International Democracy Day Brussels is an event organised each September to mark the UN International Day of Democracy.
IDD 2024 will take a global view of this electoral year, with a particular focus on engaging with women and youth.
The full event programme will be available in the upcoming weeks.
Programme
Registration and coffee
Welcome by Moderator Shada Islam and by a representative of the Committee of the Regions
Video message by a Member of the European Commission
Session 1: Elections 2024 - latest state of play
Aminata Touré
Shada Islam
Coffee break
Keynote speech on Elections and science by Professor Michael Bruter (LSE)
Michael Bruter
Session 2: Mobilising young people at the ballot box: good practices and challenges
Luis Villaherrera
Viviane Ogou
Samuel Kpartor
Pita Limjaroenrat
Coffee break
Presentation of OECD Trust Survey
Elsa Pilichowski
Session 3: International Democracy Day at 10
Patrick Simonnet
Elsa Pilichowski
Jerzy Pomianowski
Richard Youngs
Expert comment by Adam Dicko, Association of Youth for Active Citizenship and Democracy
Adam Dicko
Final remarks
Shada Islam
Registration and coffee
Welcome speech by Moderator Shada Islam
Shada Islam
Video message by Member of European Commission
Session 4 - How to counter disinformation at a time of war?
Iryna Fedoriv
Riham Abu Aita
Khalid Albaih
Presentation on global electoral trends in 2024
Nico Jaspers
Keynote speech by Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition leader
Leopoldo López
Coffee break
Session 5: Gender Equality and Authoritarianism
Saskia Brechenmacher
Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu
Salma Al-Nims
Sonia Gassemi
Japleen Pasricha
Keynote speech by Simone Susskind, Actions in the Mediterranean
Simone Susskind
Session 6: After the EU elections - what's next for EU support to democracy globally?
Sam van der Staak
Final remarks by Gary Klaukka, ENoP
Gary Klaukka
Lunch
Speakers
Gary Klaukka
Executive Director, European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP)
Iryna Fedoriv
Co-founder, Holka
Nico Jaspers
Co-founder and CEO, Latana
Riham Abu Aita
Co-founder, Kashif
Simone Susskind
Founder, Actions in the Mediterranean
Adam Dicko
Executive Director, Association of Youth for Active Citizenship and Democracy (AJCAD)
Saskia Brechenmacher
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Salma Al-Nims
Senior Social Affairs officer, Gender Equality and Inclusion, UNESCWA
Sonia Gassemi
Women's rights activist and artist
Japleen Pasricha
Founder-CEO & Editor-in-chief of Feminism in India
Khalid Albaih
Sudanese political cartoonist, civil rights activist and freelance journalist
Leopoldo López
Venezuelan opposition leader
Elsa Pilichowski
Director for Public Governance at the OECD
Sam van der Staak
Director for Europe, International IDEA
Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Shada Islam
Managing Director, New Horizons Project Geopolitical Strategy Advice and Analysis
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