Forging the European Democracy Shield
As this important initiative is now on the drawing board, democracy organizations, civil society experts, and other stakeholders are called to provide their perspectives on the priorities they see for the initiative and what thematic and geographic scope it should take to be effective.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), the Kofi Annan Foundation, and International IDEA are glad to invite you to a Policy Discussion focused on setting priorities and defining the thematic and geographic remit of an effective European Democracy Shield, together with a broad range of civil society organisations, representatives of Member States, EU institutions, academia and media.
Join this discussion! Please save the date in your calendar and register as of today.
The event will be followed by a networking lunch.
Agenda items
8:30: Arrival, registration, and coffee
9:00: Opening speeches
- Welcome speech by Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC
- Address by Anu Juvonen, President, European Partnership for Democracy
- Address by Corinne Momal-Vanian, Executive Director, Kofi Annan Foundation
Master of Ceremonies: Marilyn Neven, Head of EU Liaison, Regional Europe Programme, International IDEA
9:20 Keynote speech by Irena Moozová, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
9:40: The thematic scope of the European Democracy Shield – Panel discussion followed by interaction with the audience
- Alexandra Geese, Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA
- Cristian Pîrvulescu, EESC Member
- Julie Majerczak, Representative to the European Institutions, Reporters Without Borders
Moderated by Ken Godfrey, Executive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy
10:50: Coffee Break
11:20: The geographic breadth of the European Democracy Shield
- Alberto Fernández Gibaja, Head of Programme Digitalization and Democracy, International IDEA
- Alexis Prokopiev, Director, Governance & Democratic Innovation, Make.org
- Jacob Tamm, Deputy Head of Division Information Integrity and Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), Directorate for Strategic communication & Foresight, European External Action Service
- Ayşe Yürekli, Enlargement Candidate Member of the EESC
Moderated by Sébastien Brack, Representative of the Kofi Annan Foundation to the European Union
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12:30: Closing remarks
Sam van der Staak, Director for Europe, International IDEA
12:45: Networking lunch
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