Programme

Public hearing on "Volunteers – Citizens building the future of Europe"

Hybrid event via Interactio, online platform - Monday, 20 September 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Draft Agenda

09.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Log on to platform / Interactio testing

10.00 a.m. - 10.10 a.m. | Welcome and opening session

  • István Komoróczki, EESC Study Group President

10.10 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. |   Panel I – Setting the Scene

Moderator:  István Komoróczki, EESC Study Group President

  • Gabriella Civico, CEV Director:  The volunteering Ecosystem in Europe - What it looks like and how we got here
  • Krzysztof Pater, EESC Rapporteur: Introduction to the Opinion Volunteers - Citizens Building the Future of Europe
  • Tina Divjak, Lead author of the EESC study "The future evolution of civil society in the European Union by 2030" (2018) and Head of Advocacy at CNVOS, Slovenia:  Civil Society trends - what impact for volunteering?
  • Lucas Meijs, Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University: Study on European Volunteering at the EESC request - preliminary findings

11.15 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. | Questions & Answers

11.45 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. | Break

12.00 p.m. - 12.15 p.m. | Case Study: Gdańsk European Volunteering Capital 2022

Moderator:  István Komoróczki, EESC Study Group President

  • Aleksandra Dulkiewicz,  Mayor of Gdańsk and CoR member (CIVEX / ECON)

12.15 p.m. - 12.35 p.m. |  Panel II: Emerging volunteering models

Moderator:  István Komoróczki, EESC Study Group President

  • Diana Bere, Erasmus + Project Manager Pro Vobis (Romania): Family volunteering  - How does it contribute to Life-Long Learning, Work - Life Balance & Children’s Rights?
  • Lilith Alink, EU Advocacy and Campaigns Officer, Lumos Foundation: Voluntourism – the potential harms (Orphanage Volunteering and Child Exploitation)

12.35 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Questions & Answers

12.55 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. |  Closing remarks

  • István Komoróczki, EESC Study Group President

Participants can speak in CZ/EN/HU/IT/LT/PL and can listen to CZ/EN/HU/IT/LT/PL