The week – from May 13 -17, will include events across Europe and a high level summit in Brussels from May 15 to 17. It will ask questions like – do these laws really matter, and what the added benefits are for citizens? What does successful implementation look like?
 
Why do “implementation gaps” exist? How can we move from knowing that stakeholders need to take ownership of these laws to actually making it happen? And most importantly, how can the EU facilitate the process, making sure that citizens’ voices are heard?  
The closing of Green Week will take place at the end of the Brussels Conference and will showcase the political conclusions from the Week.
As part of a series of events that have been taking part in member states on the sidelines of EU Green Week, a local excursion was organized in the free Famagusta area of Cyprus that highlighted the value of protecting the environment in combination with the local culturetion:
 
Edited by Bouli Hadjioannou