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The Spring Alliance is a broad-based participatory campaign that spans all sectors of civil society that are concerned with making a social and sustainable EU agenda a reality.
Although the project management of the campaign is handled by its founding partners: EEB, ETUC and Social Platform and Concord (= steering committee), its success depends on the active involvement of a broad representation from civil society organisations, businesses or academic institutions. What do Spring Alliance members do?
In the first phase of the campaign many Spring Alliance supporters actively contributed to the drafting process of the Manifesto. Between February and June several thematic working groups were organized to elaborate the Manifesto text. Their input has been collected and reviewed by an editorial committee, consisting of representatives from the steering committee, that was in charge of preparing the final text for the manifesto. On 17 June 2009 a 'Spring Alliance Conference' was organized to discuss and finalize the Spring Alliance Manifesto text with all stakeholders involved. After this final stakeholder consultation, the Manifesto was offcially adopted by the steering committee on 9 July, who presented the Manifesto to the President of the European Commission on 22 July.
To kick off the second phase of the campaign a Spring Alliance high level conference "Putting People and Planet first: EU leadership for a social and green strategy post 2010" will be organized on 28 September 2009. The main aim of this conference is to present the Manifesto to representatives of the relevant European Institutions and to open up the dialogue between EU decision makers and civil society. Further promotional activities will be undertaken, e.g. liaising with future EU presidencies and seeking debate with the European Commission and the newly- elected European Parliament as well as collecting support for the Manifesto at Member State level. What you can do to promote the Spring Alliance Manifesto You can play an important role in helping us to move forwards the Spring Alliance demands by promoting the Manifesto within your network. Outreach activities will be announced on the web-site and if you have expressed interest in the work of the Spring Alliance you will also receive regular up-dates on the Spring Alliance campaign in which you can read about latest developments, activities and event announcements and ways on how you can get involved. If you have any concrete suggestions on how you could offer to promote the Spring Alliance within your network, please let us know by sending an e-mail to:
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What you will get out of it?
Are you… …an NGO working on environmental, social, sustainability or development issues? What you get: - participation in a growing movement that will help to further support sustainability objectives
- access to a large network of relevant stake holders in the area of sustainable development
- opportunity to develop mutual approaches to influence the European agenda on sustainability issues
…a progressive business? What you get: - participation in a growing movement that will help to further support sustainability objectives
- access to a platform of civil society interest groups with a sound understanding of civil society concerns and European developments
- opportunity to explore mutual synergies to promote the sustainability agenda in Europe
…an academic researcher or think-tank? What you get: - association with a leading civil society alliance
- access to a large knowledge network of a variety of representatives of the civil society
- opportunity to share your knowledge and views with a targeted audience
If you’d like to register as a Spring Alliance member and wish to receive our campaign up-dates just let us know. If you want to sign our Manifesto you can send your registration for support through the web-signatory.
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