From May 31st to June 1st we invite you together with the Green MEP Monika Vana to the 16th Central European Round Table (CERT). A networking meeting of Green and Green-related local politicians from Eastern and Southeastern Europe. This year's theme: "Flourishing of Green Action in Central and South-East Europe".
Program
Wednesday, May 31st
9:30-10:15:
Opening and Welcome by Monika Vana MEP, Ursula Berner (Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Wien/Vienna Green Foundation), Markus Reiter (Mayor of Urban District 7 of Vienna, Neubau) and Niki Kunrath (Municipal Councillor, Die Grünen Vienna).
10:15-11:45:
Panel "Innovative social politics on the local level"
Welcome by Johannes Rauch (Austrian Federal Minister of Social Affairs); contributions by Monika Vana (MEP), Márta Váradiné Naszályi (Budapest, Párbeszéd-Zöldek, Mayor of District I.-Budavár), Robert Musil (Austrian Academy of Sciences-Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Vienna), Manuela Wutte (Municipal Councillor, Graz) and Dobrica Veselinović (Municipal Councillor Belgrade, "Ne da(vi)mo Beograd-Don’t let Belgrade d(r)own").
Moderator: Ursula Machold (Local Councillor, Vienna-district 4).
11:45-12:00:
Coffee Break
12:00-12:30:
Presentation of the "Local Councillors’ Network" of EGP (European Green Party), Liliane Pollmann; input from Austria about "EU local Councillors Network", Elisabeth Götze, MP.
12:30-13:20:
Lunch
13:20-14:15:
Panel "New Green Initiatives and Perspectives in the Balkans"
Contributions by Bosnia-Herzegovina, Amna Popovac, Co-President of "Hoćemo/We Want"), Romania (Bogdan Barbu, Partidul ACUM), Bulgaria (Dobromira Kostova, Municipal Councillor Plovdiv, Zeleno Dvizhenie-Green Movement) and Heinrich Boell Foundation (Simon Ilse, former Director of HBF office Serbia-Montenegro-Kosovo, Belgrade).
Moderator: Adrijana Novaković (Working Group "Grüne JugÖs" of Green Migrants Vienna). Presentation of "Grüne JugÖs" by Suzana Stojanović-Joham.
14:15-15:15:
Panel "Greening cities and Climate Efforts in Central and East Europe".
Video Message by Leonore Gewessler, Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Action and Environment; contributions from Vienna (Peter Kraus, non-executive City Councillor, Die Grünen), Budapest (Bernadett Bakos, LMP-Zöldek, MP and former Local Councillor of District X.), Ljubljana (Jasminka Dedić, Municipal councillor, VESNA-zelena stranka), Sofia (Nadezhda Bobcheva, Deputy Mayor of District Oborishte. Zeleno Dvizhenie-Green
Movement) and Prague (Pavel Marc, Local Councillor District 1, Zelení-Greens).
Moderator: Pia Nagl (Local Councillor, Vienna-district 8).
15:30-18:00:
Outdoor "planning workshop" and excursion to Bandgasse with experts, local citizens and Isabelle Uhl (Deputy Mayor of District 7-Neubau).
18:30:
Dinner with Green officeholders from Vienna (Judith Pühringer, non-executive City Councillor) and David Ellensohn (Municipal Councillor, Head of Green Group), together with members of the "Central and Eastern European Network of Green Foundations".
Registration
Austrian participants: Registration mandatory! Mail to orsolya.bocek(at)gruene.at
The event will be held in English.
Program and schedule. Will be regularly updated.
Programm
Vom 31. Mai bis 1. Juni laden wir dich zusammen mit der grünen Europaabgeordneten Monika Vana zum 16. Central European Round Table (CERT) ein. Ein Vernetzungstreffen grüner und grünnaher Kommunalpolitiker aus Ost- und Südosteuropa. Das diesjährige Thema: "Flourishing of Green Action in Central and South-East Europe".
Programm
Mittwoch, 31. Mai
9:30-10:15:
Eröffnung und Begrüßung
10:15-11:45:
Panel "Innovative Sozialpolitik auf lokaler Ebene"
11:45-12:00:
Kaffeepause
12:00-12:30:
Präsentation des "Local Councillors' Network" der EGP (Europäische Grüne Partei)
12:30-13:20:
Mittagessen
13:20-14:15:
Panel "Neue grüne Initiativen und Perspektiven auf dem Balkan"
14:15-15:15:
Panel "Städtebegrünung und Klimabemühungen in Mittel- und Osteuropa".
15:30-18:00:
Planungsworkshop im Freien mit Experten und Bürgern des Bezirks 7 in der Bandgasse
18:30:
Abendessen mit grünen Mandatar:innen aus Wien
Anmeldung
für österreichische Teilnehmer:innen: Anmeldung erforderlich, per E-Mail an orsolya.bocek(at)gruene.at
Die Veranstaltung wird in englischer Sprache abgehalten.
Programm und Zeitplan werden regelmäßig aktualisiert.
