BRUSSELS, 20-22 MARCH 2019
Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
Wednesday 20 March 2019
14:30 - 16:00 Arrival / check in at Hotel(s)
16:00 - 18:00 Arrival & registration of participants and options to visit the House of European History or the Parlamentarium
Meeting point: Atrium Welcome Point, European Parliament
18:00 - 19:00 Launch of the Fifth edition of the School of Democracy
Welcome speech by
- Kathleen Van Brempt, Vice President of the S&D Group in the European
Parliament
Address by
- Paul Magnette, Mayor of Charleroi
- Followed by Q&A session with the speakers
Venue: Members Restaurant
19:00 - 20:00 Welcome Drink (Members restaurant, European Parliament)
(Evening free)
Thursday 21 March 2019
09:00 - 11:00 Workshops
Workshop 1 - "Democracy at work"
Panellists
Lorenzo Repetti, ETUC Advisor
Rebekah Smith, Deputy Director, Business Europe
Moderator: Jean-Louis Verheyden
Venue: Room A3G3, European Parliament
Workshop 2 - "The rise of illiberal democracy"
Panellists
Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City College of New York
Ania Skrzypek, Senior Research Fellow, FEPS
Laeticia Thissen, FEPS Advisor on Gender Equality
Moderator: Barnabas Mester
Venue: FEPS, Rue Montoyer 40, 1000 Brussels
Workshop 3 - "Learning democracy locally"
Panellists
Arnold De Boer, non-Belgian candidate at the 2018 local elections in Brussels
Emanuele Feduzi, Mayor of Fermignano
Amy Longland, Chief Operating Officer, My Life, My Say
Moderator: Kata Tűttö, member of the European Committee of the Regions
Venue: European Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 101, 1040 Brussels
Workshop 4 - "Progressive alliances in society"
Panellists
Alberto Isetta, ARCI Liguria
Maja Pleić, Senior Researcher, Center for Peace Studies in Croatia
Moderator: Seb Dance, MEP
Venue: SOLIDAR, Rue de Pascale 4-6, 1040 Brussels
Workshop 5 - "E-democracy & E-activism”
Panellists
Tim Allan, S&D Group
Luis Arroyo Martinez, Asesores de Comunicación Pública
Moderator: Brando Benifei, MEP
Venue: Room A3G2, European Parliament
11:00 - 11:30 Transfer to room JAN4Q2 for plenary session
11:30 - 13:00 Plenary session on the future of democracy (liberal vs illiberal)
Interpretation: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
General discussion and synthesis of the workshops moderated by Josef Weidenholzer, MEP
Agnes Heller, Philosopher
Jan Zielonka, University of Oxford
Venue: Room JAN4Q2, European Parliament
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch in Members’ salons
14:30 - 16:30 Workshops
Workshop 6 - "Can we beat inequalities?"
Panellists
Louka T. Katseli, University of Athens, Co- Chair of the Independent Commission on
Sustainable Equality
Kate Pickett, University of York
Moderator: Pervenche Berès, MEP
Venue: Room A3G3, European Parliament
Workshop 7 - "An alternative approach to our future: from GDP to equitable and sustainable wellbeing"
Panellists
Tanya Cox, Director, CONCORD
Enrico Giovannini, University of Rome
Moderator: Anna Colombo
Venue: Room A3H1, European Parliament
Workshop 8 - "Who (finally) pays for the transformation?"
Panellists
François Gobbe, Réseau pour la Justice Fiscale
David Rinaldi, FEPS
Moderator: Jean-Louis Verheyden
Venue: Room A5G315, European Parliament
Workshop 9 - "A just transition for all"
Panellists
Georgios Altintzis, Economic & Social Policy Department, ITUC
James Fontanella Khan, Financial Times New York
Moderator: Giovanna Pareschi
Venue: Room A5G305, European Parliament
Workshop 10 - "Could free trade kill the planet?"
Panellists
Ilene Grabel, University of Denver
Thierry Lucas, United Nations Environment Programme
Moderator: Maria Arena, MEP
Venue: Room A3G2, European Parliament
16:30-17:00 Transfer to room JAN4Q2 for plenary session
17:00 - 18:30 Plenary session on sustainable development
Interpretation: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
Reports from workshops
General discussion and synthesis of the workshops moderated by Kathleen Van Brempt, MEP
Pascal Lamy, Institut Jacques Delors
Claire Nouvian, Bloom Association
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Former President of the Party of European Socialists, former Prime Minister of Denmark
Venue: JAN4Q2, European Parliament
19:00 Departure by bus to Brussels Town Hall
20:00 - 22:00 Reception/walking dinner co-hosted with the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions & Philippe Close, Mayor of Brussels at Brussels Town Hall
Friday 22 March 2019
Interpretation: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
09:00 - 11:30 ”Defending Democracy” - Interactive panel debate with representatives from our S&D strategic partners:
Marije Laffeber, Deputy Secretary General, PES
Esther Lynch - Confederal Secretary, ETUC
Catiuscia Marini - President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions and President of the Umbria Region
Tuulia Pitkänen - Secretary General, YES
Conny Reuter - Secretary General, Solidar
Maria João Rodrigues - President, FEPS
Jose Santoro - Secretary General, Rainbow Rose
Simone Susskind - Senator, Belgium
Moderated by James Fontanella-Khan & Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
Venue: Room JAN4Q2, European Parliament
11:30 - 12:30 Closing session moderated by Javier Moreno Sánchez, Secretary General of the S&D Group in the European Parliament with Philippe Close, Mayor of Brussels and Udo Bullmann, President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
Venue: Room JAN4Q2, European Parliament
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch in Members’ salons
