We would like to invite you to the Final evaluation conference on the results of the Conference on the Future of Europe, which will take place on 30th – 31st May 2022 on the premises of the Congress Hall of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic at Hlboká cesta street No. 2 in Bratislava. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic (MFEA) in cooperation with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA). The event is supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Representation in Slovakia, the Representation of the European Commission, and the Office of the European Parliament in Slovakia.
You can register for the event at this link, until Thursday 26th May 2022. As the conference room capacity is limited, we recommend you register as soon as possible.
The panel discussions on Monday 30th May 2022 will reflect the topical areas of the European Citizens´ Panels as featured within the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) while focusing on the Slovak experience with the CoFoE´s course and the country´s position towards final recommendations of the Conference on given sectoral topics.
The panel discussions taking place on Tuesday, 31st May 2022, will look beyond this frame and explore the wider European level of the CoFoE debate, as well as the narrower regional Central European dimension.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/800813177505760
8:00 – 8:45 ｜ Registration
8:45 – 9:00 ｜ Words of welcome
IVAN KORČOK, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
TOMÁŠ STRÁŽAY, Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)
9:15 – 10:30 ｜ Panel I: Stronger economy, social justice, and jobs/ Education, culture, youth and sport/ Digital transformation
Moderator: EVA MIHOČKOVÁ, SFPA
Panelists:
PETER KMEC, member of parliament, National Council of the Slovak Republic
MICHAELA KRŠKOVÁ, Chief Innovation Officer, Government Office of the Slovak Republic
MÁRIO LELOVSKÝ, 1st Vice President, IT Association of Slovakia
ZUZANA HOZLÁROVÁ, Slovak delegate at the Conference on the Future of Europe
10:30 – 10:45 ｜ Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 ｜ Panel II: Climate change, environment/ Health
Moderator: PAVOL DEMEŠ, Board of Directors of the SFPA
Panelists:
MICHAL KIČA, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic
MICHAL WIEZIK, member of the European Parliament
ANNA ZEMANOVÁ, member of parliament, National Council of the Slovak Republic
LUCIA SZABOVÁ, Climate Coalition
12:00 – 13:15 ｜ Lunch
13:15 – 14:30 ｜ Panel III: European democracy/ Values and rights, rule of law, security
Moderator: PAVOL DEMEŠ, Board of Directors of the SFPA
Panelists:
VLADIMÍR ŠUCHA, Head of European Commission Representation in Slovakia
MICHAL ŠIMEČKA, Vice-President, European Parliament
OĽGA GYÁRFAŠOVÁ, sociologist and university pedagogue, FSES Comenius University
ERIK POTOCKÝ, editor, conservative daily Postoj
14:30 – 14:45 ｜ Coffee break
14:45 – 16:00 ｜ Panel IV: EU in the world/ Migration
Moderator: LUCIA YAR, Euractiv
Panelists:
INGRID BROCKOVÁ, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
VLADIMÍR BILČÍK, member of the European Parliament
KATARÍNA CSÉFALVAYOVÁ, Director, Institute for Central Europe
ĽUDOVÍT GOGA, member of parliament, National Council of the Slovak Republic
16:00 ｜ End of the first day of the conference – INGRID BROCKOVÁ, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
Glass of wine
(organized by SFPA and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Representation in Slovakia)
8:00 – 8:25 ｜ Registration
8:30 – 8:45 ｜ Words of welcome
TOMÁŠ STRÁŽAY, Director, Slovak Foreign Policy Association
URBAN ÜBERSCHÄR, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Representation in the Czech and Slovak Republic
8:45 – 10:00 ｜ Panel I: European dimension of CoFoE – sharing experiences and discussing the future direction of the EU
Moderator: EVA MIHOČKOVÁ, SFPA
Panelists:
BARBARA WOLF, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Slovakia
PASCAL LE DEUNFF, Ambassador of the French Republic to Slovakia
TOMÁŠ KOZÁK, Director General, European Affairs Section at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
10:00 – 10:15 ｜ Coffee break
10:15 – 11:30 ｜ Panel II: Regional dimension of CoFoE – citizen´s vision of the EU and the future cooperation of the Central European countries
Moderator: BARBARA ZMUŠKOVÁ, Euractiv
Panelists:
HELFRIED CARL, Founder and Managing Partner, Innovation in Politics Institute; former Austrian Ambassador to Slovakia
LUCIA RYBNIKÁROVÁ, Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Global Europe, GLOBSEC
MELCHIOR SZCZEPANIK, Analyst, Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM)
ZUZANA STUCHLÍKOVÁ, Associate Research Fellow, EUROPEUM
11:30 – 11:45 ｜ Closing of the conference
11:45 – 12:45 ｜ Lunch
Video report from the conference:
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