We are delighted to announce that as of 1 September Ard Hordijk has joined CHE Synnervate and CHE School of Synnervation as synnervator. Ard was already involved with CHE as Research Lead, and therefore also engaged with the Turkoise Research.

Ard: “I enjoy putting a certain complex sustainability theme in the middle, for example sustainable fisheries or the theme biodiversity and business. On that theme I offer an integral reflection on what is now, from which together with the relevant organisations and people the new can be explored and strategic interventions can be developed. Within that reflection there is specific attention for the interests and values of the different stakeholders and the trust and interaction between them. I support organisations and people that play a leading role in multi stakeholder contexts. I am also keen on bringing different organisations together in suitable ways around suitable themes in order to support the transitions needed. My educational background is in econometrics and the last 12 years I have been working on corporate sustainability, biodiversity and business and sustainable supply chains at Nyenrode Business University, Twynstra Gudde and Environmental Resources Management.”

7 t/m 10 april 2011 in Almere, Nederland

The CHE Netherlands invites you to the fifth annual SDi EuroConFab April 7 -10, 2011 in Almere, The Netherlands:

The Center for Human Emergence Netherlands invites you to the fifth annual Spiral Dynamics integral EuroConFab, April 8 -10, 2011 in Almere, The Netherlands, with a special on the City of Almere cases on April 7th.

This web page informs you about:

• Call for contributors and questions to explore
• Emergent topics of this EuroConFab
• New at EuroConfab: dive into a City of Almere case study on April 7th
• FAQ on line soon!

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The 2011 SDi EuroConFab is a meeting place for kindred spirits. The purpose is to create an internationally shared field of best practices of emergence and evolutionary change. So we invite you to exchange your experience, quests and questions and co-create with other participants.

If you wish to share in a session, we request you to send us a short description of your subject as soon as possible. Please include the questions you would like to inquire into. You can do so by sending an e-mail to euroconfab@humanemergence.nl. We will let you know on short notice whether, how and where it fits in the program. NB: we welcome all kinds of contributions, also those that address a totally different topic.

EMERGING TOPICS AT EUROCONFAB 2011

Vital Cities – Vital Signs Monitoring
Sustainable development of cities and regions dependend on the vitalization of value Memes. Keeping track of the dynamics of vMeme and life conditions is crucial. Integral Vital Signs Monitoring and subsequent development of interventions are necessary. How can we further develop our knowledge and experience building on our inquiries at the former EuroConFabs and our experiences in practice? What methods for monitoring do we employ? What do we measure? At what scale? In what contexts? How can the build up of a VSM system be part of the vitalization of the cityand region itself? The City of Almere will serve as a living laboratory to inquire into this emerging theme. Marilyn Hamilton, author of Integral Cities, will offer her latest insights on pro-active Vital Signs Monitoring. Morel Fourman has challenging questions from practice around the role of Vital Signs in building shared understanding, collaboration and implementing transition. Please let us know what experiences you can share.

Meshworking™
Meshworking is increasing momentum as a new way to generate healthy and comprehensive solutions for complex issues. At the EuroConFab 2008 one of the questions we left with was: “What does it really require of the Meshweaver to build an effective Meshwork?”. In March 2010 an international group of practioners came together in the Netherlands for a four day inquiry to gain a greater understanding what Meshworking really is and how Meshweavers integrate, align and synergize resources, people and motives. In this EuroConFab we will build further on creating our body of knowledge together. It is the step beyond and including Networking and Communities of Practices. What does that mean? What have Meshweavers learnt in practice? What needs to be addressed in a curriculum to expand the Meshwork practice into a profession with strategic impact and build a Community of Meshweave practioners?, share Including the latest experience with Meshworkingin Mexico at the Cancun Climate summit COP 16. Please offer your own learnings and let us know!

The promise of Turquoise
The Turquoise vMeme, because of its all encompassing Big Mind / Big Heart nature, seems so promising and needed in these turbulent years. Clarity of mind, and at the same time compassionate at the deepest level. It is longed for, yet what does it demand from the individual and the collective? What is the essence of the Turquoise vMeme? What examples do we see, experience? What does it imply for our own development? For the way we organise ourselves? For the interventions and engagements we design? At the EuroConFab, CHE Netherlands will share the latest of its Turqoise Research Project, an ongoing endeavour to explore the confines of our individual and collective evolution.

City of Almere case study
On Thursday April 7th, we offer the possibility to engage in a review of the City of Almere cases. Small review teams of ConFab participants will reflect on real challenges of specific stakeholders, who look forward to our feedback from an integral, evolutionary SDi perspective. The output of the teams will be input for the EuroConFab. One of the cases has been confirmed: how can the BuitenhoutCollege (VMBO level, local highschool for vocational training) and the multi ethnic, surrounding district of Almere Buiten inspire each others development? The other cases will likely involve citizen participation in neighbourhood development in Almere Haven, the future search of a horticultural glasshouse district in economic trouble in Almere Buiten Vaart, and the reorganization of health services in Almere. The cases are prepared in collaboration with the Chair of ‘eco-effective entrepreneurship in urban environments’ of the CAH Almere University of Applied Sciences. www.cahalmere.nl

FAQs
We notice an increasing number questions that people ask us. We try to answer every question with care. The most frequently asked questions will be up on the website soon. Go to www.schoolofsynnervation.nl. You can also mail to euroconfab@humanemergence.nl.

• Read the PDF brochure

• Visit the registration form

We hope to see you in April!

With warm regards from the EuroConFab-team 2011:
Gaston Remmers, Inge Broere, Jasper Rienstra and Anne-Marie Voorhoeve