Calendar 2026

January

14 – 15 January 

Final Conference of the ToBe & SPES Projects

Brussels

14 – 15 January 

Online policy dialogue

Socially responsible and gender sensitive public procurement: barriers and enabling factors 

February

Interactive science-policy dialogue

Competitiveness reimagined: Towards sustainable and inclusive wellbeing

March

18 March 2026

Political Strategy Workshop: Defensive Advocacy to Long-Term Power Building


Brussels 
Organizer: The European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

18 March 2026

Interactive science-policy dialogue

Rewiring public budgets for wellbeing outcomes 

14 March 2026 

An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Future (SPES) 

14 March 2026 

Publication: Deliverable D5.1

Data harmonisation and collection for wellbeing and sustainability indicators Full report, Policy brief for NSI officials and for policymakers 

April

Interactive science-policy dialogue

Embedding Intergenerational fairness in policymaking

15, 16 and 17 April 2026 

The 2026 Wellbeing Economy Forum 

Reykjavík 
Organizer: Wellbeing Economy Forum 

15, 16 and 17 April 2026 
22 April 2026 

Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth: A Global Roadmap for a New Economy

Geneva 
Organizer: mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

22 April 2026 

May

Interactive science-policy dialogue

Housing as the foundation for healthy, inclusive and resilient communities

June

06/05/2025

EU Industry Days 2025

5–6 June, 2025
Rzeszów, Poland
Link to event page

06/05/2025
06/16/2025

30th Annual Conference of the EAERE

16 Jun – 19 Jun 2025
Bergen, Norway
Organizer: European Association on Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE)
Link to event page

06/16/2025
06/24/2025

Public lecture (REAL)

24 June 2025 
Time: 15.00–16.00

06/24/2025
06/24/2025

18th conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and 11th International Degrowth Conference ISEE

24–27 June 2025
Oslo, Norway
Link to event page

06/24/2025
06/30/2025

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

30 June – 3 July, 2025
Seville, Spain
Organizer: United Nations
Link to event page

06/30/2025

EU Roundtable Follow-up 5/6: EU Semester

EU Roundtable Follow-up 6/6: Governance

Co-creation Workshop: Envisioning Sustainable Economic Policy Paradigms – Context: Finland

Co-creation Workshop: Universal Basic and Care Income – Context: Spain

Co-creation Workshop: Degrowth Agrifood Policy at the Catalan Level 2/4

Wellbeing Economy Policy Lab Workshop 1/6

Policy Roundtable with Sibling Projects

EU Green week

EU Week of Cities and Regions

Financial Forum for Global Decarbonization

Renaissance in Economics 

Florence, Italy

July

07/22/2025

ISQOLS 23rd Annual Conference – Redefining Progress: Achieving Sustainable Well-Being for All 

22-25 July 2025
Link to event page

07/22/2025

High-level Political Forum (New York, United States)

ISDRS (International Sustainable Development Research Society)

EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutions)

ISIE (International Society on Industrial Ecology) 

IAFFE (Feminist Economics, UMASS Amherst)

August

Science-Policy Dialogue in Finland 2/4

Publication: Policy Recommendations on Alternative Growth Initiatives (ToBe)

ERSA (European Regional Science Association)

September

Co-creative Workshop: Green Job Guarantee in Spain 3/4

High level Wellbeing Economy Policy Lab Workshop 2/6

Workshop 1 on Wealth Accounting – Office of National Statistics ONS (UK)

MERGE EU Science-Policy Dialogue 3/4

Roundtable on Well-being and Sustainability Indicators 

Science-Policy Dialogue in Finland 3/4 

Policy Dialogue (ToBe)

Policy Lab (WISE Horizons)

UNGA 80th (New York, United States)

ICSD 2025 : 13th International Conference on Sustainable Development

Rome, Italy

HDCA (Human Development and Capability Association) Conference

Rethinking Clusters

October

10/03/2025

Seminar on Income Policies, Care and Degrowth 

Research & Degrowth

10/03/2025
10/8/2025

Workshop on wealth accounting

(UGent)

10/8/2025
10/16/2025

Workshop on comprehensive measures of welfare (ONS)

16.-17.10. Brussels

10/16/2025
10/24/2025

Seminar on Job Guarantee Programs and Degrowth 

Research & Degrowth

10/24/2025
10/30/2025

Online Science-Policy Dialogue

Towards a prosperous Europe: Shaping Policies for Sustainable and Inclusive Wellbeing 
Link to event page

10/30/2025
10/28/2025

International Triple Helix Conference (TripleHelix Conference)

28–31 Oct, 2025
Monterrey, Mexico
Organizer: The Knowledge Management Education Hub (The KMedu Hub)
Link to event page

10/28/2025

Workshop on Comprehensive Welfare Measures

Co-creative Workshop: Degrowth Agrifood Policies at the Catalan level 4/4

EU Sustainable Investment Summit and European Week of Cities and Regions

European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) 

November

11/10/2025

Roundtable on the connection between the economy and sustainable well-being in a time of austerity

11/10/2025
11/12/2025

European Semester deep dive

Brussels

11/12/2025
11/17/2025

Workshop 2 on Wealth Accounting – Office of National Statistics ONS (UK)

Online

11/17/2025

High-level Wellbeing Economy Policy Lab Workshop 3/6 

11/24/2025

Policy Lab

Brussels

11/24/2025

Working Seminar with Political Parties on Universal Basic/Care Income 1/4

Working Seminar with Political Parties on Degrowth Agrifood Policy 2/4 

European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW)

Annual Research Conference – JRC and ECFIN

2nd World Summit for Social Development

Qatar

UN World Social Summit

COP 30 

Brazil

December

Policy Lab  on Wellbeing budgeting (national level) (EPC) 

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