GREEN RECOVERY
Description:
The economic crisis, generated by the Coronavirus, is affecting the planet, with impacts on the national and city economies.This disruptive event comes at a time when in the EU, new environmental policies are underway that aim at the transition to a more sustainable economy. The Green Deal seeks to transform Europe and accelerate the transition to a “clean” and circular economy, climate neutral. Will economic recovery be an opportunity to rethink the prosperity model and build an economy around ecological principles?
Presentation:
Sandra Marín Herbert – Coordinator of City to City Cooperation IUC-LAC
Opening Words:
Lise Pate – Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Instruments Regional Team for the Americas.
Panelists:
- Viana do Castelo (PT): José María Costa – Mayor
- SÃO LEOPOLDO (BR): Ary Vanazzi – Mayor
- PABLOS MELAS (GR): Paris Kourti – Director of Urban Policies & Funding Strategies
- IBAGUÉ (CO): Sebastián Sánchez – Dean of Business Administration, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Case Study – Utrecht (HO): Marin Zegers –Circular Economy, an innovative boost of Utrecht’s (HO) Healthy Urban Living
Moderator: Sergio Barroso – Social and Economic Development Expert
Final Report
