“I would like to thank my friend who always stands in solidarity with me, President Václav Havel, for his invitation to this important meeting.”
Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, Dissident, Cuba, 2007
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Program

 Conference Program

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17

16:00 – 18:00 Pre-Conference Seminar

Gathering of the Conference participants together with the interested public.
Informal explanatory discussion about the themes of the Conference.
19:00 – 23:00 Opening Ceremony (Pantheon, National Museum)
By special invitations only.
19:00 - 19:30 Opening remarks: Václav Havel
19:30 - 23:00 Reception


MONDAY, OCTOBER 18
09:00 - 12:30 Opening plenary session (Smetana Hall of the Municipal House)
09:00 - 09:05 Opening of the Conference
09:00 - 09:20 Opening remarks:
Václav Havel
09:20 - 10:10 Keynote speeches:

Jean-François Rischard
“The Dilemmas of Global Governance”

Anuradha Mittal
“The Role of the Civil Society in a Globalized World”
10:10 - 10:40 Panel discussion
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:00 Parallel workshops (Municipal House)

Participants will be divided into 3 parallel workshops with specific topics. The workshops will be moderated by professional facilitators in order to reach valuable outcomes.
13:30 - 15:00 Parallel workshops

1/ Civil Society in Politics - Old Deficits or New Power?

2/ Global Governance - Democracy vs. Efficiency?

3/ Civil Society in Global Economy- Critique or Cooperation?
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 - 17.00 Workshops continue
17:00 Adjourn


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19
09:00 - 12:30 Parallel workshops (Municipal House)
09:00 - 10:40 Parallel workshops continue
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Work on the workshops conclusions

Closed sessions of the workshops.
11:00 - 12:30 1/ Roundtable: “Perspectives of the Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe after the EU Enlargement”

2/ Observers’ Open Forum
An opportunity for the observers to express their ideas or present their proposals regarding the themes of the Conference.
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:00 Closing plenary session (Smetana Hall of the Municipal House)
13:30 - 15:00 Presentation of the workshops’ outcomes
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 - 16:50 Panel discussion, Call for Follow-up Activities
16:50 - 17:00 Closing remarks
17:00 Closing of the Conference (Smetana Hall of the Municipal House)
17:10 Cocktail (Sladkovský Hall of the Municipal House)
By special invitations only.

2004

Supported by

Nippon Foundation

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