Objective "The CONVERGE project will build from the concept of 'contraction and convergence' that informed the Kyoto process. C&C linked the key social concept of equal rights to emissions with the key ecological need for reduced emissions to issue a challenge to economic systems to develop fair processes for emissions reduction. CONVERGE aims to re-think globalisation by developing our understanding of convergence beyond emissions-trading across wider social, economic and ecological dimensions of sustainability. CONVERGE will research, develop and test the processes of contraction, convergence and divergence in current forms of globalisation. The research will be based on systems science to integrate social, scientific and economic disciplines in order to create coherent solutions to complex problems. Key to the success of this study is the interdisciplinary approach and working with stakeholders from civil society, government and business. CONVERGE seeks to explore convergent sustainability relationships across different scales from local, national, global-regional to global. CONVERGE will research current examples of convergence in communities, policies and indicators moving towards sustainability. The project will develop a convergence frame for understanding and development in civil society and policy communities; accessible publications providing guidance and tools for the use of this framework; a set of Convergence indicators, quantitative and qualitative, that will be used to test and model the processes of convergence including development of a Computer Programme; and recommendations to assist policy makers to integrate C&C into the decision making process. CONVERGE will play a significant role in achieving the strategic objective of EUs global partnership: ""to promote sustainable development actively worldwide and ensure that the European Union's internal and external policies are consistent with global sustainable development and its international commitments.""" Fields of science social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiessocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiesforeign policysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societysocial sciencessociologyglobalization Keywords equal rights framework indicators interdisciplinary modelling policy testing visionary Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2008.4.2.3.1. - Rethinking globalisation in the light of sustainable development Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2008-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator DR. E.F. SCHUMACHER SOCIETY LIMITED EU contribution € 73 840,00 Address THE CREATE CENTRE, SMEATON ROAD BS1 6XN BRISTOL United Kingdom See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Ian Roderick (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 40 203,52 Address BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD BS8 1QU Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mike Hobbs (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Sweden EU contribution € 280 165,20 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 LUND See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Harald Sverdrup (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GREENDEPENDENT - SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATION Participation ended Hungary EU contribution € 52 934,96 Address Eva utca 2100 GODOLLO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Edina Vadovics (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SZENT ISTVAN EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 129 456,00 Address Pater Karoly utca 1 2100 GODOLLO See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Balint Balazs (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE SCHUMACHER CENTRE LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 321 856,96 Address BUSH HOUSE, PRINCE STREET 5th FLOOR BS1 4HU BRISTOL See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ian Roderick (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data The Natural Step International Sweden EU contribution € 180 691,00 Address Garvagatan 9C 11221 Stockholm See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Josefin Nyström (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT India EU contribution € 74 083,00 Address BYE PASS ROAD 105A/1 627003 THIRUNELVELI See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Charles Christy (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HASKOLI ISLANDS Iceland EU contribution € 145 668,00 Address SAEMUNDARGOTU 2 101 Reykjavik See on map Region Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kirstin Vala Ragnarsdottir (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GREENDEPENDENT INTEZET NONPROFIT KOZHASZNU KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG Hungary EU contribution € 99 253,36 Address EVA UTCA 4 2100 Godollo See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Pest Pest Activity type Other Administrative Contact Kristóf Vadovics (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data