Public hearing on "Engaging with citizens: how do we effectively make use of the results of citizens’ panels and public consultations?"
Hybrid meeting via Interactio, EESC, JDE62 – Friday, 21 April 2023 from 09:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing connections
09.30 a.m. - 09.35 a.m. | Welcome & introduction
- Kinga Joó, EESC Study Group President of the opinion on citizens' panels, SOC/766 - How to engage with the intended public and how to effectively use the results of works of the citizens’ panels?
- Christophe Quarez, EESC Rapporteur of the opinion
09.35 a.m. - 11.10 a.m. | Panel I - Citizens' panels and online public consultations: have the EU institutions got it right?
- Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, Deputy Head of Unit, Citizens' dialogues, DG Communication, European Commission
- Jelmer Hofkamp, former Member of the Common Secretariat of the Conference on the Future of Europe, European Parliament
- Nikolaos Archontas, Evaluation and Impact Assessment unit, Secretarariat General, European Commission
- Dominik Hierlemann, Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Stiftung
- James Organ, Senior Lecturer, Law, University of Liverpool
- Raphaël Kies, Research Scientist, University of Luxembourg and co-founder of pldp.lu. (Plateforme luxembourgeoise de la démocratie participative)
Questions and answers session
11.10 a.m. - 11.25 a.m. | Coffee break
11.25 a.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Panel II - Participative and deliberative democracy: are our voices actually heard?
- Ângela Guimarães Pereira, Scientific Officer, Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Patrick Bernasconi, former President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, France
- Marco Cilento, Head of Institutional Policy, European Trade Union Confederation
- Elisa Gambardella, Education and Lifelong Learning Coordinator, SOLIDAR
- Cathal O'Regan, Secretary to the Citizens’ Assembly Secretariat, Ireland
- Alina Tatarenko, Head of Division, Democratic Governance, Council of Europe
Questions and answers session
12.55 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Kinga Joó, EESC Study Group President of the opinion on citizens' panels, SOC/766 - How to engage with the intended public and how to effectively use the results of works of the citizens’ panels?
- Christophe Quarez, EESC Rapporteur of the opinion
Interpretation requested from English, French, Italian, Hungarian and Polish into English, French, Italian, Hungarian and Polish