From 3rd to 5th October, the Ecocity Forum 2018 “Circular Economy in Smart Cities" took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. Ecocity Greece – a platform, in which also Naturefriends Greece engage themselves – organised this conference to raise awareness regarding Circular Economy and Smart Cities and invited international experts to speak in the different panel sessions.

Naturefriends International were invited to present the Transforming Tourism initiative. Shedding light on the challenges the tourism industry faces – also in the context with the Agenda 2030 – and also to provide input concerning Human Rights in tourism, the Transforming Tourism initiative was well received and sparked an interesting discussion.