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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: dustproject.eu/post/shaping-t…

⚽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: dustproject.eu/post/from-dial…

🤔 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, Pol.is! 🏊 Dive into the full story here: dustproject.eu/post/inside-th…

🏃 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: dustproject.eu/post/inside-ou…

📢 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: dustproject.eu/post/deep-disc…

🔬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: dustproject.eu/post/progress-…

🕺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: dustproject.eu/post/the-rflls…

🤔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: dustproject.eu/post/stara-zag…

🎡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: dustproject.eu/post/next-stop…

🙌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: dustproject.eu/post/norrbotte…

📢 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: lnkd.in/eUWah-7S

📢 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: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

🎉 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: lnkd.in/eAbPDxNr

📢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: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

🎭 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: lnkd.in/gfzEXSSi

👐 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: dustproject.eu/post/is-their-…

💫 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: Pol.is. 👉 Read about Pol.is: dustproject.eu/post/dust-uses…

🔍️ 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: dustproject.eu/post/inspirati…

💥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: dustproject.eu/releases-d3-4