{"id":3640,"date":"2020-04-22T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipe.hr\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2020-07-27T18:04:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T16:04:36","slug":"build-a-just-solidary-and-sustainable-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipe.hr\/en\/activities\/build-a-just-solidary-and-sustainable-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a 100 NGOs call for building a just, solidary and sustainable society after the pandemic!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We, undersigned civil society organisations from across Europe, demand urgent action from the governments of all EU Member States and a determined leadership of the Croatian Government, as the country currently holding the EU Council Presidency, in adopting ambitious measures to combat the coronavirus infection and to ensure a just social order in the new post-coronavirus reality. We urge the governments of EU Member States, and in particular the Croatian Government, to:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/span>1. Draft a European Union joint response to combating coronavirus COVID19 by developing a European Solidarity Fund which would also include Global South countries;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Abandon Maastricht Treaty criteria and sharp austerity measures;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Respond to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic through the European Green Deal which should be based on halting unrestricted growth and a fair redistribution of wealth.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A global pandemic of this magnitude is a centennial occurrence due to its extraordinary impact and consequences on the entire social, political and economic life worldwide. The usual rules of business and competition need to be redefined in order to maintain life and vital functions of society. The European Union must mobilize the financial resources and knowledge of private and public business entities of all its members to ensure the satisfactory production of the medical equipment needed to combat the pandemic. It will only be possible to reach an agreement between Member States if they agree to mobilize production capacities on a non-profit basis, covering only production costs. In response to this global crisis, the European Union must not forget the so-called Global South and developing countries. We are urging the EU to develop a European Union-wide solidarity fund to finance a joint response to the spread of the coronavirus infection, which would also include assistance to the Global South and developing countries, not just EU accession countries.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust in science has proven to be crucial in addressing this crisis. It must not be undermined by political instrumentalisation. The greatest danger lies in using the health crisis to impose disproportionate restrictions on human rights. Particularly controversial are indefinite restrictions and those passed outside democratic procedures and customs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The involvement of entire societies in this crisis has more clearly than ever shown us the importance of the public sector. Without public sector services, including healthcare, it would be<\/span> impossible to provide assistance to all those in need. At the same time, public sector services enable the functioning of daily life in a context of social isolation. Countries with weaker public sectors were generally worse off in responding to the pandemic, and consequently suffer more severe consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this crisis, calls for state intervention are coming from all sides, even from actors who are otherwise advocating a minimal state. States need to intervene not only to prevent the collapse of their economic systems, but also to preserve and strengthen their public sector. The public sector cannot be built overnight once the crisis arises, and due to the nature of pandemics, we expect a longer recovery than usual. It is very possible that the spread of the infection will relent and reemerge in waves over a longer period, and societies must prepare to function in this new reality.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The existing Maastricht criteria framework, mainly criteria regarding the limitation of state deficit and public debt as well as austerity policies, make this adjustment impossible. These criteria need to be re-negotiated. In order to show initiative and an understanding of the gravity of the situation, Croatia, as the country holding the EU Presidency, must urgently begin these negotiations.
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The political response to this crisis should contain an adaptation to the new conditions at which societies should function with adequate assistance to those most affected by this crisis – the unemployed, workers, the homeless, refugees and other migrants, women, artisans and microentrepreneurs who, unlike large entrepreneurs, do not have significant business assets which they can and should employ to overcome this crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Green Deal is one of the appropriate frameworks for this policy response. It must not be abandoned under pressure from the private sector to make up for the profits lost due to the blockade caused by the health crisis. Many spontaneous and positive responses to the blockade such as local food production, business digitalisation and communication, reduction of consumerism, strengthening of solidarity and cooperation through reliance on the public sector, need to be maintained and improved through the European Green Deal. Those who need to be saved from the consequences of this crisis are workers, not business models that maintain the status quo and thus deepen the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lessons of exponential growth have been painfully recalled by many with the increasing number of coronavirus patients. The pressure that an exponential increase of sick people is putting on our health care system is comparable to the pressure that the growth of our economies is putting on planet Earth and its resources. The way out of this crisis should be based on abandoning our blind attachment to economic growth and an urgent redistribution of existing goods while respecting planetary boundaries. Otherwise, we are risking more frequent blockade scenarios such as the one caused by the coronavirus, but in future it could happen due to the consequences of the environmental crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Green Deal is an opportunity for the so-called \u201cgreen recovery\u201d of the European economy. We must resist the pressure of the fossil fuel industry, multinationals and various private interests to use public money to bail them out. The European Green Deal must therefore be more<\/span> ambitious and based on social justice, strengthening public infrastructure, redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation and solidarity. The adoption of measures and policies under the European Green Deal must in no way be stopped or slowed down by the current health crisis, because the climate crisis has not disappeared, so the recovery from the pandemic must take place at the same time as mitigation of the climate crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* ORGANISATIONS\/INITIATIVES<\/strong>
\n<\/span>1. Zelena akcija, Croatia
\n2. Centar za mirovne studije, Croatia
\n3. Institute for Political Ecology, Croatia
\n4. CROSOL, Croatia
\n5. Udruga “HERA” Kri\u017eevci – za za\u0161titu i promicanje ljudskih prava, Croatia
\n6. Udruga za za\u0161titu prirode i okoli\u0161a Zeleni Osijek, Croatia
\n7. Gong, Croatia
\n8. DOOR, Croatia
\n9. Udruga Hyla, Croatia
\n10. Udruga \u017dmergo, Croatia
\n11. Udruga Kinookus, Croatia
\n12. Udruga IKS – Udruga za promicanje informatike, kulture i su\u017eivota, Croatia
\n13. Brodsko ekolo\u0161ko dru\u0161tvo-BED, Croatia
\n14. Gra\u0111anska inicijativa STOP NASILJU \u0160ibenik, Croatia
\n15. Udruga za prirodu, okoli\u0161 i odr\u017eivi razvoj Sunce, Croatia
\n16. Zelena Istra, Croatia
\n17. KURZIV – Platforma za pitanja kulture, medija i dru\u0161tva, Croatia
\n18. ODRAZ – Odr\u017eivi razvoj zajednice, Croatia
\n19. Dru\u0161tvo Marjan, Croatia
\n20. Zagreb Pride, Croatia
\n21. Domine – organizacija za promicanje \u017eenskih prava, Croatia
\n22. Udruga “Sindikat biciklista”, Croatia
\n23. Ekolo\u0161ka udruga “Zeleni Zagreb pod Slemenom”, Croatia
\n24. Hrvatsko dru\u0161tvo za za\u0161titu ptica i prirode, Croatia
\n25. Udruga “Eko-Zadar”, Croatia
\n26. Documenta – Centar za suo\u010davanje s pro\u0161lo\u0161\u0107u, Croatia
\n27. feministi\u010dki kolektiv fAKTIV, Croatia
\n28. Terra Hub, Croatia
\n29. Nonprofit civic initiative NA\u0160 Jadran, Croatia
\n30. Pravo na grad\/Right to the city, Croatia
\n31. Centar za zdravo odrastanje, Croatia
\n32. Kurziv \u2013 Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society, Croatia
\n33. DE\u0160A Dubrovnik, Croatia<\/span>
\n34. Greenpeace Croatia
\n35. Sr\u0111 je na\u0161\/Sr\u0111 is ours, Croatia
\n36. Ku\u0107a ljudskih prava Zagreb\/Human Rights House Zagreb, Croatia
\n37. Socijalni rub: zanimljive neispri\u010dane pri\u010de (SF:ius) , Croatia
\n38. Multimedijalni institut, Croatia
\n39. Forum za slobodu odgoja, Croatia
\n40. Centar za kazali\u0161te potla\u010denih POKAZ, Croatia
\n41. Udruga za nezavisnu medijsku kulturu, Croatia
\n42. CESI-Centar za edukaciju, savjetovanje i istra\u017eivanje, Croatia
\n43. Romska organizacija mladih Hrvatske, Croatia
\n44. Razvojna organizacija za\u0161tite potro\u0161a\u010da, Croatia
\n45. Vara\u017edinski potro\u0161a\u010d, Croatia
\n46. B.a.B.e. – Budi aktivna. Budi emancipiran, Croatia
\n47. Inicijativa Dobrodo\u0161li \/ Welcome Initiative, Croatia
\n48. Inicijativa mladih za ljudska prava – Hrvatska, Croatia
\n49. Baza za radni\u010dku inicijativu i demokratizaciju – BRID, Croatia
\n50. Savez udruga Klubtura, Croatia
\n51. Operacija grad, Croatia
\n52. Green Home, Montenegro
\n53. Friends of the Earth Sweden\/Jordens V\u00e4nner
\n54. Environmental association Za Zemiata – Friends of the Earth Bulgaria
\n55. Oikos – Think Tank for Social-Ecological Change (Belgium)
\n56. Pravno-informacijski center nevladnih organizacij – PIC (Slovenia)
\n57. Platform for theory and practice of commons – Zajedni\u010dko (Serbia)
\n58. Friends of the Earth Cyprus
\n59. Transnational Institute (Netherlands)
\n60. Institute for Urban Politics (Serbia)
\n61. Attac Austria
\n62. International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS) – Austria
\n63. Umanotera, Slovenska fundacija za trajnostni razvoj (Slovania)
\n64. Amigos de la Tierra (Spain)
\n65. Dru\u0161tvo EnaBanda\/ EnaBanda Association
\n66. The Greens Movement of Georgia
\n67. Association for Culture and Art CRVENA (B&H)
\n68. Centar za \u017eivotnu sredinu\/Friends of the Earth Bosnia and Herzegovina
\n69. Cargonomia, Degrowth research and experimentation Center
\n70. Zero Waste Latvija
\n71. GLOBAL 2000 (Austria)
\n72. The Green New Deal for Europe (Germany)
\n73. Cambiamo Messina dal Basso (Italy)<\/span>
\n74. V\u0161\u012e \u017diedin\u0117 ekonomika
\n75. Focus Association for Sustainable Development (Slovenia)
\n76. National Society of Conservationists – Friends of the Earth Hungary
\n77. ZEMOS98 (Spain)
\n78. Kulturno dru\u0161tvo Gmajna (Slovenia)
\n79. Arnika (Czechia)
\n80. LATRA (Greece)
\n81. Ekologi brez meja (Slovenia)
\n82. IPoP – Institute for Spatial Policies (Slovenia)
\n83. Green Liberty (Latvia)
\n84. Zukunftsforum Germany
\n85. Not Here, Not Anywhere Ireland
\n86. EKO KROG \u2013 dru\u0161tvo za naravovarstvo in okoljevarstvo (Slovenia)
\n87. Friends of nature EKO ELEMENT (B&H)
\n88. ORIO GRID FOR LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY (Bulgaria)
\n89. A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights (Serbia)
\n90. Centar za odr\u017eivi razvoj i ekologiju CORIE (B&H)
\n91. Friends of the Earth Ireland
\n92. Friends of the Earth Scotland
\n93. Ne davimo Beograd \/ Don’t \u010det Belgrade drown (Serbia)
\n94. NOAH – Friends of the Earth Denmark
\n95. Green team Novi Grad (B&H)
\n96. Debt Observatory in Globalisation (ODG) – Spain
\n97. Centar za ekologiju i energiju (BiH)
\n98. Environmental center for Development Education and Networking (Albania)
\n99. “An eye for environment” Network (Albania)
\n100. Ecologistas en Acci\u00f3n (Spain)
\n101. Hnut\u00ed DUHA – Friends of the Earth Czech Republic
\n102. Amis de la Terre Belgique
\n103. Mouvement Ecologique, FoE Luxembourg
\n104. Institute for Environmental Policy (Albania)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

**NETWORKS
\n<\/span>105. Mre\u017ea mladih Hrvatske\/Croatian Youth Network
\n106. European Network Against Racism (ENAR)
\n107. SOLIDAR
\n108. SOLIDAR Foundation
\n109. International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)
\n110. Friends of the Earth Europe
\n111. Young Friends of the Earth Europe<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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