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Y E A R (S) OF C I T I Z E N SCitizen Participation University 2013

Preliminary agenda

DAY 1. Monday, 8 th July Budapest, Hungarian Institute for Culture: http://goo.gl/maps/QSIVf

Working Together for Development A Role for Citizens and Civil Society inCooperation Development

9.00 Welcome

9.15 Introduction of participants

9.30 Introduction of the framework of the Project "Working together for Development"

9.45 Lets talk about the concept of "development" and the new paradigm of "local-global"

10.05 Coffee Break

10.20 Panel with 4 issues:1. The EC Communication Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relations2. Historical evolution of the concept of Aid: from Aid to Development and to Co-operation

3. The National level and outside EU: Consider the role of other actors in Development Cooperation4. Local Authorities Networks involvement in facilitating development cooperation activitiesExamples of good practices, by 3 members of CEE-CN

12.00 Debate with the participants: how can the citizens and civil society can be involved in "developmentcooperation" issues through policies, networks and local initiatives?

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Working groups by areas of interest, according to the EU priorities1. Neighborhood countries2. Enlargement countries3. Third countries

14.50 Plenary each group reports + debate between all the participants

15.30 Conclusions

15.45 Closing session16.00 End.

16.30 - Travel to Kunbbony - Civil College

18.30 Welcome dinner and participants market place!Take organizational materials, tastes, instruments, feelings from your countries!

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DAY 2. Tuesday, 9 th July

Year(s) of social-economic transformation (development, growth, global thinking)

09.00Welcome and introductionAbout the European Year of Citizens

09.45 11.30Keynote lectures questions and answers1. Global perspective on social-economic transformation2. The relationship with citizens - civil society, NGOs, state, businesses (PANEL discussion - US, N, CEE)

11.30 13.00Parallel workshopsTopics:1. Issues of social inclusion - Racial justice approaches in community organizing (US); Leadershipdevelopment practices for minority women (US), Challenges in addressing work in Roma communities (BG) 2. Citizen participation in CEE and Western Europe (Citizen Participation Study)3. E-W-N-S - concrete examples of cooperation, development, people to people exchanges (intended:Slovak-African, Romanian-Moldovan, CE-European-American and more)

14.30 16.15Sustainability and economy, social economy (alternative economy, social business)

Keynote lectures questions and answers:1. Education for sustainable development (N)

2. Transition Towns (H)3. Community-led Local Development (CLLD)

16.15 18.00Parallel workshops and conclusions1. Transitions management (N); Transition Towns (H); In-context project;2. Community forms of social economy (social) cooperatives, non-profit enterprises on the local level3. Citizen empowerment - prospering communities (US)

DAY 3. Wednesday, 10 th July

09.00 Warm-up session

09.30 11.30PANEL questions and answersWhat are we learning from our work and exchanges? What it means for the future?(CEECN, ECON, EuCDN, US, H)

Topics: The perspective of community interventions; community organizing a growing sphere inEurope; Community development and citizen education....;

Story telling morning:Everybody raising the same questions in small groups

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14.00 17.00Coalitions and policiesAlliance for Community Participation (H)EPAC Platform (EuCDN, ECON, CEECN)

1. Background - what is EPAC? Where we are now?2. Panel on EPAC (future plans in a broader sense - big events, threads, projects)3. Groupwork: small groups with cross-membership about future cooperation

What a network of networks can bring to the presence of Europe - in relation with development,solidarity, global transformation

DAY 4. Thursday, 11 th July

Youth participation in the global transformation

09.00 Warm-up session

09.30 11.30Keynote lectures questions and answersTopics:Youth perspectives and mobilizations; education; media; e-participation; cultural approaches;

11.30 13.00Parallel workshops1. Story-telling and photo voices2. Youth coalitions and networks3. Local youth projects

14.30 18.00 - Organized spare time activities

DAY 5. Friday, 12 th July

Steps forward

09.00 Warm-up session

09.30 16.00Parallel workshops On-going open programmes and common planningEnvisaged topics:- Community organizing initiatives (ECON)- Community development projects (EuCDN)- EPAC agenda- Citizen Participation Study- Values surveys in Europe- Social inclusion programmes- Citizen Participation Week- Youth strategies and concepts- European Year of Citizens

16.30 - Evaluation session, conclusions, closing;

DAY 6. 13th

July - Travelling day - Goodbye and safe travels to all of you!