Simultaneous interpretation requested from French, German, English, Italian, Latvian, Polish and Romanian into French, English, Italian and Polish.
09.00 - 09.30 a.m. | Registration
09.30 - 09.45 a.m. | Welcome and opening session
- Pavel Trantina, President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
09.45 - 10.45 a.m. | Panel 1 and debate - Background and current situation
Moderator: Giuseppe Iuliano, President of the EESC study group on Financing civil society organisations by the EU
- Waltraud Heller, Programme Manager Civil Society Cooperation, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Veronika Móra, Director of Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation, Editor of the Good grant making guide, designed for public or private donors considering launching small grant schemes for the benefit of civil society
- Julia Kluczyńska, Legal expert, National Federation of Polish NGOs
Debate with the audience
10.45 - 11.00 a.m. | Coffee break
11.00 a.m. - 12.50 p.m. | Panel 2 and debate - Recommendations for the future Multiannual Financial Framework concerning civil society
Moderator: Jean-Marc Roirant, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on Financing civil society organisations by the EU
- Thomas Heckeberg, Director of European Network for Education and Training (EUNET); Chair of Civil Society Europe financial working group; co-author of report "Better Return on Investment. Make it better for civil society, better for Europe”
- Professor Håkan Johansson, University of Lund (Sweden), author of research on civil society participation and funding
- Victoria Gil Casado, Head of Unit "Programme management and implementing contracts" European Commission, DG Budget [reaction]
- Isabelle Thomas MEP, EP rapporteur on the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2014-2020 [reaction]
Debate with the audience
12.50 - 13.00 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Jean-Marc Roirant, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on Financing civil society organisations by the EU