The GoGreen aimed to strengthen capacity and train decision-makers by: • Supporting personnel in acquiring and developing key competences and knowledge in environmental governance. • Providing evidence-based solutions to enhance local sustainability initiatives and decision-making. • Facilitating co-learning through experience-sharing, discussions, and collaborative problem-solving. • Creating a network of ‘green local action’ ambassadors to implement and replicate best practices across regions. • Disseminating the implementation of the EU Green Deal at a local level, fostering awareness and action within communities. Essentially, by creating a "ready-to-go action kit" to give confidence, empower, and inspire local actors to improve their environmental performance.
The urgent need to transition to a sustainable society has been underscored by extreme climate events, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation. In response, the European Union has launched the European Green Deal, a comprehensive roadmap with ambitious goals and funding to support this transition. However, every partner from the consortium experienced that, in one way or another, many of the organizations at the forefront of climate adaptation face significant challenges that hinder progress. These include: - limited training and knowledge among technicians and decision-makers -conflicts among diverse stakeholders, insufficient financial resources, -resistance to change from citizens and businesses - difficulties in measuring and monitoring progress. Without addressing these obstacles, local governments struggle to align their initiatives with the Green Deal’s objectives effectively. GoGreen is thus designed to capacitate public officers, policymakers, and consultants whose expertise directly or indirectly influences environmental decision-making, such as advisors to public administration and experts from NGOs, to better understand and implement the EU Green Deal, improving their environmental performance.