The Digital Democracy in the EU conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium and is expected to have over 100 participants.
The event will be hosted by the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS).
Agenda and webstream: http://www.ecas.org/watch-live-digital-democracy-eu-e-participation-co-legislating-citizens
Registration: http://www.ecas.org/digital-democracy-eu-conference-register-now/
Twitter @ecas_europe #eudigitaldem
Agenda
9.00 – 9.30 Registration and welcoming coffee
Shaping Policies through E-participation
9.30 – 9.45 Welcoming address by Ms Assya Kavrakova, Director, ECAS
9.45 – 10.00 Keynote speech by Prof. Marju Lauristin, MEP, Vice-Chair of the S&D Group
10.00 – 10.10 “Fostering EU democracy through online debates” – Mr Petko Georgiev, President, ProInfo Foundation, leading partner of a consortium of 13 CSOs in Europe (JoiEU project)
10.10 – 10.40 Contributions from JoiEU partners:
Ms Elisabeta Dinu, NACAB, Romania (Solidarity in times of crisis),
Ms Maarja Toots, Open Estonia Foundation, Estonia (Political participation and the European Elections),
Mr Mariano Votta, Cittadinanza Attiva, Italy (Protecting citizens’ rights),
Ms Marisa Gómez Crespo, Platforma de ONG de Accion Social, Spain (The “Civil Society and the Non- Europe” Debate: What Breaks Europe?)
Ms Blerina Guga, Partners Albania, Albania (Social Enterprises in Europe),
10.40 – 11.10 Online voting and Contributions from the Audience
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
Co-legislating with Citizens: National Examples
11.35 – 11.50 Mr Serge Novaretti, European Commission, Programme Manager – EU Policies – DG CONNECT, Unit Public Services
11.50 – 12.00 Online contribution from Mr Giovanni Allegretti – Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Studies, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
12.00 – 13.10 “National crowdsourcing experiences and e-democracy platforms”:
Mr Gunnar Grímsson, Citizen Foundation, Iceland,
Ms Yvette Jeuken, Project Leader, Netwerk Democratie, the Netherlands,
Mr Bastien Jaillot, Democratie Ouverte, France,
Mr Joonas Pekkanen, Open Ministry, Finland
Mrs Sasha Bezuhanova, MoveBG, Bulgaria
Mr Fraser Henderson, The Consultation Institute TCI
13.10 – 13.45 Online voting and Contributions from the Audience
13.45 – 15.00 Networking lunch
