9.45 - 10.15 a.m. - Opening session
- Séamus Boland, President of the Civil Society Organisations' Group at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdańsk
- Gabriella Civico, Director of the Centre for European Volunteering (CEV) and Member of the Civil Society Europe Steering Committee: Contemporary volunteering in Europe
- Wojciech Kaczmarczyk, Director of the National Institute of Freedom, Centre for the Development of Civil Society: National programmes supporting volunteering in Poland
- Krzysztof Pater, President of The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association and EESC Member
10.15 - 11.35 a.m. - Session I: Trends in the development of volunteering in the European Union
Moderator: Łukasz Samborski, Co-Chair, Council for Public Benefit Activities
- Gabriella Civico, Director of the Centre for European Volunteering (CEV) and Member of the Civil Society Europe Steering Committee: Contemporary volunteering in Europe
- Anna Lubrańska PhD, Lecturer, University of Łódź, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Institute of Psychology: Motives of modern-day volunteers from the point of view of generational differences
- Prof. Lucas Meijs, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University: From single to dual volunteer management
- Anna Knapp, Social Surveys Department, Statistics Poland: Volunteering in Poland, research by 'Statistics Poland'
- Q & A
11.35 a.m.-1 p.m. - Session II: Public authority support for organisations and volunteers
Moderator: Szymon Knitter, Project specialist, Gdańsk Regional Volunteering Centre
- Dr Christoph Steegmans, Director, Subdivision for civic engagement and volunteering, German Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth: The Federal Volunteer Service (BFD) and the Voluntary Social Service Year (FSJ) – two German examples of publicly sponsored volunteering
- Wojciech Kaczmarczyk, Director of the National Institute of Freedom, Centre for the Development of Civil Society: National programmes supporting volunteering in Poland
- Jakob Flou Kristensen, Head of Administration at the Department of Civic Society and Co-creation, the Municipality of Aarhus, Denmark: Local governments' support for volunteering and active citizenship during and after the COVID-19 pandemic – the experience of Aarhus
- Monika Chabior, Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk: Acting together - the city of Gdańsk and its volunteers
- Q & A
1 - 2 p.m. - Lunch break
2 - 3.30 p.m. - Session III: New forms of volunteering
Moderator: Bartosz Rief, Social projects specialist, European Solidarity Centre
- Marie Trellu-Kane, Founding president of Unis-Cité: The pioneering civic service association in France
- Dorota Szostek-Rustecka, Head of Board, Kronenberg Foundation - CITI employee volunteering: 15 years of building employee engagement
- Beata Sobusiak, Volunteer, SALVATOR missionary volunteering: Volunteers in the world’s poorest regions – experience of working in slums in the Philippines
- Justyna Ochędzan, President, Greater Poland Coordinating Council - Union of the Non-Governmental Organisations: Online or offline? Using technology to manage volunteering
- Mariusz Bezdzietny: Podkarpackie Regional Commissioner, The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association: Formal and informal spontaneous volunteering - experiences from the Polish-Ukrainian border
- Q & A
3.30 p.m. - Wrap-up and closing remarks
- Séamus Boland, President of the Civil Society Organisations' Group, EESC