12 june 2019
10.30 - 13.00 Opening session
Chaired by Conny Reuter, Liaison Group co-chair (Solidar)
- Welcome by Luca Jahier, EESC President
- Michael O'Flaherty, Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency
- From citizens' movements to real dialogue. Where do we go from here?
A panel discussion with:- Katarzyna Morton, Committee for the defense of democracy (KOD) (Poland)
- Priscillia Ludosky, Initiator of an online petition against fuel tax (France)
- Stefan Krischer, Fridays for Future (Germany)
- Debate with the audience
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch buffet
14.30 - 17.30 First round of 3 workshops in parallel
- Resilient democracies: the positive impact of civic action and organised civil society
- Towards more inclusive youth organisations
- Transitioning to an economy for people and planet
13 june 2019
9.30 - 13.00 Second round of 3 workshops in parallel
- E-democracy, citizens' advocacy power and alternative forms of active participation
- Protecting freedom of expression in culture and education
- Economy and democracy in the labour market: for a resilient and sustainable pathway
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch buffet
14.30 - 16.30 Closing session
- Panel discussion with representatives of organised civil society, moderated by Sibian Ionut, EESC member:
- Marylise Léon, French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT)
- Deirdre de Burca, member of SDG Watch Steering Group
- Citizen K, Renovation of democracy & Smart Citizenship: DEMOCRACY 4.0
- Valeria Ronzitti, General Secretary, European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP)
- Debate with the audience
- Presentations of the conclusions of the six workshops
- Closing remarks by Jeremy Wates, Secretary General of European Environmental Bureau, member of the Liaison Group