On 1 and 2 June 2007, the Apeldoorn Conference took place in The Hague. The central theme of the Apeldoorn Conference 2007 was ‘Sustainability’ and the title Facing up to Reality: Choices for a Sustainable World. The conference attracted 50 participants from the UK and 50 from the Netherlands, drawn mainly from the fields of politics, business, government and the media. Participants were divided into 4 workshop groups. Each group to analysed a different but related set of problems; to identify possible choices and solutions and to produce a set of recommendations which they defended in the closing debate titled ‘Choices for a Sustainable World’.

Download the Apeldoorn Conference 2007 report

View photos of the Apeldoorn Conference 2007

 Read the blog by participant Norman Geras

			Download speeches: Wim Kok, Tom Burke, Rob Routs and Diederik Samsom
			Download programme: PDF or Word version
			Download press release
			Download themes document
			Sponsors 2007

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Joanna de Jong-Keogh
Project and Partnerships Manager, Benelux Region, British Council Netherlands
Manon de Ruijter
Projects Co-ordinator, British Council Netherlands
Mark Baldwin
Project Manager, Benelux Region, British Council Netherlands