INVITATION

The Shadow Report project is an initiative of civil society organisations from AT, DE, DK, HU, IT, PL, RO, SK and SI to prepare an implementation report on EU macro-regional policies from a citizens’ perspective.

It gives us pleasure to invite you to the next phase of the Shadow Report project takig place in an online form between 10:00-12:00 (CEWT) on Thursday, 25 November 2021. We will have genuine voices not only from the EU Alpine macro-region but well beyond it makig our consultation more inclusive and thought-provoking.

Be part of our still ongoig creative process leading to a unique civil society product, the Shadow Report and contribute to the text of our reflection document: https://forms.gle/GBetW95oG9USQjmc9

Please register to the event here:
https://forms.gle/21jZHnwz13XVcgWS6

The zoom link to the event will be sent to registered participants on 24 November 2021.

DRAFT PROGRAMME
online, 10:00-12:00, CEWT
Thursday, 25 November 2021

Moderator: Ms Christiana PORDES, President, The World of NGOs, Austria

10:00Opening and setting the scene
Mr Miklos BARABAS, Director, European House Budapest, Coordinator of the Shadow Report project
10:10In search of new solutions
Macro-regional strategies and the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council

Mr Emil FERJANCIC, Deputy National Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
10:25Youth dynamism beyond borders
Ms Neza REPANSEK, Vice-president of the National Youth Council of Slovenia for International Cooperation, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
10:40Questions and contributions
11:00The myth and reality of an Alpine feeling – A view from Lugano
Mr Filippo LOMBARDI, Politician, The Municipality of Lugano (tbc)
11:15A success story or a lost case?
Citizens and the Conference on the future of Europe

Mr Maarten DE GROOT, Co-lead, Inclusiveness Task Force, Citizens Take Over Europe
11:30A special contribution
Ms Darja SEKULA KRSTIC, Nefiks, Slovenia
11.35Questions and contributions
11:58Conclusions and closing

The project is supported by the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union.

By EH