ACTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
-Political Agency-
Can political science save Sustainable Development goals?
PRE-WORK
-preparing for our session​
Presentation of the competence model
Political Agency
Political agency is the capacity to positively influence the collective future, by mobilising those at political level to take action for change. Political agency requires the capacity to analyse the context, spot possible avenues to move the sustainability agenda forward, and identify key stakeholders that can be brought on board to help achieve sustainability.
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Workshop Components
Duration: 120 min
Digital tools suggested:
Mentimeter: For interactive polls and icebreakers
Miro or Padlet: For collaborative brainstorming and scenario building. Also useful for ice breakers or energizers
Quizizz: For creating polls and quizzes
Competencies exercised:
Political Agency, Collective Action, Futures literacy
Workshop Overview
Annotation:
The activity helps the participants influence the future by learning to mobilize political actors to drive sustainability, improves the ability to analyze context, identify key stakeholders, and advocate for changes in norms, regulations, and markets.
Objectives:
To improve capacity to analyse the context, spot possible channels to move the sustainability agenda forward, and identify key stakeholders that may help achieve sustainability.
To gain awareness of environmental regulations, standards, and certifications that guide sustainable practices in industries and communities.
To understand how specific EU regulations translate into national/local legislation
To learn how to mobilize political actors and important stakeholders to achieve desirable changes
Find out how specific EU environmental legislation translates into national/local legislation
Find a local representative/politician and write them a letter demanding action