ELIA Signs SHIFT Letter of Intent

ELIA is immensely proud to have taken the lead on this vital initiative as part of the SHIFT project. Achieving ecological sustainability and the Green Shift is one of ELIA's key strategic priorities for 2020 - 2024.

In the context of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow (United Kingdom), nine international and European cultural networks and platforms have come together to take Climate Action.

This joint ambition emerged from the SHIFT project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The letter of Intent on Climate Action is an important step towards uniting forces to tackle the huge worldwide challenge of climate change. The goal of the networks' cooperation is to devleop and implement a framework consisting of environmental guidelines for cultural networks and certification scheme.

The undersigned European and international cultural networks recognise the ecological footprint associated with operating a cultural network. They are committed to minimising this footprint, optimising environmentally sustainable practices, and acting as an example of good practice for their members and other networks, while also recognising the different contexts in which they are evolving. It is their aim to contribute to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals in this certification scheme:

11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

12 - Responsible Producation and Consumption

!3 - Climate Action

14 - Life below Water

15 - Life on Land

17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Special thanks to the Green Leisure Group and Creative Carbon Scotland for contributing their expertise to this process.

SHIFT - Sharing Initiatives for Training is an Erasmus+ co-funded project bringing together nine cultural networks with the ambition to contribute to a better more sustainable future. SHIFT partners include: ELIA, IETM, On the Move, Trans Europe Halles, FACE, EMCY, International Music Council, European Choral Association, and European Music Council.

Read the letter here>