Euromeduc has taken part in the International security and civil society conference 2023 in Estonia
Euromeduc (Euro-Med) educational and cultural collaboration network is an active network who collaborates with European Union institutions, European, North Africa and MENA CSO organisations and promotes sustainable development at grassroot level. We had a pleasure to participate in the International Security and Civil Society Conference 2023 titled “Reflections on Security: International Community, CSOs and their contribution for a more secure and sustainable Europe ”.
The main goal of the conference is to try to adequately understand and decipher today’s exceptionally effective and large tangle of crises. The conference included an intensive programme of high-level discussions, working groups, development of the civil society and “Green Habito” network declaration to the international community to end the war in Ukraine and support the peace process. This conference was dedicated to explore the various options to achieve peace and democracy in regional conflicts and support international cooperation in the achievement of UN SDGs.
Additionally, this conference was an opportunity to reaffirm the significance of the work of Civil Society and international institutions like the European Union, NATO, OSCE and its member states for promoting peace on the continent and achieving a safer, greener, socially sustainable and digitally integrated community.
For our organisation this was a great opportunity to learn about international security and civil society development opportunities in terms of sustainability questions, to find new partners across European Union and particularly from Euromediterreninan region, to write a new collaboration proposal and express our worries about the need to support CSOs in that difficult time. As a result of this interesting gathering we expressed our will to collaborate with the “Green Habito” movement and participate in the future as co-organiser of the annual international conference. Our representatives were happy to contribute to the preparation of political declaration to end the war in Ukraine and be part of new collaboration project for 2023-2025 which is dedicated to promote sustainable development and particularly fight with climate change and overconsumption in our communities, secondly we got new skills and knowledge on the topics covered by the conference experts and we got new motivation to work together with CSOs and stakeholders to more secure, socially sustainable and digitally integrated world.
We hope to deepen our collaboration with CSOs and different stakeholders of the Euro-Mediterranean region and of course across the EU. We would like to express our deep gratitude for the Estonian host and especially to Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare and for presenting us Estonian culture and tourist attractions and hospitality.
