DEVELOPMENT PLENARY SESSION A2 -
From Citizen's Action to Civic and Social Dialogue
Venue: Art Museum of Estonia KUMU
Moderators: Helmut Hallemaa, Programme Manager, Estonian NGO Roundtable Foundation, Member of Coordinating Team, CEE Citizens Network (Estonia) &
Chuck Hirt, Director, CEE Citizens Network (Slovakia)
Keynote speeches (a´ 12 min.):
- Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe: status and perspective - Igor Kokarev, Head of Board, Interregional NGO NFST "Citizen Foundation" (Russia) & Viatcheslav Tcherniavski, Project Manager, Centre of Social Innovations (Belarus)
- Civil Society Developments in Estonia - Avo Üprus, councillor for Minister of Public Administration and Regional Affairs in Estonian, Ministry of the Interior, former Chairman, Support Group for Implementing of Estonian Civil Society Development Concept (EKAK), Parliament of Estonia Riigikogu, Former Member, Representative Council, Estonian NGO Roundtable (Estonia)
· National Networks and National "Platforms" in Europe, Summary about mapping: Summary of EC Project "Missing Link in EU Engagement" - Elisabetta Bernardini, Project Coordinator of EC Project "Missing Link in EU Engagement", CEDAG, European Council for non-profit organisations (Brussels, Belgium) & Christiana Weidel, Programme Manager & General Secretary, CEDAG (Brussels, Belgium), Head of Board, The World of NGOs (Austria)
· Trans - Atlantic Cooperation and CEE Citizens Network - Paul Vandeventer, President, USA Community Partners (Los Angeles, USA)
· Estonia - State of civic initiatives, Tallinn - City of civic initiatives, European Capital of Culture 2011 and Mother of European Green Capital - Jüri Ratas, Deputy Chairman, Parliament of Estonia Riigikogu, Mayor of City of Tallinn in 2006 - 2007 (Estonia)
** 11.00 - 11.30 COFFEE / TEA**
Open Debate:
Citizens' Participation and Cooperation of Third or Civic Sector and Public Sector - Key Issue of New Type of Governance
Moderator: Hardo Aasmäe, President, Estonian Club of Roma, Chief Editor and Member of Board, Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers, Mayor of City of Tallinn in 1990 - 1992 (Estonia)
Debaters:
- Igor Stojanovic, Member of Coordinating Team,CEE Citizens Network, Director, Centers for Civic Initiatives (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Kirsten Paaby, Head of Board, Combined European Bureau for Social Development (CEBSD), Ideas Bank (Norway)
- Tarmu Tammerk, Media expert and Estonian correspondent, News Agency Agence France-Presse, Member, NGO Corruption Free Estonia (Estonia)
- Marianne Mikko, MP, European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium, Estonia)