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  • Authoritarianism and Resistance: Lessons from Belarus and Georgia

    Tallinn
    21.11.2025

    Open Session

    9:00
    Door open

    9:30-9:50
    Welcoming remarks by President-elect Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
    Welcoming remarks by Member of the European Parliament Marina Kaljurand

    9:50-11:00
    Panel discussion:
    Euro-Atlantic perspective in the context of canceled democracy. Causes of rollback and methods of counteraction

    Ms. Katia Glod – Deputy Head of Foreign Policy at NEST and fellow at CEPA (Center for European Policy Analysis) Moderator of the panel

    Ms. Ave Schank-Lukas – Head of Representation at European Commission in Estonia
    Mr. Tornike Gordadze – Senior Fellow at Jacques Delors Institute; Associate Professor at Paris Institute of Political Studies; Former State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration “Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Outlook amid Dismantled Democracy”
    Mr. Shahin Abbasov – Programme Manager, Division for Cooperation on Freedom of Expression, Council of Europe
    Mr. Franak Viacorka – Chief Advisor to Ms. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

    11:00-11:30
    Coffee break

    Closed Sessions

    11:30-12:45
    Panel discussion:
    What Sustains and What Dismantles a Police Regime

    Mr. Papuna Davitaia – PhD Candidate at Tbilisi State University; Visiting Lecturer at Georgian University and Caucasus International University; Former Head of Policy Division and Deputy Head of International Relations Division, Border Police of Georgia. Moderator of the panel

    Mr. Rainer Saks – NGO PractNet expert.
    Mr. George Meladze – Program Associate at the the United Nations Organization; International Relations and Global Affairs Specialist
    Ms. Nana Mzhavanadze – Chief Research Fellow, International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire; Civic Activist
    Mr. Marek Kohv – ICDS research fellow
    Mr. Tornike Dzamunashvili –
    Director of the Education Department at OSINT for Ukraine; Project Manager at the Tbilisi School of Political Studies

    12:45-13:45
    Lunch

    13:45- 15:00
    Panel discussion:
    Civic Activism and Belarusian Democratic Movement in Exile

    Mr. Alexander Dabravolski – Director of EESPS, Senior Political Advisor to Ms. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Moderator of the panel

    Ms. Marharyta Vorykhava – Representative on youth policy of United Transitional Cabinet
    Mr. Viachaslau Zhukau – Operations Director of “Country to Live In” Fund
    Mr. Dzmitry Hlotau – Representative of the Legal initiative
    Ms. Kryscina Šyjanok – Director of the Office of Belarusian Democratic Forces in Czech Republic
    Mr. Dmitri Vasserman – Coordinator of the People’s Embassies of Belarus, Representative in Sweden

    15:00 – 15:30
    Presentation:
    ”Digital tools for civic engagement” instruments of Cooperation. Presentation by Mr. Pavel Liber, the founder and team leader of New Belarus Platform”

    15:30 – 15:45
    Final words, conference results by Mr. Alexander Dabravolski, Director of the East-European School of Political Studies, Mr. Armaz Akhvlediani, Founder and Director of the Tbilisi School of Political Studies

    18:00
    Side event, Belarusian Georgian network. By invitations only!

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