On 22 October 2020, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and ENV.net, a regional network of environmental CSOs in the Western Balkans and Turkey, organized an online conference for citizens’ environmental organizations from the EU and the region as well as stakeholders from the European Commission and other institutions. New opportunities coming to the region on the heel of the European Green Deal, and its local rollout, the Green Agenda for the Balkans, as well as other current developments concerning the environmental agenda in the region, were discussed.

Conference Facilitator was Patrizia Heidegger, Director Global Policies & Sustainability, EEB.

Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development participated, as ENV.net partner and EEB full member; EASD President Aleksandra Mladenovic co-facilitated  interactive breakout sessions with country teams DG NEAR
Serbia, together with Ingrid Sager, DG NEAR, Serbia Unit, Policy Officer Energy, Environment and Transport and Antoine Avignon, EU Delegation to Serbia.

There are more than 50 participants.