We Make Transition! Impact Event - Let’s keep doing sustainability transitions!
Project: We make transition!
Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting

We make transition!
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Date & Time26. November 2025
09:00 - 16:00 (EET) -
Venue
- Siluetti Meeting Space, Tampere Bus Station, Hatanpään valtatie 5-7
- 33100 Tampere
- Finland
Description
We make transition! project has empowered a big number of local authorities, civil society and small business actors to cooperate for a sustainable future. Now it is time to look at what we have achieved and learned during the project. Welcome to the We make transition! final seminar to hear about concrete examples of the project impact and discuss how local authorities and small local actors can cooperate in making sustainability transitions. Our keynote speaker Timo Huhtamäki is a valued speaker, expert and influencer of circular economy, CEO of Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation and EU Climate Ambassador.
Agenda
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- 09:00 - 09:20 (EET)Welcome – the power of the We make transition!, Johanna Leino, the Baltic Institute of Finland
- 09:20 - 10:15 (EET)Keynote: Raising the true systemic dilemmas – My story as a changemaker, Timo Huhtamäki, circular economy influencer, CEO of Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation, EU Climate Ambassador
- 10:15 - 11:00 (EET)Examples of the WMT! impact: the voice of local actors - Second Hand Tampere, Finland; Blokgarden community gardening & Culture Center of Sustainable Life, Finland; JustStore & Future in our hands, Norway; and Bioregion working group, Latvia
- 11:00 - 11:15 (EET)Coffee Break
- 11:15 - 12:15 (EET)Regional and local authority views - City of Tampere; Municipality of Hämeenkyrö; The Council of Tampere Region; and City of Gdynia
- 12:15 - 13:30 (EET)Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 14:00 (EET)Biodiversity – Uusikaupunki and Tampere
- 14:00 - 14:30 (EET)Session for networking and idea exchange
- 14:30 - 15:00 (EET)Sustainable Food – Trondheim; Bremen; and Vidzeme region
- 15:00 - 15:20 (EET)Coffee Break
- 15:20 - 15:45 (EET)Creative Circular Cities project and commentary (tbc)
- 15:45 - 16:00 (EET)Final chat & thank you!
Events
Upcoming events
14 |
October |
WMT! contributes to a workshop at European Week of Regions and Cities 2025
Project: We make transition!
Physical Meeting
14. October 2025
15:30 - 16:30 (CET)
15:30 - 16:30 (CET)
14 Oct 2025
WMT! contributes to a workshop at European Week of Regions and Cities 2025
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2025-10-14
2025-10-14
15:30:00
16:30:59
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Past events
20 | - | 22 |
May |
Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference
Project: We make transition!
Physical Meeting
20. - 22. May 2025
00:00 - 23:59 (BST)
00:00 - 23:59 (BST)
20 - 22 May 2025
Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference
We make transition! study visit will be organised in connection with the Conference
0
2025-05-20
2025-05-22
00:00:00
23:59:59
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15 |
May |
WMT! WEBINAR: Empowering people for sustainability transitions – cases from We make transition!
Project: We make transition!
Virtual Meeting
15. May 2025
13:30 - 15:30 (EET)
13:30 - 15:30 (EET)
15 May 2025
WMT! WEBINAR: Empowering people for sustainability transitions – cases from We make transition!
0
2025-05-15
2025-05-15
13:30:00
15:30:59
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23 | - | 24 |
April |
Partner meeting and study visits in Valmiera, Latvia
Project: We make transition!
Physical Meeting
23. - 24. April 2025
00:00 - 23:59 (CEST)
00:00 - 23:59 (CEST)
23 - 24 Apr 2025
Partner meeting and study visits in Valmiera, Latvia
WMT! project meeting will be organised in Valmiera. The meeting focuses on sustainable food.
0
2025-04-23
2025-04-24
00:00:00
23:59:59
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