Quo vadis? The role of civil society in East and Central Europe

25 February 2021 | Members' Corner

On the occasion of #WorldNGODay, New Europeans invites you

to join an international conference on

The Role of Civil Society in East and Central Europe.

The conference will be livestreamed from FB NewEuropeansNews

All times CET.

“Civil society organisations challenge injustice, oppression and brutality all over the world. The tremendous work of NGOs around the world is needed more than ever today.

The European Commission will support them in carrying out this crucial work without fear”

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

Moderator

ROGER CASALE

Executive director, New Europeans

Testimonies

OLGA ZUBRILOVA

New Europeans Minsk

EKATERINA ZIUZIUK

Belarus Diaspora Association, Italy

TETIANA PECHONCHYK

Head of the NGO Human Rights Center ZMINA

KATERYNA SOKOLOVA

Assistant Professor, Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

LINA KUSCH

First Secretary, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

IGOR ISAJEW

Editor Nasze Slowo, Ukrainian Weekly in Poland and Civil Rights Activist

ANNA FIDAS

Stefan Batory Foundation

Expert discussants

VERA MÓRA

Director at Ökotárs Alapítvány – Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation

PIOTR MACIEJ KACZYNSKI

Senior Fellow at Centre for International Relations, Warsaw

WOLFGANG RESSMANN

Director, Project Media Dialogue, Federal Republic of Germany

MARIA LAURA FRANCIOSI

Board member, New Europeans

 

Originally published by New Europeans, available here.