Second annual Socratic Dialogue Event of the GEH
On April 11, the second "Annual Socratic Dialogue Event”, was held, hosted in the headquarters of MASAF, in Rome, under the title "A sea of cooperation. Towards a cohesive Euro-Mediterranean research community".
The event aimed at deepening and widening the outcomes of the successful Annual Socratic Dialogue Event (ASDE) held in Budapest in 2023, sharing information, experiences, and reflections in the aim to strengthen the collaboration between the ERA research community and the countries from the southern and eastern coasts of Mediterranean and from the Western Balkans. In this view, another GEH event held on April 12, back-to-back with the ASDE, aimed at the widening to the western Balkan countries, provided a great added value.
First Annual Socratic Dialogue Event of the GEH
On the second of March 2023, the Green ERA-Hub held its first Annual Socratic Dialogue Event in Budapest. It brought together around fifty participants from the region, Green ERA-Hub network representatives, and guest speakers, to commonly discuss widening options for Eastern European and Balkan countries in the European joint programming initiatives and networks. Focal point were the regional Food Systems and options for widening countries to join the upcoming Partnerships under Horizon Europe. Two key-note speeches set the scene. An introduction to the region was offered by professor Máté Botos; Chairman off the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, followed by an overview of the region from the FAO perspective by mister Raymund Jele; FAO’s Regional Programme Leader from the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. In a dedicated panel discussion, views, questions and state of play of the Partnerships and involvement of widening countries was further discussed.
