Civil Society Days 2018 - Related Agenda

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Programme Workshop 2 – Identities and Polarisation

Organised by  European Volunteer Centre (CEV) & the European Federation for Intercultural Learning ( EFIL)

The session will take the form of a “World Cafe”  interactive discussion and will include an overview of the current situation related to the development of identities and tendency to polarisation in the current digital world.  The experts and participants will contribute with their perspectives and examples of practices on how to use digital tools for bringing people together and counteract “othering”, hate speech and polarisation.
The overall objective will be to consider the contribution that digital technology makes to how citizens view their own and other’s cultural identities and what is and can be civil society’s response.

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Workshop 2

25/05/2018

Workshop 4 – The Digital Democracy Battle: Defend your tool to improve Civic Participation

Organised by ECAS and Volonteurope

E-democracy refers to the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to allow more open and inclusive forms of policy-making. Mainly, e-participation tools can allow citizens to contribute with their ideas to policy-making processes and in the best cases, engage with their decision-makers to co-create legislation. ...

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Workshop 4

25/05/2018

Workshop 6 – Artificial Intelligence as a common good

Organised by Solidar and EESC section INT

Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently undergoing a number of important developments and is rapidly being applied in society and in our daily lives. Although important, the discussion on superintelligence is currently predominating and this is overshadowing the debate on the impact of the current applications of AI.

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Workshop 6

25/05/2018

Workshop 1 – Education and Culture: a synergy for European identity in all its diversity

Organised by LLLPlatform, Culture Action Europe, EESC section SOC

Debates on issues relating to European identity in all its diversity have gained ground in recent discussions. Education and culture are the driving forces that foster a feeling of belonging to European society, and yet they are not acknowledged as such. The digital revolution has made it clear that new ways are available for breaking down barriers between Europeans, both in space and time: new ways of promoting learning, new ways of sharing our culture and new ways of developing a deep sense of cultural awareness. ...

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Workshop 1

24/05/2018

Workshop 3 – Cybersecurity and data protection: at the service of the general interest

Organised by Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l'Homme, European Civic Forum and the EESC section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN)

The workshop focuses on the issue of data protection in the European Union, in a context marked by the necessary EU response to increased cyber crises and associated risks (malware, dissemination of false information, attacks on public services).

The cybersecurity package was adopted by the Commission on 13 September 2017. This package aims to give the EU the means to apply the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS), increase the capacity of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), create a certification framework for software and IT product cybersecurity, respond to external cyber-attacks and propose ways of fighting cybercrime.

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Workshop 3

24/05/2018

Workshop 5 – Empowerment to overcome the digital divide

Organisd by AGE and EDF

Digitalisation is deeply transforming our daily lives. It promotes the dream of optimized access to services, reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better opportunities for civic participation. However, accessing public services, planning travels, enrolling in courses, etc., without Internet access becomes more and more complicated. ...

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Workshop 5

24/05/2018

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