Programme

Promoting participation as a basis for effective partnership between the public administration and CSOs

Working language: Czech

12:30 - 13:00 Registration, welcome coffee

13:00 - 13:20 Welcome and opening:

• On behalf of the Office of the Government: Klára Laurenčíková, Human Rights Commissioner of the Government of the Czech Republic

• On behalf of the Czech Presidency: Karel Blaha, Deputy Minister for Legislation, Czech Republic

• On behalf of organisers: Petr Lebeda, director, Glopolis

13:20 - 14:20 Panel Discussion: The benefits of civil society participation in public policies - international and European principles and the relation to the quality of governance

• Paul Braithwaite, Open Government Partnership, Senior Regional Coordinator, Europe, OGP Support Unit

• Lukáš Pachta, European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

• Roxana Bedrule, European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Community of Practice on Partnership 2021-2027

• Zdislava Odstrčilová, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Deputy Minister for the Family Policy and Social Services Section

• Daniel Trnka, Deputy Head Of Division, OECD Regulatory Policy Division, OECD

• Filip Vagač, Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, Government Commissioner for Civil Society Development

Moderator: Silvie Pýchová, Director, SKAV - Permanent Conference of Education Associations, Chair of the EU Committee of the Czech Government Council of NGOs

14:20 - 14:40 Coffee break

14:40 - 15:00 Presentation of research on cooperation between the Czech public administration and NGOs for the purposes of the Strategy for Cooperation between Public Administration and NGOs 2021-2030 and recommendations

Tereza Pospíšilová, Charles University, Faculty of Humanities

15:00 - 16:00 Panel 1: Experiences and benefits of participation from practice and from current topics of the Czech Presidency

• Richard Nikischer, Ministry of Regional Development, Head of the Rural Development Unit, Department of Regional and Housing Policy Strategies and Analyses

• Markéta Pěchoučková, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, Head of Social Innovation Projects

• Martin Polášek, Ministry of the Environment, Department of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development

• Anna Kárníková, Director of the Friends of the Earth, Czech Republic

• Marta Smolíková, Director of Open Society

• Tomáš Habart, Director of the Variants Programme, People in Need

Moderator: David Ondráčka, Glopolis

16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break

16:20 - 17:20 Panel 2: Experiences and benefits of participation from practice and from current topics of the Czech Presidency

• František Kučera, Ministry of Justice, Conflict of Interest and Anti-Corruption Department, Czech Republic OGP Point of Contact

• Hana Volná, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Director of the Development Cooperation Department

• Michal Barbořík, Ministry of the Interior, Director of the Crime Prevention Department

• Andrea Krchová, Director of the Migration Consortium

• Martina Břeňová, Director, OSF Foundation Prague

• Lukáš Kraus, Reconstruction of the State

Moderator: David Ondráčka, Glopolis

17:20 - 17:40 Final summary and conclusions - how to further promote partnerships between the Czech public administration and CSOs

• Roman Haken, Centre for Community Work, member of the EU Committee of the Government Council of NGOs

Moderators: David Ondráčka, Glopolis

17:40 - 19:00 Informal social reception:

Welcome: Klára Laurenčíková, Human Rights Commissioner, Czech Republic

Strategic support to cooperation for a democratic society in Europe

Working language: English, with interpretation into Czech

8:30 - 9:00 Registration, morning coffee

9:00 - 9:20 Opening and welcome:

• • • • • On behalf of the Cabinet of the Minister for European Affairs: Pavlína Žáková, Head of the Department of Advisers to Minister Mikuláš Bek

        • On behalf of the the organisers: Petr Lebeda, Director, Glopolis

9:20 - 10:20 Political panel: Cooperation with civil society as a basis for building democratic space in Europe

• Jitka Seitlová, Vice-Chairwoman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

• Olga Richterová, Vice-Chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

• Barbora Urbanová, Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

• Eva Decroix, 1st Vice-Chairwoman of the Civic Democratic Party of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Reflection notes from the European perspective:

• Séamus Boland, President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, European Economic and Social Committe

Moderator: David Ondráčka, Glopolis

10:20 - 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 - 12:00 EU Civil Society Strategy - on the way towards a thriving civic space

• Vera Móra, Director, Ökotars, Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation

• Alexandrina Najmowicz, Secretary General, European Civic Forum

• Sergey Lagodinsky, member of the EU Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

• Ingrid Bellander Todino, Head of Unit - Fundamental Rights Policy, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers

Moderator: Ionuț Sibian, Director, CSDF - Civil Society Development Foundation, Romania, member of the European Economic and Social Committee

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 14:20 Panel Discussion: experiences of strategic cooperation between the state and CSOs and their networks

• Frank Heuberger, BBE (National Network for Civil Society, Germany)

• Anna Grudzinska, OFOP - Ogólnopolska Federacja Organizacji Pozarządowych (National Federation of Polish NGOs, Poland)

• Liv Hernæs Kvanvig, the Head of freedom of religion or belief section in the Norwegian Helsinki Committee

• Roy Virah-Sawmy, Programme manager, Civitates / NEF – Network of European Foundations

• Alexandra McGehee, Head of the Department of the Secretariat of the Government Council for NGOs, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

Moderator: Pavel Trantina, Vice-Chairman of the EU Committee of the Government Council for NGOs, former member of the Diversity Group of the European Economic and Social Committee

14:20 - 14:40 Coffee break

14:40 - 15:30 Participatory discussion - EU Strategy to support civil society - how to bring it to life/what are the initiatives?

• What are the key parameters and areas to be addressed by the strategy and how it can support civil society and CSOs at Member State level

• How to ensure a participatory process of strategy development at EU and national level

Moderators:

• Pavel Trantina, Vice-Chairman of the EU Committee of the Government Council for NGOs

• Roman Haken, Centre for Community Work, member of the EU Committee of the Czech Government Council for NGOs

15:30 - 16:00 Presentation of key conclusions from the discussions by Pavel Trantina and Roman Haken

Closing notes:

• Vera Mora, Director, Ökotars - Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation

• Petr Lebeda, Director, Glopolis

Director, Glopolis