Che cosa implica la cooperazione transfrontaliera per i paesi UE, per i paesi dell’Europa orientale e del Nord Africa ? Che cosa è la finanziarizzazione e quali impatti può avere nel contesto delle infrastrutture energetiche? Come questi temi si legano alla giustizia climatica e alla democrazia ? E come la popolazione dei diversi paesi può cooperare al fine di istituire una rete di attivismo transfrontaliero e promuovere “lo sviluppo”?
L’ODG offre un corso on-line su questi argomenti per 40 partecipanti provenienti da diversi paesi . Il corso offre un’analisi critica della recente tendenza di finanziarizzazione delle infrastrutture energetiche e la creazione del debito illegittimo.
Di seguito la descrizione e le indicazioni in Inglese:
The course stimulates participants to critically evaluate how the EU, through its external politics -in the form of free trade agreements, energy security policies and the involvement of public banks-, promotes a development model that generates social, economic and environmental impacts. Case studies in Europe and neighbouring countries will be used to illustrate these impacts.
The course highlights some initiatives of activism undertaken in Spain and pays special attention to critical cartography as a tool for cross border activism. Students are encouraged to investigate case studies related to the topic, and possibilities for joint activist initiatives.
Participating in the course will allow you to:
Build critical knowledge on the concepts: financialization of energy infrastructure and illegitimate debt
Deepen your understanding of current policies and developments in the EU and its neighbouring countries in Eastern Europe and North Africa regarding energy infrastructure
Understand the role of EU, development banks public institutions and other actors in infrastructural energy projects
Analyse diverse visions on development and related challenges
Get to know case studies of infrastructural projects and its impacts
Get to know cases of activism that are challenging large energy infrastructure projects
Understand how critical cartography can be used as a tool for activism
Build solidarity with other activists from Europe and neighbouring countries concerned with the impact of large energy infrastructure projects in the region
Learn new insights and local cases from experts and peer activists
Have the possibility to jointly elaborate activist initiatives for cross border activism
Keywords: free online course, energy, infrastructure, EU, financialization, public-private partnerships, illegitimate debt, sustainability, transparency, inequality, environment, European investment banks, critical cartography, projects of common interests (PCI), development, peer learning, activism.
Practical: the course offers three modules during a period of four weeks; from Monday July 4th to Friday July 29th. Each module consists of a Webinar delivered by an ODG expert, studying literature and other materials, and assignments. This program takes place in a participatory online learning environment, and assignments include students’ participation and exchange in a discussion forum. After successful participation and a final assignment, ODG will hand out a certificate of successful participation.
Applying for the course?
The Debt Observatory in Globalisation welcomes students, activists, people working in NGOs and other interested people from EU countries, Eastern Europe (especially from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), and North Africa (especially from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia) to apply. A maximum amount of 40 participants will be selected to participate in the free online course. The basic requirements for participation are:
Being available for at least 8 hours per week to dedicate to the online course
Good Internet access
Reasonable ICT and Internet skills
Working knowledge of English language
To facilitate the selection procedure and create a diverse group, we ask interested people to fill in this application form before June 20th.
Additionally, interested people are asked to send a short motivation letter, including ideas about how you could use the knowledge and skills you gain in the course for your work or activism (max half A4). You will be able to upload it when filling in the application form.
Thanks for your interest,
The ODG team
