Call for Local Side Events 2026

 Call for local side events! 

While much of our collaboration happens online through our digital platform, we know that real impact also happens locally—in schools, organisations, and communities.

 This call invites members of the Education for Climate Coalition to propose local side events, either in person or online, to be recognised and promoted as part of Education for Climate Day. The initiative aims to encourage members to organise events within their own communities and to promote local activities across the wider Education for Climate community. 

Why we’re inviting you to host a local side event between 7 September to 21 October 2026 as part of Education for Climate Day! This is your chance to: 

• Showcase your community’s climate and education initiatives 
• Connect your local work to a European-wide audience 
• Contribute to a collective movement for sustainability competences 

By proposing a side event, you can make your local activities visible across Europe and have them featured as part of the official programme. 

To have your event selected as an official side event, your proposal should follow the guidelines outlined below. These ensure that every activity reflects the Coalition’s values of inclusivity, accessibility, and impact. Submissions will be accepted until 30 September 2026.

Guidelines for your submission

1. Launch a local-level event between 7 September and 21 October 2026. 
2. Fill in the dedicated form to have your event promoted and considered as a part of the Education for Climate Day 2026

Your event must be created as an event page on the Education for Climate Coalition platform, both if held online or in-person. You should also prepare a short post about your event on the dedicated group for the call to allow the community managers to promote it within the platform.

Topic of the event: Your event must be related to the theme of Intergenerational fairness, to learn more you can refer to the article or full strategy. 

Pre-event: 

Before your event is held, please ensure the following has been shared with the Community Managers. 

• The name and thematic focus/topic of the event 
• The country organising the event 
• The hosting organisation
•  Target audience (students, educators, policy makers, researchers, etc) 
• Number of participants expected 

Post- event: 

Once you have hosted your event, you need to prepare and provide the following information to the Secretariat: 

• Number of attendees
• At least one photo or short video (or recording) of the event (but do ensure that consent is gathered from any participants) . For your video to be considered as a part of the Annual event, please send them to us by 15 September so that we can ensure they are properly processed (edited and authorisation forms received). 
• A short description of how the event went (e.g.: promotion of the event, number of speakers, perceived relevance of the topics covered, level of interaction during the event, follow-up actions, achievement of the objectives), and key takeaways 
   

We encourage all event organisers to draft a short news piece about their event and to post it on the event page on the platform following the event. 

Submit your event using the webform on the platform. Submissions will be accepted until 30 September 2026.