Programme of summer university 2010
The Council of Europe welcomes the participants of the Fifth Summer University for Democracy
« THE CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP »
28 june – 2 july 2010 Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg
Programme :
Monday 28 june : 09.00 to 12.30
Monday 28 june : 14.00 to 16.00
Monday 28 june : 16.30 to 18.00
Monday 28 june : Evening
Tuesday 29 june : 09.00 to 16.30
Tuesday 29 june : Evening
Wednesday 30 june : 09.00 to 11.30
Wednesday 30 june : 14.00 to 17.30
Wednesday 30 june : Evening
Thursday 1 july : 09.00 to 12.00
Thursday 1 july : 14.00 to 17.00
Thursday 1 july : Evening
Friday 2 july : 10.00 to 12.30
Friday 2 july: Evening
Monday 28 june 09.00 to 12.30 : Opening Session
OPENING OF THE 5TH SUMMER UNIVERSITY FOR DEMOCRACY BY
Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Welcome by Mr Roland Ries, Senator Mayor of Strasbourg
Statement by Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Statement by Ms Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, Permanent Representative of the European Commission to the Council of Europe
Address by Ms Catherine Lalumière, President of the European Association of the Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe, former Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Statement by Mr Vasko Naumovski, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
11.00 Opening lecture by Ms Sylvie Kauffmann, Editor in chief, “Le Monde”, Paris
12.15 Group photo in front of the Palais de l’Europe
12.30 Lunch at the Restaurant of the European Parliament
Monday 28 june 14.00 to 16.00 : Introductory conferences
CONFERENCE A: LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF CRISIS (FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC, GLOBALISATION, TERRORISM, ORGANISED CRIME…) – (Room 5)
Chair:
Mr Wendelin Ettmayer, Ambassador, author on International affaires, Vienna
Speakers:
- Mr Mindia Ugrekhelidze, former Judge in respect of Georgia, European Court of Human Rights
- Mr Masahiro Kawai, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo
CONFERENCE B: CRISIS OF POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY (Room 1) CONFERENCE B : LA CRISE DU POLITIQUE ET DE LA DEMOCRATIE (Salle 1)
Chair:
Mr Klaus Schumann, former Director General of Political Affairs, Council of Europe
Speakers:
- Mr Zarko Puhovski, Professor, former President of the Croatian Helsinki Committee of Human Rights, Zagreb
- Mr Gert Weisskirchen, former Member of the Bundestag, Wiesloch
- Mr Adrian Severin, Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
CONFERENCE C: CIVIL RESISTANCE, DEMOCRATISATION AND DEMOCRATIC SUSTAINABILITY (Room 9)
Chair:
Mr Vladimir Lukin, Human Rights Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Speakers:
- Mr Peter Ackerman, Founding Chair, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Washington D.C.
- Ms Arwa Hassan, international development specialist focusing on civil society organisations in the Middle East region, Frankfurt
- Mr Goran Svilanovic, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Vienna
Monday 28 june 16.30 to 18.00 : Thematics Workshops
Downlad the thematics workshops programme
Monday 28 june Evening : Reception offered by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Tuesday 29 june 09.30 à 16h30 : Workshop
Downlad the thematics workshops programme
Tuesday 29 june Evening : Reception offered by the City of Strasbourg, Pavillon Joséphine
Wednesday 30 june 09.00 to 11.30 : Professional Workshops
LOCAL AUTHORITIES: STRENGTHENING LOCAL DEMOCRACY (Room 1)
Chair:
Mr Childerik Schaapveld, Director of Democratic Institutions, Council of Europe
Speakers:
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Mr Owen Masters, expert on local self-government and former Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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Mr Robert Herrmann, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg
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Mr Adrian Ionescu, Director of the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Budapest
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES: RECONCILING CITIZENS WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES (Room 5)
Chair:
Ms Sonja Licht, Director of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
Speakers:
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Mr Gert Weisskirchen, former Member of the Bundestag, Wiesloch
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Mr Jean-Claude Mignon, Head of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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Mr Andreas Gross, Member of the delegation of Switzerland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chair of the Socialist Group
MEDIA : NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS (Room 3)
Chair:
Mr Jack Hanning, Secretary General of the European Association of the Schools of Political Studies, Strasbourg
Speakers:
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Mr Vladimir Vasak, Journalist, ARTE, Strasbourg
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Mr Alexandre Heully, Co-founder and Director of the European webzine “Cafebabel.com”, Paris
CIVIL SOCIETY: REFORMS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (Room 8)
Chair:
Mr Gautier Pirotte, Lecturer, University of Liège
Speakers:
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Ms Vanessa Ortiz, Senior Director for Civic and Field Learning, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Washington D.C.
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Mr Oriano Otocan, Association of the Local Democracy Agencies, Brussels
12.30 Lunch at the Restaurant of the European Parliament
Wednesday 30 june 14.00 to 17.30 : Visit to the Court / Bilateral Meetings
14.00 – 15.30 :
Visit to the European Court of Human Rights for the Schools of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Bilateral meeting for the Schools of Moldova and Romania (Room 5)
Information meeting on the Council of Europe’s programmes and activities for the School of Ukraine (Room 6)
Information meeting on the Council of Europe’s programmes and activities for the School of Belarus (Room 11)
16.00 – 17.30 :
Visit to the European Court of Human Rights for the Schools of Belarus, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine
Bilateral meeting for the Schools of Armenia and Azerbaijan (Room 8)
Bilateral meeting for the Schools of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (Room 10)
Free afternoon for the Schools of Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Wednesday 30 june Evening – free or invitations by Permanent Representations Soirée
Thursday 1 july 09.00 to 12.00 : Regional Conferences
ENERGY AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE BLACK SEA REGION (Room 9)
Regional meetings for the Schools of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia
Chair :
Ms Elena Nemirovskaya, Director of the Moscow School of Political Studies
Speakers :
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Ms Liana Jervalidze, Director of Energy and Environment Project, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi
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Mr Alexander Krylov, Fellow, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow
ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES (Room 1)
Regional meetings for the Schools of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Chair :
Ms Sonja Licht, Director of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
Speakers :
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Mr Haakon Blankenborg, Ambassador of Norway to Serbia and to Montenegro, Belgrade
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Mr Zoran Morvaj, National Project Manager, Energy Efficiency Project, UNDP Croatia
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP (Room 5)
Regional meetings for the Schools of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
Chair :
Mr Ihor Kohut, Director of the Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Kyiv
Speakers :
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Mr Edigio Canciani, Directorate General for the External Relations, European Commission
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Mr Oleksandr Chalyi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, Kyiv
Thursday 1 july 14.00 to 17.00 : Visit to the Court / Bilateral meetingss
14.00 –15.30
Visit to the European Court of Human Rights for the Schools of Georgia, Kosovo*, Russia and Serbia
Regional meeting for the schools Albania, Montenegro and “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (Room 8)
National meeting for the School of Bulgaria (Room 7)
16.00 – 17.30
Visit to the European Court of Human Rights for the Schools of Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro and “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia “
Bilateral meeting for the Schools of Georgia and Russia (Salle 10)
Bilateral meeting for the Schools of Kosovo* and Serbia (Salle 11)
Free afternoon for the Schools of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine
Thursday 1 july Evening : free or invitations by Permanent Representations
Friday 2 july 10.00 to 12.30 : Closing session
10.00
Chair: Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Statement by Mr Bamir Topi, President of the Republic of Albania
Address by Ms Ludmila Alexeeva, Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Sakharov prize-winner 2009
Address by Ms Bianca Jagger, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against the death penalty, Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, London
11.30
Presentation of the Final Declaration
Award of diplomas to the participants by the Secretary General
Closing of the 5th Summer University by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Friday 2 july evening : Garden party at the Jardin des Deux Rives Soirée
