European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft programme
9:30 | Opening
Introduction & welcome: Duncan Crowley, Co-president (ECOLISE)
- Keynote speech: Peter Schmidt (EESC)
- Keynote speech: Simona Vrevc (Slovenian presidency of the Council of the EU)
9:50 | Panel 1 - Regenerative Culture
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Lidija Pavić-Rogošić, EESC member
Q&A
10:25 | Panel 2 - Territorial/Bioregional Partnerships
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Céline Seince, RURENER
- Panelist 1: Amélie Krug, ECOLISE Policy Circle
- Panelist 2: Josep Puxeu Rocamora (EESC), Rapporteur of the EESC opinion Towards a holistic strategy on sustainable rural/urban development
Q&A
11:00 | Break
11:15 | Pitch your action / activity breakrooms
1. Listening
Listening to voices that are rarely heard:
- Climate & Youth - Philip Fliegel, Merle Schulken & Mathias Krause, Students of the scholarship foundation “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”
- Climate & Disabilities - Kera Sherwood-O'Regan, Impact Director at Activate Agency - (EESC International English Sign language)
- Climate & South Asia (Sonali)
- Climate & South America (Darien Castro)
2. Discussing
Discussion of 1 of the recommendations of the following policy papers:
- Sustainable/rural urban development, Piroska Kállay and Lidija Pavić-Rogošić (EESC)
- Economic Diversity (Georgia Karavangeli, ACCP/MedTOWN-READ Red de Redes)
3. Networking
Networking around different topics:
- Community-led local development (CLLD), Marion Eckard president of ELARD & Eamon O’Hara, Executive Director, ECOLISE
11:45 | Panel 3 - Economic Diversity
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Assia Oulkadi, Policy officer, European Youth Forum
- Panelist 1: Jason Nardi (RIES, RIPESS) Regional Delegate
- Panelist 2: Antonin Calderon, SmartketPlace
Q&A
12:20 | Closing
- Keynote listeners' summary/concluding remarks, Lutz Ribbe, Sustainable Development Observatory president (EESC)
- Keynote closing remarks, Ivo Belet, Deputy Head of Cabinet to European Commission Dubravka Šuica, Commissioner for Democracy, Demography & the Future of Europe
- Moderator: ECOLISE
- Satisfaction survey on the webinar (Sli.do poll)
- Thank Yous, Alisa Sidorenko, Co-President (ECOLISE)
- Policy feedback
Live graphic recording will be provided by Carlotta Cataldi.