European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Public hearing - Resilient Democracy - a strong and diverse civil society
6 February 2019, 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Room VMA 3, EESC building, Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1040 Brussels
Draft agenda
09:00 - 09:30 a.m. Registration (and coffee)
09:30 - 09:55 a.m. Opening remarks
- Christian Moos, rapporteur, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- José Antonio Moreno Díaz, president, Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law, EESC
- Keynote speech: Michal Boni, Member of the European Parliament
09:55 – 11:15 a.m. Panel 1 and debate: The state of democracy in the EU – ingredients for resilient democracy
Moderator: Christian Moos (EESC)
- Barbara Nolan, Head of Unit, Fundamental rights policy, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
- Wojciech Kaczmarczyk, Director, National Freedom Institute Poland
- Omri Preiss, EU Advocacy Officer, Frontline defenders/EU Liason Group
- Birgit Van Hout, Regional representative for Europe, OHCHR
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Coffee break
11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Panel 2 and debate: the role of civil society organisations
Moderator: Madi Sharma, president of the study group (EESC)
- Gaëlle Dusepulchre, Permanent Representative to the EU, FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights)
- André Wilkens, Director, European Cultural Foundation
- Joanna Maycock, Secretary-General, European Women's Lobby
- András Kádár, Co-chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
- Ken Godfrey, Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy
12:50 – 01:00 p.m. Closing remarks
- Christian Moos (EESC)
Join the discussion online: #Democracy and #EESC_SOC
Participants can speak in English, French, Spanish, and Polish and listen to English, French and Spanish