International Democracy Day Brussels is an event organised each September to mark the UN International Day of Democracy.
Join a wide range of high-level speakers, international democracy advocates, and activists from across the world as they address the challenges of this new world order for democracy. They will discuss the mechanisms to protect and support democracy, such as Team Europe, and the potential for greater North-South collaboration.
Programme
Rebuilding Ukraine: the Lugano Declaration
In this webinar, prominent civil society activists from Ukraine will discuss the main tenets of the Civil Society Manifesto (Lugano Declaration) and the need to involve civil society to achieve success in reforming and rebuilding a post-war Ukraine, built on a strong democratic foundation.
Yuliia Bankova
Oleksandra Matviychuk
Andriy Dligach
Svitlana Matviyenko
Registration for the Morning Sessions
Video Message by Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Keynote Speech by Rana Ayyub, Journalist, Washington Post
Rana Ayyub
Context Session: Shada Islam Interviews Richard Youngs, Senior fellow, Carnegie Europe and Jerzy Pomianowski, Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy
Jerzy Pomianowski
Richard Youngs
Shada Islam
International Panel on Democracy in Era of Geopolitics
In this inaugural session of the 2022 edition of International Democracy Day in Brussels, experts will lay out the geopolitical context of this watershed moment for democracy and high-level representatives from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America will discuss possible solutions to the challenges of this new era of geopolitics.
Christina Kokkinakis
Imad Daimi
David Salvo
Shada Islam
Rana Ayyub
Coffee Break
EU Presidencies and the EU External Democracy Agenda: Seizing Momentum for Democratic Change (International IDEA)
This workshop aims at gathering insights on the EU democracy agenda 2022 and 2023 and recommendations from the Brussels democracy community and stakeholders for shaping future agendas. The session will be moderated on the basis of guiding questions.
Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin
Neal Mac Call
David Červenka
Lunch Break and Registration for Afternoon Session
The 50%’s Voice: Launch of the Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort (EPD)
The European Commission and the European Partnership for Democracy have launched the Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort as part of the Summit for Democracy’s Year of Action to take action toward implementing Summit for Democracy commitments on youth political and civic engagement. This session will launch the Youth Cohort and discuss avenues for meaningful dialogue and collaboration between many types of actors working to advance democratic participation of youth across the globe. Bringing together youth activists in the EU and globally as well as key decision-makers involved in youth engagement worldwide, this session will be an opportunity for debate and collaboration on the issue of youth political engagement. It will be livestreamed here
Qyira Yusri
Jutta Urpilainen
Valeriu Drăgălin
Ken Godfrey
Bama Athreya
Aisha Dabo
Hybrid Threats to Democracy (ENoP)
With the urgency to stand for democracy, this session will explore the non-military notion of ‘’hybrid threats to democracy’’. It will bring representatives from the EU institutions and experts from political foundations and their partners to discuss how to respond to disinformation threats and foreign election interventions. It will also look into our role as political foundations in empowering civil society and political actors in facing such realities, and discuss the role of China and Russia in this new geopolitical context
Ivana Karaskova
Milosz Hodun
Milan Jovanović
Lisa Gürth
Speakers
Christina Kokkinakis
Deputy Managing Director Global and Director for Values and Multilateral relations, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Qyira Yusri
Education Director and Co Founder of UNDI18
Imad Daimi
President, Raqabah Observatory
Jutta Urpilainen
European Commissioner for International Partnerships
Valeriu Drăgălin
President, European Democracy Youth Network
Ken Godfrey
Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
Bama Athreya
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub and Inclusive Development Hub, USAID
Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin
Sweden’s ambassador for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
David Salvo
Deputy Director, Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund.
Jerzy Pomianowski
Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy (EED)
Yuliia Bankova
Chief Editor, Liga.net
Neal Mac Call
Head of Division Democracy and Electoral Observation, European External Action Service
David Červenka
Director for Human Rights and Transition Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Aisha Dabo
Co-founder and Coordinator of AfricTivistes
Ivana Karaskova
Project Lead and China Analyst, Association for International Affairs (AMO)
Oleksandra Matviychuk
Head of the Board, Center for Civil Liberties
Milosz Hodun
President, Projekt: Polska Foundation
Milan Jovanović
Senior researcher, Digital Forensic Center
Andriy Dligach
Co-Founder, Center for Economic Recovery
Svitlana Matviyenko
Chairwoman, Agency for Legislative Analysis
Lisa Gürth
Deputy Director of Russia Programme, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Richard Youngs
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Shada Islam
Managing Director, New Horizons Project Geopolitical Strategy Advice and Analysis
Rana Ayyub
Journalist
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