The CoGREE Steering Group meeting on 15.05.24 (via Zoom) began under the impression of the death of Lesley Prior, the esteemed secretary of CoGREE and representative of EFTRE. She was remembered with deep sadness, especially as her burial ceremony took place that day. Lesley will be remembered by all as an extremely present, friendly and helpful person.
Stephanie Polzhofer from the Bavarian RPZ was welcomed as the new representative of EUFRES. The meeting, attended by Piet Janssen, Werner Haussmann, Louis Marie Piron, Bianca Kappelhoff, Stephanie Polzhofer and Michael Holzwieser, spent a long time discussing the nature, identity and aims of CoGREE (What makes CoGREE to be CoGREE?), supported by a stimulating presentation by Bianca Kappelhoff. It was recognized that this could only be the beginning of the discussion process. Regarding the future activities of CoGREE, it was agreed that there is currently a lack of resources to organize large public events, but that deepening the existing collaboration and supporting member activities would be useful. It was therefore decided to discuss the objectives further and to discuss possible changes to the basic understanding on the cogree.org website at the next meeting in the fall.
The next CoGREE Steering Group Meeting will take place on November 8 and 9, 2024 in Nuremberg, the European Board of ICCS will meet beforehand (November 7/8, 2024).
Louis Marie Piron agreed to organise the 2025 CoGREE meeting in Paris.
Finally, Werner Haussmann invited all those present to a conference at his university (30.09.-02.10.24) with the theme “Education for Sustainable Development – Spiritual Dimensions”: https://www.evrel.phil.fau.de/nuernberger-forum/nuremberg-forum-2024
Piet Jansen closed the meeting with words of thanks and best wishes for the work of all participants.