WHAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN. Through the good, the bad, and the ugly, here are our favourite moments from our 1st year as the APROPOS Group. We'll be back in 2024 to keep working towards a fit-for-purpose political sector. We wish you all a joyful & restorative end of year!

Facilitation trick! 🥸 The proper way to move a pinboard revealed below by our board member and lead process designer Peter Woodward 🫡 #PoliticalProcessDesign

APROPOS 2024 TEAM RETREAT 🎯 This week the APROPOS team met in Rome to imagine and co-design our strategy for the year(s) ahead. We discussed futurability & sustainability, how to position our work to allow for both, and how best to invest in the development of APROPOS.

It is exciting to think that this will be the first Open European Dialogue appointment this year. Are you curious to learn more about the political moods in Poland, Italy and Germany? Then I hope to see many of you online in the morning!

🚨 NEW POST | Year-1 At A Political Start-Up Have you ever wondered if you should take the leap and start your own organization? Chiara Rosselli 🎯 Isotta Ricci Bitti Rebecca Farulli 🎯 Ronith Schalast share 6 lessons from the team’s very first steps as social entrepreneurs. aproposgroup.org/post/thought-p…

Our very first 'Learning Sprint' is now open for registrations! 🎯 Our partners at Capita have invited us to design and co-host a learning sprint on Political Process Design as a tool for inclusive political dialogue. #PoliticalProcessDesign

🏃‍♀️4 weeks, 2 hours of interactive cohort learning per week, 1 significant question to explore together: how can the design of more inclusive and effective political conversations improve policymaking?

We are proud to present our 2024 Parliamentary Steering Committee!🎉 The #OEDialogue is created for - and by - MPs across Europe. Our Steering Committee members dedicate their time to discussing how we can best create the space for genuine dialogue among European policymakers.

Humbled yet proud to be part of such a diverse, cross-party and cross-border initiative! The #WeNeedToTalk motto wad never more important than in tze current times marked by uncertainty!

Open European Dialogue x Paris Defence and Strategy Forum Today and tomorrow, upon initiative of our network member Natalia Pouzyreff of the French Parliament, we are convening a parliamentary delegation of 14 members to the inaugural edition of the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum

Zaczyna się Paryskie Forum Bezpieczeństwa (PDSF). Jutro jako przewodniczący Zgromadzenia Parlamentarnego NATO zostałem zaproszony do głównej debaty o dialogu międzyparlamentarnym i stawianiu czoła imperializmowi zbrodniczej Rosji. #PDSF2024 #WeAreNATO Open European Dialogue NATO PA / AP-OTAN

Started the day with a breakfast for members of parliament from 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇮🇹🇬🇪🇪🇪🇷🇴🇵🇹 and 🇧🇬 at UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 to continue the effort of sharing perspectives on European responses to the ongoing war against Ukraine. Open European Dialogue

Emanuele Loperfido 🇮🇹 Ivan Gonçalves Liisa Pakosta Natalia Pouzyreff Kristian Vigenin Federico Castiglioni The program also included an exclusive parliamentary breakfast hosted by UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 where 12 of our parliamentary delegates from 9 countries shared views on the ongoing war in Ukraine and its implications for Europe in preparation for today's dialogue session at #PDSF2024.

Voices from the #OEDialogue x #PDSF2024 Kristian Vigenin, Member of the Bulgarian Parliament 🇧🇬 on the importance of these interparliamentary dialogue opportunities. Thank you Kristian for joining us! Kristian Vigenin

🌟 Launching today! 🌟 We're thrilled to announce the 2nd edition of the Policy Design Sprint! This initiative brings together 12 parliamentarians to tackle the question: “How do we future-proof Europe’s workforce in the light of rapid technological disruption?”

📢 A crucial dialogue opportunity for our members next Tuesday. We look forward to seeing many of you and discussing where you think Europe is headed together!

Join us to gain insider perspectives from two long-time members of the Open European Dialogue from the European Parliament and Estonia. This will be the last online dialogue before the summer break, don't miss it!

Più di 50 parlamentari da oltre 20 Paesi europei, inclusi #Ucraina e #Georgia 🏛️ Decine di ore di discussione e workshop 📊 Su democrazia, contrasto alle fake-news e scenari di lungo termine 🗨️ Un intenso fine settimana a Zagabria, fatto di riflessioni, confronto e conversazioni