Projects – DEAR

2. Project title as used in publicity and others materials	Change the Power – (Em)Power to Change
3. Project number	389-450
4. Year of Call	2016
5. Project start month and year	01/2018
6. Project finish month and year	12/2020
7. Name and location of lead CSO or LA	la: Climate Alliance (ALA) Germany
8. EU Member States where the project is being implemented	Germany
9. EU Member States where sub-granting will be provided	N/A
10. Total project budget (in Euro):	3,281,945.00
11. EC contribution to total project budget (percent):	90
12. Main approach of the project	Campaigning-Advocacy
13.Main project on-line information channels used by the project:	Website: www.overdeveloped.eu Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cities4ClimateJustice Twitter: www.twitter.com/climatalliance Youtube: www.youtube.com/ClimateAllianceorg
14. Why is the project taking place?	Cities play a crucial role in implementing international agreements such as the Paris agreement and the Agenda 2030. This is exactly the point where the project starts. Without the local participation and responsibility, the goals set out in the Agenda 2030 cannot be filled with life. Based on this view, the project strengthens the role of local authorities in localising and implementing the SDGs. Additionally, citizens will get effectively involved in activities around the SDGs. ....
15. Overall objective of the project	Strengthen the role of LAs in implementing the SDGs and enhance the critical perception and change of behaviour of LAs and citizens through development education and awareness raising.
16. Specific objective(s) of the project	Empower LAs and ALAs to implement the SDGs
17. What will have changed as a result of the project? (Summarise the intended outcome)	1.1: Increased public awareness of global interdependencies between the EU and developing countries, the global agenda on development, including the SDGs, the Paris Agreement and Habitat III and difficulties facing developing countries and their residents 1.2: Improved public understanding and critical reflection of these global interdependencies 1.3:Public and political discussion and improved knowledge on coherence for development 2.1: Increased engagement of LAs and ALAs in development education and awareness raising and higher level of engagement to promote coherence for development 2.2: Increased active engagement of the European public in major development debates and attempts to eradicate global poverty, promote justice, human rights, gender equality and sustainable ways of living; 3.1: Changing attitudes and improved public understanding of issues and difficulties facing developing countries and their peoples, in particular migration 3.2: Empowered LAs, ALAs, CSOs and citizens to act towards sustainable ways of living
18. Main themes and geographical areas covered by the project	cities/urban environment climate consumption cultural diversity and identity ecology, biodiversity, natural environment energy global citizenship human rights, justice sustainable development Europe: EU and EEA Latin America and Caribbean
19. Project target groups, audiences and/or participants	a. Teachers, teacher educators, HE lecturers/ academics b. Student/pupils from primary, secondary and tertiary levels c. Non-formal educators (e.g. youth leaders, community, adult, trade union educators) e. Young people (16 to 35 years) h. Local Authority policy decision makers i. National and international policy decision makers (incl. civil servants) j. Consumers m. Non-formal education institutions (e.g. youth clubs, community centres, adult education centres) p. Formal education institutions (schools, universities, etc.) s. Other Civil Society Organisations and Local Communities (targeted by the project) t. Local Authorities (targeted by the project)
20. Other target groups, audiences or participants not listed above	Citizens in the Global South (focusing on indigenous communities in the Amazon basin, 9 countries, and southern partners of the participating LAs, at least 2 countries)
21. Main activities implemented by the project	training, project or curriculum development workshop/courses (one-off events lasting up to 1 day) series of workshops/courses (involving the same individuals over several, not necessarily consecutive, days) public meetings/public discussion fora exhibitions and fairs conferences lobbying actions social media interventions and discussions initiated by the project other activities not listed above (please specify in the following question)
22. Other major activities not listed above	Development of an online tool (changing consumption patterns), information campaign, exchange with southern partners
23. Main achievement of the project to-date	The action builds on the experience of former DEAR projects. Successful activities, e.g. the campaign “A good life is simple”, will be further developed within the project. Until now, more than 150 municipalities participated in the campaign. New topics and further translations will be developed until October 2018, the materials can be downloaded free of charge at the project website: overdeveloped.eu/en/downloads. Beside the information campaign, the project team develops an online tool for cities and citizens to rethink own consumption patterns (competition). Another major result is the cooperation with indigenous partners of the Amazon region and the exchange on energy related questions (e.g. fair on RES in Brazil, delegations to Europe).