Coordinator symposium 2025
SOS-International and Green Office Université de Liège are pleased to introduce the Green Office Movement symposium 2025, bringing together coordinators or managers from across established Green Offices. The dates for the symposium are Thursday 27th and Friday 28th March 2025. There will be 2 full days of workshops at Université de Liège followed by an optional excursion on Saturday 29th March. The symposium will hopefully align with a range of cultural and artistic events taking place at the Université de Liège during the evenings.
We are developing an interesting, interactive and impactful programme for the 2-day event (see below outline). To cover event planning and facilitation costs at SOS-International, the symposium is priced at £175 for member Green Office coordinators and £200 for non-member Green Office coordinators. Pricing is dependent upon sufficient viability; therefore, we encourage all coordinators to confirm their attendance by Monday 16th December 2024.
For more information or to confirm your place, please email us on contact@sos.earth.
Outline programme:
Wed 26th March: Evening: arrival meal/social for GO coordinators staying overnight.
Thu 27th March: Symposium day 1, core theme – establishing our baseline. Mapping the status of the Green Office Movement in 2025; impact, unique qualities, stakeholders, funding mechanisms, challenges. We will explore and compare the strategic setup of the Green Offices represented at the symposium.
Evening: social/cultural activities.
Fri 28th March: Symposium day 2, core theme – visioning the future. Building on the GOM survey (2024), exploring growth strategies for the movement and adapting the Green Office pillars and vision. We will co-create a 2030 vision for the Green Office Movement to ensure the model can consolidate and expand its role in the higher education for sustainability agenda.
Evening:social meal in Liège for those staying overnight.
Sat 29th March: Optional excursion to the nearby ‘Parc Naturel Hautes Fagnes-Eifel’ to visit a research station of the Université de Liège and view the ecological characteristics of this plateau, including the return of the European Wolf.