On April 15th, BOLSTER hosted its 4th policy dialogue, part of a series of 10 organised by ECAS within the project framework.
This dialogue aimed to stimulate discussions on citizen engagement in the green transition, with a focus on one of the project’s target region – Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium.
The event had presentation by two members of the BOLSTER Team, namely Jessica Clement (HEC Liege) that shared insights from BOLSTER’s fieldwork in Hainaut’s marginalised communities, and Ammalia Podlaszewska (CGE), whom Introduced BOLSTER’s Re-Activate Campaign.
The panel was composed by:
- Valérie Xhonneux (Walloon Ministry for Climate, Energy, Mobility, and Infrastructure, Belgium), who shared her experience about engaging citizens in climate action through citizen panels.
- Marine Sonet (Forum des Jeunes, Belgium), who highlighted the results of a survey conducted in Brussels with French- and Flemish-speaking young residents on the topic of citizen participation.
- Elisa Lironi (ECAS), who shared insights from CODE Europe, a project that crowdsourced citizens’ opinions on air quality in 10 European cities.
You can (re)watch this and every regional dialogue on BOLSTER’s YouTube Channel.
Find the presentations here and a more detailed summary can be consulted here.
