Call for contributions: Balkan River Summit 2024!

Got a story to tell? Have experiences to share? Pitch your fight for river protection and present at the Balkan River Summit 2024!

Contribute to the event through the following formats:

• Pitch your fight: Present your campaign or project and share your fight for river protection.
• Capacity-building and skill-sharing workshops: Lead a workshop to enhance skills and share valuable knowledge.
• Opinions and ideas: Share your insights and innovative ideas on various topics related to river conservation.
• Thematic panels: Participate in or organise a panel discussion on key themes relevant to our mission.

Submit your interest in speaking or presenting with the subject line: "Call for Contributions"to balkanriversummit24@euronatur.org. Please specify which format you are interested in and include a brief description (200-300 words), including if and how it fits at least one of the following key themes listed below:

Blue Heart Campaign and Activism

• 10+ years Blue Heart campaign: new challenges, activist responses, and ideas for river protection in the Balkans
• (Re-)Uniting voices for Balkan rivers within and across borders
• How can science, education and the arts contribute to river protection in the Balkans?
• Mobilising media for river protection in the Balkans
• Activism, human rights and access to justice
• Activism and self-care

Environmental and River Protection Strategies

• Rural development without hydro: wild rivers and sustainable livelihoods
• Out of the box: river protection through other means
• Pan-regional river protection efforts in the WB

Policy and Climate Change

• Do we need more dams? Climate change, biodiversity loss and the renewables transition
• European Green Deal and the Western Balkans: river protection policies and EU accession
• Rights of Nature: what can be applied in the Balkans?

Find more info and the updated tentative program on the summit webpage