socio-ecological research (www.sozial-oekologische-forschung.org). and the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment through the Knowledge Network for System Innovations and Transitions (www.ksinetwork.nl). This site contains an overview of the workshop series including topics, programme and participants for each workshop as well as presentations and abstracts for download. A selection of papers from the workshops is will be published in special issues of international journals.

Info flyer for workshop series of Module 2 [PDF-File 131 kb]

Workshop 1 on complexity

“Transitions to sustainable development: complexity, co-evolution and governance”,

20-24 November 2006, Egmond aan Zee

organised by Jan Rotmans (DRIFT) and Karl Matthias Weber (ARC-sys)

Workshop 2 on innovation

“Innovation and path dependency. Institutions for the management of diversity in innovation systems”,

16-17 April 2007, Zurich

organised by Bernhard Truffer (EAWAG) and Harald Rohracher (IFZ)

Workshop 3 on governance

“Politics and governance in system innovations for sustainable development”,

20-21 September 2007, Berlin / Blankensee

Organised by Jan-Peter Voß (Öko-Institut), Adrian Smith (SPRU) and John Grin

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Module 3: Conflict management in infrastructure projects

Module 3 focuses on public and stakeholder participation in large infrastructure schemes – primarily in the context of airport extensions and nuclear waste repositories. The task will generally be made up of two aspects:

(1) The interaction between formal planning and approval procedures and informal participation processes
(2) The determination of methodical and procedural requirements of a comprehensive impact assessment with regard to the social and economic development of regions and possible reduction and compensation measures.

Module 3 - Workshop I
10-11 March 2008, Frankfurt