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Background: Nuclear power continues to be one of the greatest threats to life on planet earth. We come together under the follow assumption: we all want a nuclear free Europe (meaning: all reactors closed), within an ambitious timeframe. We want to create a new way of collaborating and sharing for anti-nuclear groups by bringing together people from different networks and backgrounds. We want to provide open space for exchange of know-how and ideas but also facilitate the development of a strategy. With this meeting we intend to start of a yearly event, a dynamic process of learning from each other and strengthening our work on national and international scale.
Who we are: We are organisations working against nuclear power, coming from different networks as Friends of the Earth, World Information Service on Energy (WISE), Réseau “Sortir du nucléaire” and others who and have joined forces to strengthen our work.
Who we invite: We invite anti-nuclear activists, experts and campaigners from all over Europe who are interested in sharing their skills and experiences and in joining strategic thinking on issues of nuclear power in an international gathering.
Objectives: The purpose of this meeting will be to assist each other on a national and international level by sharing our know-how and experiences and spark the enthusiasm and motivation to carry on the struggle against nuclear power. We want people to share and gain as much as possible and to feel that we are all part of a larger movement which can grow stronger if we come together, learn from, and respect each other.
Agenda:
The meeting will consist of two parts. The first part will be 2 days of conference in Vienna where there will be space for sharing skills, knowledge and experiences, to get to know each other and the work we are doing, and to let arise and discuss common campaigns. As we aim this meeting to become a dynamic yearly event we want to facilitate its continuity by involving participants in the planning process for 2014.
The second part will be one day focused on the topic of anti-nuclear activism which will take place in form of a camp at NPP Zwentendorf, the Austrian nuclear power station which was never commissioned due to a public referendum in 1978. The camp will offer possibilities of practical capacity building (on social media, crowd-funding, climbing, measuring and interpreting radiation) as well as on theoretical know-how for activism.
At the same time, this site will be the venue for the TOMORROW FESTIVAL, a big anti-nuclear open air festival that you can join after the camp.
You are invited to participate in either or both parts of the meeting, depending on your interests and/or where you would like to focus to enhance your work.
Please send us an email indicating your interest in attending, to receive more detailed information on the agenda and the venue: Daphne Rieder, daphne.rieder@global2000.at
Practical issues:
Accommodation will be at a hostel in Vienna from 30th–31st of May , and camping at the site of the festival.
Food will be provided (thanks to volunteers of GLOBAL 2000)
Transport to the site of the festival on May 31st and back to Vienna on June 1st, and an entry ticket to the TOMORROW FESTIVAL for the 31st of May and 1st of June
Financial: All food, transport and accommodation costs within Austria (as well as entry to the TOMORROW FESTIVAL) will be covered by the organisers.
Since we are aiming for a broad attendance regardless of size and financial resources of each group, we are offering to cover an amount of the international travel costs for people who need financial support. In this case, please contact Daphne Rieder, daphne.rieder@global2000.at