Aus dem Forschungszentrum Jülich sollen bis Mitte 2013 insgesamt 152 Castorbehälter mit hochradioaktivem Atommüll ins Zwischenlager nach Ahaus verschoben werden. Wir meinen: Dies ist völlig unverantwortlich, überflüssig und gefährlich! Wir GRÜNEN wollen, dass der Atommüll bis zum Transport in ein Endlager in Jülich verbleibt und damit überflüssige Atommüllfahrten verhindert werden.

Am 18. Dezember werden wir in Ahaus am Atommüll-Zwischenlager mit Anti-Atom-Initiativen und vielen anderen Organisationen gegen die Castor-Transporte protestieren!

Wir NRW-GRÜNE werden zur Demo Busse anbieten – aus Aachen, Duisburg, Jülich, Münster (und eventuell Essen). Die Anreise an diese Orte dürfte vielen per Bahn gut möglich sein. Die Demo in Ahaus beginnt um 14 Uhr. Ob die Busse zustande kommen, ist von den Anmeldungen abhängig. Bitte meldet euch daher bis spätestens 12. Dezember an unter:
http://www.gruene-nrw.de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/2011/keine-atomtransporte-von-juelich-nach-ahaus.html

Thursday, 08 December 2011
18.30-20.30
“Greens meet Greens, after work”
Restaurant “Chez N’go”
Rue de la Paix 26 (Matongé)
(between Ch. de Wavre and Sq. St. Boniface)

In order to facilitate the organisation we kindly ask for prior registration (fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de) – however, unannounced guest will be as welcome of course!

With kind regards, the board of the OV Brüssel Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

We would therefore like to invite you:

Thursday, 17 November 2011
18.30-23.00
Biojolais Primeur
Horloge du Sud
www.horlogedusud.be
Rue de Trône 141
(ground floor and 1st floor)
B-1050 Brussels
(at the crossing with Chaussée de Wavre)

During the evening there will be an opportunity to discuss with EP Vice-President Isabelle Durand and other key representatives of Brussels Belgian Greens about the prospective of the new government and the local elections in October next year – but as well about organic viticulture.

In order to facilitate the organisation we kindly ask for prior registration (fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de) – however, unannounced guests will be just as welcome of course!

The first 50 persons arriving will be invited for two free glasses of Bio Beaujolas Primeur, for any additional glass you will be asked to pay 1€ (as well as for every glass of organic beer). Organic cheese and organic bread will be free of charge.

With kind regards,

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Board OV Brüssel www.gruene-bruessel.be
Ecolo, Board Ecolo Ixelles www.ecoloxl.be
Europe Ecologie Les Verts, EELV-Benelux www.benelux.europe-ecologie.net
GROEN!, Board GROEN! Elsene www.groenbrussel.be/elsene

He is musician (pianist and composer), visual artist (painting, sculpture & computer digital art) and writer (poems).

In the 60ies he gained notoriety with his bread sculptures. His work has been exhibited in museums around the world including MOMA and the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum (this summer in the Chelsea Art Museum in New York).

In den 70ies he was as jazz pianist one of the key personalities of the New York “Loft Scene”. In 1975 he created together with his wife Frances Fischer-Waaskes and the sons of Dave Brubeck Environ which became with more than 1,000 concerts the main venue for avant-garde jazz. With the groups Interface and European Interface he became successful in Europe as well. In the moment he is editing a new solo piano album with ReEntry records.

In the 80ies he continued started moving between Geneva and Manhattan and became one of the pioneers of digital art where he explores as electronic painter the wide ranging universe of digital colours and a new visual vocabulary.

In the 90ies he continued with jazz and moving over the Atlantic and explored new horizons of digital arts.

This century he published two poetry books: “What’s Better?” (2005) and “Love Condition” (2010) and produced digital arts films – among them “Sabine and Arnold” which was first shown at the Beersheba Film Festival in Israel. He is finishing in the moment his autobiography which will be published in 2012.

As he has only been back in his home country for two short visits in 1976 and 1978 he accepted voluntarily our invitation to share with the indigenous as well with the new international Belgians his arts and his life:

Wednesday, 19 October 2011
18.30-20.00
John Fischer – “The Renaissance Man” – back in Belgium
Reading from his autobiography
and
Viewing of one of his digital arts films
and
Discussion
Brussels Press Club Europe
Brussels Press Club
Rue Froissart 95
B-1040 Brussels

To facilitate the organisation, please confirm your participation fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de

Roland Stürmer and Frank Schwalba-Hoth

PS: We might finish the evening in a (jazz) club in the city center, where John might play.

Wer Zeit und Lust hat, ist herzlich eingeladen

Samstag, 22. Oktober 2011
14.00-22.00
“Art et Engagement – Regards croisés belgo-africains”
Théâtre de Poche
Chemin du Gymnase 1 a
1000 Bruxelles
(Tram 7, 94, Haltestelle Legrand)
(Bus 38, Haltestelle Longchamps)
Freier Eintritt und freies Buffet
weitere Informationen hier

Mittwoch, 09. November 2011
08.30-17.00
“Ville durable: écocapitale – participation – indicateurs”
Hémicycle, Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Rue du Lombard 73
1000 Bruxelles
Simultanübersetzung F-NL
weitere Informationen und Anmeldung hier

Auf der Tagesordnung stehen u.a. Afghanistan, EU-Erweiterung, Libyen, MENA, Palästina, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit europäisch oder national?, entwicklungspolitische Dimensionen europäischer Ararpolitik, Mulit-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020, Straflosigkeit – Weiterentwicklung Völkerrecht, Rüstungsexporte, Climate Change, Frontex.

Für uns als EU-Brüsseler ist dies eine einmalige Gelegenheit, mit den führenden bundesdeutschen Grünen in den Bereichen Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik sowie Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in direkten Kontakt zu treten. Darum möchten wir herzlich zu einem Networking Dinner in einem an dem Abend nur für uns reservierten vietnamesischen Restautant direkt an der Metrostation Trône einladen (Cocktail, reichhaltiges warmes Büffet, Wein, Wasser und Tee – alles “à volonté”):

Freitag, 30. September 2011
18.00-21.00
Dinner mit BAG Frieden & Internationales, BAG Nord/Süd
“Les Ailes des Anges”
Rue Montoyer 1, B-1050 Brüssel

Um die Kasse unseres Ortsverbandes zu schonen, bitten wir um eine Selbstbeteilung von 10 Euro pro Person.

Um die Organisation zu erleichtern, bitten wir um Bestätigung der Teilnahme (fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de).

Bis zum kommenden Freitag, Vorstand des Ortsverbandes Brüssel von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Sven Dammann; Daniel Freund, Anneke Hudalla, Daniel von Hugo, Susanne Müller-Hübsch, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Alexander Tietz; Rebecca Wagner; Yazgülü Zeybek)

Nachdem unsere Meck-Pom-Wahlparty Anfang des Monats ins Wasser fiel (pardon!), haben wir nun alles gecheckt: diese Wahlparty wird keiner Doppelbuchung zum Opfer fallen. Um uns hier in Brüssel die Möglichkeit zu geben, am Wahlabend gemeinsam die ersten Vorhersagen und Ergebnisse zu erleben und über Politik in Deutschland zu diskutieren, haben wir für Sonntagabend das Horloge du Sud angemietet.

Wir möchten darum herzlich zu einer Wahlparty einladen: – ein Fass mit Bio-Bier, 12 Flaschen Bio-Wein und 10 Liter Mineralwasser warten:

Sonntag, 18. September 2011
17.30-20.30
Berlin Wahlparty
(mit TV-Bildschirm ARD und ZDF)
Horloge du Sud
Rue de Trône 141, B-1050 Brüssel
(Freibiobier, Freibiowein – solange der Vorrat reicht)

Um die Organisation zu erleichtern, bitten wir um Bestätigung der Teilnahme (fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de).

Bis zum kommenden Sonntag,der Vorstand des Ortsverbandes Brüssel von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Sven Dammann; Daniel Freund, Anneke Hudalla, Daniel von Hugo, Susanne Müller-Hübsch, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Alexander Tietz; Rebecca Wagner; Yazgülü Zeybek)

=> WHEN: Thursday, 08 September 2011, 18.30-20.30
=> WHAT: “Greens meet Greens, after work”
=> WHERE: Restaurant “Chez N’go”, Rue de la Paix 26 (Matongé, between Ch. de Wavre and Sq. St. Boniface)

In order to facilitate the organisation we kindly ask for prior registration (fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de) – however, unannounced guest will be as welcome of course!

With kind regards,
the Vorstand of the OV Brüssel Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

Um uns hier in Brüssel die Möglichkeit zu geben, am Wahlabend gemeinsam die ersten Vorhersagen und Ergebnisse zu erleben und über Politik in Deutschland zu diskutieren, haben wir für Sonntagabend das Horloge du Sud angemietet.

Wir möchten darum herzlich zu einer Wahlparty einladen: ein Fass mit Bio-Bier, 12 Flaschen Bio-Wein und 10 Liter Mineralwasser warten:

=> WANN: Sonntag, 04. September 2011, 17.30-20.30
=> WO: “Horloge du Sud”, Rue de Trône 141, B-1050 Brüssel (Freibiobier, Freibiowein – solange der Vorrat reicht)
=> WAS: Wahlparty Bremen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (mit TV-Bildschirm ARD und ZDF)

Um die Organisation zu erleichtern, bitten wir um Bestätigung der Teilnahme (fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de).

Bis zum ersten Septembersonntag (?!),
der Vorstand des Ortsverbandes Brüssel von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Sven Dammann; Daniel Freund, Regina Haas, Anneke Hudalla, Daniel von Hugo, Susanne Müller-Hübsch, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Alexander Tietz; Rebecca Wagner; Yazgülü Zeybek)

With this first information letter the European Green Party and Ecologie Ecologie – Les Verts invite you to the fourth European Green Party Congress, at the Maison de la Mutualité from 11 – 13 November 2011 in Paris.

With many topics to be discussed, the new Statutes and Rule Book to be voted upon, new applicant parties to be welcomed, as well as preparations in the run-up to the COP17 in Durban (just one week after our Congress), we will use this meeting to spread a clear Green message in France and abroad!

THE FRENCH GREENS
Strengthened after its excellent results in the European elections, Europe Écologie – Les Verts performed well once again in the 2010 regional elections in Île-de-France, achieving an outstanding 16.58%. The party is pleased to co-host the EGP Congress, and makes the most of this opportunity to build up political momentum as they prepare to go into Presidential and National elections in 2012 under the leadership of the Green presidential candidate, Eva Joly!

Take a look at their website www.eelv.fr to get acquainted!

EUROPEAN GREENS MEET IN PARIS
Almost two and a half years have flown by since our last Congress in Brussels and we have a lot to discuss, debate and decide upon together again. With France warming-up for next year’s Presidential and parliamentary elections, there’s no better place to go than Paris! Members of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, the co-hosts of Congress, will be coming in big numbers, and we are expecting well over 1000 participants for our fourth European Green Party Congress.

This will be a great opportunity to meet fellow Greens from around Europe, and from further afield. Since our last Congress in 2009, the Green family has grown steadily, and we can’t wait to welcome the delegations from all our member and observer parties.

Our congress venue will be the famous Maison de la Mutualité in the very heart of Paris (5ème arrondissement). Over the past century, the building has traditionally been at the heart of the French Left. With a total refurbishment this year, our Congress will be one of the first events taking place there—a good start for a new tradition in the long history of the building!

REGISTRATION
Registrations for the Congress are now open to everyone, using this link Please register now! If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact sandor.blasko@europeangreens.org.

OUTLINE PROGRAMME
The programme is still in a preparatory phase, nevertheless the main topics and debates have been identified and we do not expect a complete overhaul of the draft programme outlined below. We promise you a fantastic French-European Green joint main plenary session on Saturday, focused on Green energy and the phasing out of nuclear energy. The session, will be followed by a party that fits all of you, accommodating those who like to dance, eat, or just have a quiet talk among friends.

Based on the feedback from the latest Council meetings, we decided to make room for more active participation, and we will organise fewer panel discussions. Furthermore, we will try to provide more networking opportunities since so many Greens from all over Europe will be present in Paris. It will provide the opportunity to meet with more delegates of member parties and widen the scope of our networks.

We are trying to offer you a very compact programme that starts at 12.00 (noon) on Friday the 11th and ends at 13.00 on Sunday the 13th November. This should allow many delegations to travel to Paris on the Friday morning and thus reduce costs.

Three PLENARY Sessions
- The Plenary opening session of the Congress will start on Friday at 16.30. After the welcoming words, we will have the first plenary debate on Agriculture. Currently the working group on the Agricultural Dimension of the Green New Deal is commenting on a second draft of the policy paper.

- The main plenary debate is scheduled on Saturday as from 17.00, and will focus on a Green sustainable Energy Policy and the phasing out of nuclear energy. This key debate will have a high external and media profile. Interpretation between English and French will be provided for this session.

- The Sunday is dedicated to a plenary session with three elements:
- Debate and vote on the second part of the GND Social Policy Paper as a follow up of the Budapest Council.
- Our plans for next year, the vote on the European Green Party budget and work plan 2012 and the report back/future plans of the working groups and networks.
- Debate and vote on the draft resolutions.

DELEGATION MEETINGS
Directly after the Friday plenary sessions, we will provide a time-slot and meeting rooms for the party-delegations to meet amongst themselves. Since the delegations will be much larger than usual, and because for many delegates it will be the first time they experience a European Green Party Congress, we consider it essential to provide a 15 min. time slot in these delegation meetings, where we can explain what are the opportunities that the Congress offers and what we expect from the delegates.

Committee members will (partly) attend these delegation meetings to provide information, and of course we rely on the more experienced delegates/international secretaries to co-organise these meetings. We expect the delegates/international secretaries to discuss and divide the work on the draft policy papers and the resolutions, and to explain the (compromise) amendment procedure to the new delegates. Unfortunately we will not have enough rooms to accommodate all delegations; therefore we ask the smaller delegations to meet in the lobby.

For those attendees who are not delegates, we will provide an attractive side programme, with either topical workshops/a cultural programme/excursion in Paris!

COUNCIL – Statutes to be voted by the Council

On Saturday morning from 9 – 12.30 we will meet in Council.

The Committee has decided to organise the voting session on the revision of the Statutes and Rule Book on Saturday morning. We will not meet in Congress, but in Council! The reason for this is twofold. In order to make changes to the EGP Statutes, our current Statutes, outline the following requirements:

‘’Votes are only valid if two thirds of the allocated votes are present at the Council meeting. A three quarters majority of Council delegates must be present to change the Statutes.’’

‘’And further the Council… changes the Statutes of the European Green Party. The Council retains this power at all times, even when it is meeting in Congress;’’

We consider we run too high a risk of a delay in the vote, especially in view of the first requirement. A second reason for us to meet in Council for the Statute revision only is that our Council delegates have been meeting during the last 1 ½ years regularly on the subject of our internal rules, and have addressed the issues that need changing. They are more or less familiar with the issue and the discussion. For 350 out of 450 delegates the subject is completely new, and we consider the Statute change as a second step in the process of modernizing our party. We do not want to burden 350 new delegates with this highly technical issue. Naturally we will explain what are the most interesting changes to the Congress on Sunday, when we report back, and show with what type of European Party we will enter the future.

For those Congress delegates who are not Council delegates we will organise an attractive side programme, with either topical workshops/cultural programme/excursion in Paris.

PARALLEL SESSIONS
As from Friday onwards we will organise many parallel sessions, for our Working Groups and Networks, for training, for Topical Workshops etc.

In the run up to Congress, we will publicise the agendas for all these meetings, along with a short introduction, so that newcomers will be aware of the topic/issue/shared background of that session.

Besides the fixed programme, we will have some open spaces for ad hoc sessions, should people wish to discuss a certain topic. We ask all the coordinators of our working groups and networks to send us a draft agenda accompanied by an introduction to the network/working group as well as a work plan/budget 2012, only after that draft agenda we will accommodate the meeting.

We ask all of you to inform us if you want to discuss a certain topic. We will circulate your wishes and see if enough people want to participate and if so, we will accommodate this meeting, and/or organise it, for example, by inviting external experts, trainers, providing for special needs etc.

At this moment we have the following Topical Workshops in our draft programme:
- Treasurers meeting (we want to invite all the treasurers of our parties to meet and share best practices and discuss fundraising)
- Workshop on “the Green New Deal/make it real!” A workshop, not on the concept, but on how it works at the local and national level. We want to share with you successful Green New Deal projects, and thus help you to implement our concept for a sustainable future.
- Workshop on Populism (by a representative of the Open Society Institute): this workshop should provide you with ways to counteract the excluding rhetoric of populist parties.
- Workshop on Common Campaigning, based on an evaluation of the 2009 common election campaign

The Party Leaders meeting is scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

We will distribute a more outlined draft programme by September.

NETWORKING
We will try to provide as many opportunities as possible for networking, by allowing space for people to meet with others who share the same passion for politics, a policy field, or a shared background as a local, regional, or national politician. As well as the usual meetings, we will provide ‘political speed-dating-meeting boards’ and will organise political speed dating during some of the breaks. If you already know that you want to meet with people to discuss a specific subject or whom to share a specific background with, please inform us, so that we can keep all Congress participants informed.

ACCOMMODATION
Paris is expensive, therefore we will try to make a block booking for all our hotel accommodation. We will inform you directly after the summer where and when you can reserve for a hotel.
The EGP office will make hotel bookings for the delegations of the member parties who are entitled to reimbursement. As usual, we may have to ask these delegations to share a twin room.
If you cannot wait to book, you can book through bookings.com

Mandated Delegates
The member parties will be requested to inform us about the composition of their national delegations as early as possible. Please keep gender balance of your delegations in mind! Lists with names and email addresses are most welcome.

Participation Fee
As usual, there will be three categories of participation fees.
Solidarity Fee: 160 Euro
Reguar Fee: 120 Euro
Reduced Fee: 50 Euro (for non-delegate students)
This fee will cover dinner on Friday, small breakfast/lunch/dinner/party on Saturday and Sunday and all coffee breaks.

Participation fees can be paid in cash at the registration desk. However, we strongly encourage you to cover it by bank transfer before the 05.11.2011.
Bank details :
BIC: TRIOBEBB
IBAN: BE43 5230 4122 7301

Bank Holiday Weekend in Paris
Armistice Day (Friday November 11) is a national holiday in France. It commemorates the armistice signed after the First World War, and it is one the most important commemorations in country. Bear in mind that shops, public transport etc. will be operating on a Sunday schedule.

In the run up for the Paris Congress, we will regularly send you updates through our Congress newsletters.

Once again, please take the time to register now!

Looking forward to meet with you at our Congress!

Jacqueline Cremers
Secretary General EGP
Jacqueline.Cremers@europeangreens.org

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