Programme

09:00 – 09:30   Welcome coffee 

09:30 – 10:00   Opening session 

• Zornitsa Roussinova, President of the Economic and Social Council of Bulgaria 

• Tsvetan Simeonov, Chair of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) 

• María del Carmen Barrera Chamorro, Chair of the EESC Group on the European Citizens’ Initiative 

10:00 – 10:45  What is the ECI and how does it work in practice?  

• European Commission: Adriana Mungiu (Head of ECI Sector, Secretariat-General of the European Commission)

• ECI Forum: Assya Kavrakova (Executive Director, European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)) 

• European Economic and Social Committee: María del Carmen Barrera Chamorro, Chair of the EESC Group on the European Citizens’ Initiative 

• Successful ECI on "My Voice, My Choice"  

Coffee break 

11:00 – 12:15  What is the state of play in Bulgaria and how to improve it?  

Round table debate with contributions by stakeholders, free discussion and Q&A round: 

• National Contact Point(s) for ECI  

• ECI ambassadors and communicators in Bulgaria 

• Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria 

• EC and EP representations 

• CoR / Local government   

• Civil Society Organisations 

• Youth representatives 

• Universities