European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
8:30 am | Coffee and registration
9:00 am | Opening and welcome
- Chair: José Antonio Moreno Diaz, President of the EESC's Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (Gr. II – Workers – Spain)
- Rapporteur: Karolina Dreszer-Smalec (Gr. III – Diversity Europe - Poland)
- Co-rapporteur: Jukka Ahtela (Gr. I - Employers – Finland)
9:15 am | 1st panel
"The growth of populism in rural areas: a socio-economic context as an explanation"
- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics
- Ossi Martikainen, President of the Commission for Natural Resources (NAT) of the European Committee of the Regions
- José Manuel Hernández Luque, Conception and Consistency of Rural Development Unit, DG AGRI, European Commission
- Peter Scherrer, Senior Expert, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Q&A session – Discussion
11:00 am | Coffee break
11:15 am | 2nd panel
"The CSOs role in facing populism in rural areas?"
- Carlo Ruzza, Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Trento
- Randel Länts, rapporteur on the Action Plan against Disinformation, European Committee of the Regions
- Assya Kavrakova, Executive Director of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
- Israel Butler, Head of Advocacy, Civil Liberties Union for Europe
Q&A session – Discussion
Conclusions
1:00 pm | Closing of the meeting
Interpretation: ES/DE/EN/FR/PL