Welcome,

Every citizen’s responsibility is - as far as possible - to commit themselves to shaping a better society. I believe that we all have do society a ‘service’, according to the time and place, our personal skills and our specific sphere of action. We must also make proposals since, in the words posted in Johannesburg at the World Summit for Sustainable Development, "the world is the product of our thinking". Naturally, this implies accepting risks, such as failing, being judged and being criticized. Like many others, I take them on board.

The purpose of this site is to foster exchanges in the three work areas in which I endeavour to bring my ‘contribution’ to the debate. I would be most happy to correspond with you on these subjects.

Best regards,

Raymond Van Ermen
Raymond.vanermen@epe.be

Last articles:

• Memorandum to the European political parties. Programme for the 2009-2014 Legislature“Exploring new approaches”
  Memorandum to the Governments of the Trio Spain, Belgium, Hungary 2010-2011. October 2008
• Financing a Circular Economy. A China-EU Financing Clean Technologies Development Partnership, Macao - 24 April 2008
• Finance & Eco-Innovation: A Key Dimension of Green leadership for Europe. European Business Summit, February 21-22/08
• An Ambitious Business Response In support to the European Strategy on Sustainable Development, September 2007.
• Innovative Environmental Governance and Regulation in the European Union: Any Lessons for US ? June 2007
• An ambitious business response to shoulder a more ambitious political agenda. June 2007
• An Energy and Water Treaty inspired by the European Coal and Steel Community 1951. June 2007
• The June 2007 roadmap - A way out of the constitutional crisis ? May 2007
• EMPOWER – European Civil Society Forum, Bergamo Forum 9-10 November 2006
  
• Turkey and the Second Olympic Ring
• The Second Olympic Ring: the Three-Sea Alliance
• EMPOWER. Accelerator of Progress for Europe. Bergamo Forum 2006
• The second Olympic Ring or the Three-Sea Alliance
• Plan B, Citizens facing up to the European Union. Changing the European Governance”
• Letter to Mr. Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Cancellor of Austria
• Propositions for the Roadmap "Constitutional Treaty" to be adopted by the European Council in June 2006
• Citizens facing up the European Union. Innovation and European Governance: a roadmap to overcome the crisis.
• Speech at the Lunching of STIC - Indonesia January 2006
• Communication and participatory democracy. Agenda 2006-2007. Scenarios to rebuild the Union
• Pursuing the European Dream: the Second Olympic Ring. The European Union, co-founder of the Four-Sea Alliance. September 2005
• Capacity Building of Indonesian Intermediaries Business Organisation on Sustainable Trade Bali. 4 Septembre 2005.
• European Treaties, Institutions and Civil Society after the June Council 2005. Juillet 2005
• La Constitution Européenne du 9 Mai 2006 . Mai 2005.
• Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption, a Source of Progress and Well-Being, Eco-innovation and Competitiveness. May 2005.