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