Programme

Conference - Turn up the volume for civil society! Key actions for the EU's new political cycle

14:30-15:20 - Inaugural session

• Séamus Boland, President of the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
• Julien Mousnier, Director, Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights and Democracy (JUST.C), European Commission
• Discussion 

15:20-16:20 Funding of civil society organisations

Moderator: Ariane Rodert, member of the Civil Society Organisations' Group

• Giuseppe Guerini, rapporteur for the EESC opinion INT/1037 on the Social economy package
• Isabel Peñalosa, Co-Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association
• Brikena Xhomaqi, Co-Chair of the EESC's Liaison Group with European civil society organisations and networks
• Discussion

16:20-17:20 - Civil dialogue: mapping existing initiatives and learning from good practice

Moderation and introduction: Pietro Barbieri, member of the Civil Society Organisations' Group and rapporteur of the opinion SOC/782 on Strengthening civil dialogue and participatory democracy in the EU

• Berta Mizsei, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), presentation of the intermediate results of the EESC study on Mapping civil dialogue practices in the EU institutions, commissioned at the request of the Civil Society Organisations' Group
• Discussion

17:20-17:30 - Concluding remarks

• Séamus Boland, President of the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the EESC