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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