Intergenerational Fairness Day Podcast

Intergenerational Fairness Day

On November 16th, 2023, organisations from all over the world are proclaiming a worldwide day for action. Join host Lena Winzer as she introduces the concept of ‘intergenerational fairness’ and the organisations championing the Intergenerational Fairness Day! Every three months an episode will be released, in which challenges to an intergenerationally fair world are introduced and discussed.The first episode releases on 16/11/2023 and is produced by Lena Winzer and Svenja Klöckner. 

Episodes

  1. 12/16/2025

    Inside the European Commission's Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness

    This episode takes you straight to Europe’s unique effort to look beyond short-term politics: the European Commission’s Citizens’ Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. From September to November 2025, 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU Member States gathered on three weekends to discuss long-term policy recommendations – and on November 16th, Intergenerational Fairness Day, they handed over their final 24 recommendations to European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Glenn Micallef. Lena was in Brussels for the final session, and in this episode, she walks you through what she witnessed: the debates, the challenges, the learning moments, and the recognition that citizens were shaping a shared long-term vision rather than simply observing it. What exactly is a Citizens’ Panel? How does it work? And what does it mean that its outcome will help shape the EU’s first-ever Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness, due in 2026? To answer these questions, Lena speaks with three people who helped shape the process from the inside: Béla Kuslits, senior ecology officer at the Jesuit European Social Centre, and the coordinator of the Future Generations InitiativePetranka Malcheva, policy lead for Health, Long-term thinking and Prevention at the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for WalesDeša Srsen, Cabinet member of Commissioner Micallef and the person responsible for drafting the upcoming StrategyLena discusses the panel’s purpose with experts, shares their biggest surprises, and what it will take for Europe to truly embed long-term responsibility into everyday policymaking. If you want to understand how exactly Europe is trying to turn intergenerational fairness into political practice, this is the episode you don’t want to miss. Find out more information about the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations: https://intergenerationaljustice.org/about-us/who-we-are/ You can explore the European Citizens’ Panel on Intergenerational Fairness on the Commission’s website: https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/citizens-panel-intergenerational-fairness_en and read our full blogpost about the final session here: https://intergenerationaljustice.org/2025/11/25/european-citizens-panel-intergenerational-fairness/. If you want to dive deeper into the Intergenerational Fairness Day itself, you’ll find more information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergenerational_Fairness_Day or https://intergenerationaljustice.org/projects/intergenerational-fairness-day/ And if you’re new to this podcast, you can listen to all episodes here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2273376 Follow us on Instagram @intergenerationalfairnessday and use the #intergenerationalfairnessday or send us an email to dialog@srzg.de.  Thank you for listening!  -------- CREDITS Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Lena Winzer Producer/Editor: Lena Winzer, Svenja Klöckner Music: Benjamin Cornelius, Background Sounds

  2. 11/16/2023

    Introducing Intergenerational Fairness: A Global Movement

    Welcome to the first episode of the Intergenerational Fairness Day Podcast! Join us in our worldwide effort to call for intergenerational fairness on November 16th! Listen to your host Lena Winzer tell you all about the concept and introduce you to the organisations that have called this day into action.  Follow us on instagram @intergenerationalfairnessday and use the #intergenerationalfairnessday or send us an email to dialog@srzg.de.  Thank you for listening! If you want to learn more about the organisations championing the Intergenerational Fairness Day, then check out the links below! Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Germany https://www.intergenerationaljustice.org Intergenerational Foundation, United Kingdom https://www.if.org.uk Milliongenerations, Netherlands https://www.milliongenerations.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Partnership for Future Generations in Africa https://ourfutureagenda.org/2023/02/partnership-for-future-generations-in-africa/#:~:text=Partnering%20for%20future%20generations%20requires,as%20trustees%20for%20future%20generations. The Berkeley Institute for Young Americans, United States of America https://youngamericans.berkeley.edu Think Forward, Australia https://www.thinkforward.org.au Generation Squeeze, Canada https://www.gensqueeze.ca Future Design, Japan https://www.ri-futuredesign.com Next Generation Fellows, United Nations Foundation https://ourfutureagenda.org/nextgenerationfellows/   CREDITS  Creator/Host/Executive Producer: Lena Winzer  Producer/Editor: Svenja Klöckner  Music: Benjamin Cornelius, Background Sounds  Art: Intergenerational Fairness Day

    Introducing Intergenerational Fairness: A Global Movement

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On November 16th, 2023, organisations from all over the world are proclaiming a worldwide day for action. Join host Lena Winzer as she introduces the concept of ‘intergenerational fairness’ and the organisations championing the Intergenerational Fairness Day! Every three months an episode will be released, in which challenges to an intergenerationally fair world are introduced and discussed.The first episode releases on 16/11/2023 and is produced by Lena Winzer and Svenja Klöckner.