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1 December 2021

16:30    Opening

  • Opening remarks, Mr Krzysztof Balon, President of the EESC Thematic Study Group on Services of General Interest
  • Introduction, Mr Mariusz Banach, Deputy Mayor of the City of Lublin
  • Opening statement, Ms Baiba Miltoviča, President of the TEN Section of the EESC

16:55    Presentations

  • Principle of subsidiarity and the cooperation between public authorities and civil society organisations in providing services of general interest, Dr Andrzej Juros, Associate Professor, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University of Lublin
  • Since the purpose of services of general interest is to meet the needs of each inhabitant and each community, should co-creation be a pre-requisite?, Professor Pierre Bauby, President, "Reconstruire l’action publique" ("Rebuilding public action")
  • Findings of the project: Co-creation of Service Innovation in Europe (CoSIE), Dr. Heli Aramo-Immonen, Director of CoSIE, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
  • Discussion

18.15    Close of day 1

2 December 2021

09:30    Opening remarks

  • Mr Krzysztof Hetman, Member of the European Parliament (tbc)

09:45    Cooperation between the City of Lublin and civil society organisations in co-creating and providing services of general interest   

  • Mr Piotr Choroś, Director of the Social Participation Bureau, City of Lublin
  • Ms Aleksandra Kulik, President, Sempre a Frente Foundation, Lublin

Co-creation of Services of General Interest by non-governmental organisations and citizens: what does it really mean?

  • Ms Marzena Pieńkosz-Sapieha, Chairwoman, Lublin Food Bank

Discussion

11:15 Coffee break

11:30 City of Lublin as a space for exchange of experiences in developing civil society in the EU and neighbourhood

  • Mr Krzysztof Stanowski, Director of the Centre for International Cooperation, City of Lublin

Decentralisation reform in Ukraine: role of civil society in providing Services of General Interest

  • Mr Yuriy Stepanets, Chairman of the Board, Network Local Initiatives of Ukraine
  • Mr Taras Byk, Head of Advisory Board to the City of Rivne, Ukraine 

Discussion including short statements by the EESC members and presentations of examples of co-creation and provision of SGIs in different sectors (housing, social services, digital services, transport services, etc.)

13:00 Conclusions by Ms Baiba Miltoviča, President of the TEN Section of the EESC