DUST

We are an 🇪🇺 EU-funded @HorizonEU project investigating the democratisation 👥 of just sustainability transitions 🌱

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🗣Katowice’s third RFLL brough together voices from youth, miners, and retirees, the workshop dived into draft policy statements to testing their relevance and impact.

👓 Read on to explore a snippet of their insights: https://t.co/Z3X47GPVLM

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⚽The third Regional Futures Literacy Lab (RFLL) in Stara Zagora  kicked off the reframing phase, where participants worked with draft policy seed statements shaped by earlier workshops.

🤝 Read on to explore more: https://t.co/osGlyoSKiM

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🤔 How can the future of a region be shaped through open public discussion?

🎯Well, Norrbotten's third RFLL did exactly that, using the e-democracy tool, https://t.co/9bjIBmUoWr!

🏊 Dive into the full story here: https://t.co/vipKo9h029

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🏃 In our rush to deliver results, how often do we truly pause to listen to the people we work with?

🤔 At our most recent DUST consortium meeting, we held a workshop on mutual respect and inclusion.

🔬 Check out the details here: https://t.co/IxVHDljR7S

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📢 On May 21st 2025, the DUST project held its 5th consortium meeting.

The Meeting reaffirmed the importance of community-rooted, context-sensitive, and power-aware policymaking.

🔍 Read about what we discussed in the meeting here: https://t.co/Ji4jPrUy4w

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🔬During the second Regional Futures Literacy Lab (RFLL) in Katowice, two powerful visions for the future of the region came into focus.

💭 Curios? Learn more here: https://t.co/IgqKMqsjIg

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🕺During Katowice’s first RFLL, participants stressed that a just transition must reflect the real needs and opportunities of the region—education, retraining & strengthening local identity and the economy.

👉Read the full blog for deeper insights here: https://t.co/lnEAqEgd0Z

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🤔What could Stara Zagora become in the next two decades?

🎋 In RFFL Workshop 2, participants explored both probable futures—what is likely to happen—and preferred futures—what they hope to realise.

🏊Dive into the insights from the workshop here: https://t.co/Nv1ZZQjJxd

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🎡Our next stop on the Regional Futures Literacy Lab (RFLL) journey: Stara Zagora!

🌱Participants explored key transition themes —employment creation, renewable energy, economic diversification, and climate adaptation.

🔎Learn more here: https://t.co/ZQqoym78YD

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🙌Ta-da! Our second Regional Futures Literacy Lab in Norrbotten!

⌚Here, participants explored both probable futures—what they believe is likely—and preferred futures—what they hope will unfold as the region evolves.

😎Discover the full insights here: https://t.co/AkQ3XwHWuf

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📢 We held our first Regional Futures Literacy Lab in Norrbotten.

🍃 Discussions centred around “New ways to collaborate in the green transition in rural Norrbotten” examining sustainability through the lens of territorial capital.

🔍 Read here: https://t.co/mq7pmo0F0A

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📢 The Regional Futures Literacy Labs (RFLLs) are officially underway in the DUST project.

💬 Our regional partners are making strong progress with a series of workshops in four of our case study regions.

🔍 Read more here: https://t.co/9XBVcQ8EtR

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🎉 We have a new partner in DUST

🏫 The Humanistisches Jugendwerk association (Humaju) works with young people in Cottbus, Germany, offering a wide range of services and support options.

📢 Read more here: https://t.co/1OXOxtsw9h

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📢What does gender equity in citizen engagement look like?

💬 This was just one of the many insightful topics explored during DUST’s Community Champion Network (CCN) workshop in Sweden.

🔍 Learn more about the workshop here: https://t.co/11QK6ByLWm

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🎭 There is a mismatch in what a just sustainability transition means for policy and for communities.

🌉 How can we bridge the gap between policy and communities for a more inclusive transition?

📖 Read more here: https://t.co/zQHK3NHylK

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👐 What is the role of relevance in transition policies and engagement?

🚨 Many communities across DUST regions doubt transition policies’ relevance but there are ways to better incorporate and communicate it.

🔧 Read more about solutions here: https://t.co/kpPB9YRZsl

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💫 In DUST, we combine place-based democratic decision making, with citizen participation at scale.

💻 To reach large audiences we are about to use the pioneering platform for e-democracy: https://t.co/9bjIBmTR6T.

👉 Read about https://t.co/9bjIBmTR6T: https://t.co/ot9dvKvid8

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🔍️ Looking for inspiration on how to engage communities in the just transition?

🎇Check out some inspiration from Sweden.

🤝 Read the full blog post for insights here: https://t.co/tqqgkq1ptQ

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💥A major deliverable released!

💻Deliverable 3.4 is a synthesis of the desk research conducted in DUST in the last two years.

💫 It explores the participation of less engaged communities in sustainable transitions.

👉 Read here: https://t.co/mAKLwFC3Fp