On the 29th/30th of October 2015, the 4th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) takes place in Ulm, Germany. Following the example of last year’s conference, a 2nd Participation Day for civil society actors is scheduled prior to the main conference on the 28 of October, in Ulm as well. 

The 2nd Participation Day 2015 aims to contribute to a stronger involvement of civil society and local actors of the 14 EUSDR countries in the implementation of the EUSDR. It provides a platform for debate, opinion building, exchange and cooperation for the representatives from civil society organizations and local actors in the Danube Region.

The 2nd Participation Day is organised by the Institut für virtuelles und reales Lernen in der Erwachsenenbildung an der Universität Ulm (ILEU) e.V. (Institute for virtual and face-to-face learning in adult education at Ulm University) in close cooperation with a Steering Committee consisting of representatives of the Danube Civil Society Forum (DCSF) of the EUSDR, ILEU e.V., the Priority Area 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation of the EUSDR and Agapedia gGmbH.

This event is supported by: State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Robert Bosch Stiftung, City of Ulm, Foster Europe Foundation, ILEU e.V., Ulm University and Haus der Begegnung.

Follow up

• The Ulm Resolution

• Reports and documents produced by the working groups

• Pictures of the Participation Day

• Article of Schwäbische.de about the 2nd Participation Day    

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• Programme

• Photos

• Registration

• Reports from the Working Groups

Programme      

• Moderation: Jörg Mirtl, Coordination of the Danube Local Actors Platform (D-LAP)

  • 09.00-09.20 Welcome words / Interactive opening. Carmen Stadelhofer, President ILEU e.V. [video]

  • 09.20-10.00 Opening address [video]
    Gisela Erler, State Counsellor for Civil Society and Civic Participation of the State Government Baden-Württemberg
    Stefan August Lütgenau, President of Danube Civil Society Forum

  • 10.00-10.20 Plenary lecture “Participation and Civil Society in South-East of Europe“ [video]
    Jan W. van Deth, Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research, Mannheim University

  • 10.20-10.40 Plenary lecture “Latvia 2030: strategic dilemmas, content and parliamentary acceptance as consequences of citizens’ participation” [video]
    Roberts Ķīlis, Associate professor, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

  • 10.40-11.00 Coffee break

  • 11.00-11.45 Experience from the field:

    1. Lively historic urban landscape. Sonja Jilek / Matthias Rip [video]

    2. Regaining nature in urban areas. Srdjan Stankovic [video]

    3. Health and social care in villages. Ecaterina Mardarovici [video]

  • 11.45-12.15 Plenary discussion / Introduction to the working groups
    

  • 12.15-13.30 Lunch

  • 13.30-14.00 Guided tour of the poster exhibition and NGO stalls

  • 14.00-16.00 Working groups - Moderated by Axel Flinker, agonda Dialog- und Zukunftsprozesse [video]
    

    1. Social entrepreneurship. Srdjan Stankovic / Tobias Faltermeier

    2. Participation and governance. Stefan August Lütgenau / Anders Bergström / Iva Taralezhkova
       

    3. Lifelong learning for individual benefit and social participation. Carmen Stadelhofer / Dusana Findeisen

    4. Financing. Daniela Stojković / Aleksandar M. Gajić

    5. Open data. Simon Vrečar

    6. Participation and civil society and Ukraine. Igor Studennikov

    7. Media. Alexis Andrija / Sabine Geller

    8. Small towns and cultural landscapes. Valerie Carter

    9. Roma and vulnerable groups. Tina Bing / Gabriele Gottschall

    10. Danube Social Service & Education Cluster. Martin Ivanov / Stefan Barth

    11. Youth. Iryna Gumenchuk / Maksym Altunin

    12. Migration. Anna Ditta / Mattia Brazzale

  • 16.00-16.30 Coffee break

  • 16.30-17.00 Key word reports from the Working groups
    

  • 17.00-17.15 Resolution of the Participation Day 2015 [video]
    Stefan August Lütgenau, President of the Danube Civil Society Forum
    Jörg Mirtl, Coordination of the Danube Local Actors Platform (D-LAP) /

  • 17.15-17.45 Closing panel [video]
    Kurt Puchinger, Priority Area Coordinator, Priority Area 10 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region
    Gisela Erler, State Counsellor for Civil Society and Civic Participation of the State Government Baden-Württemberg

  Social evening

  • 19.30 -20.00 Welcome [video]
    from Peter Friedrich, Minister for the the Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    with
    Ivo Gönner, Lord Mayor of Ulm and Christoph Dahl, Executive Director of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
    Moderated by Werner Schempp, Director, International Affairs and Protocol, State Ministry Baden-Württemberg

  • from 20.00 Conference buffet
    

  • 20.30 Music and dance with the group Saitenspringer
    

  • 21.00 United Urban Jazzcats with the singer Siyou Isabelle Ngnoubamdjum, Joe Fessele piano, Uli Kuhn bass, Gunter Czisch on drums

Photos by Andrea Brendel

Registration - CLOSED

Thank you very much for your interest to join the 2nd Danube Participation in Ulm 2015.

Due to the overwhelming echo from the Danube community we had been forced to close the registration. We regret very much that not all interested will have the possibility to join the 2nd  Danube Participation Day Shared History – Common Future. Nevertheless we cannot accept registrations that go beyond the capacity of our venue.

We thank for your understanding.

Reports from the Working Groups

Working-Groups_Reports.pdf »