Wednesday 19 February 2014
(European Parliament, Brussels)
13:00 – 13:30 Opening
- Peter Woodward - Conference Moderator
- Welcome speech
Márta Márczis - President of AEIDL - Rethinking the European project, starting from its citizens and communities
Yves Champetier - AEIDL Board Member
Questions & Answers
13:30 – 15:00 Demonstrating the power of local
- Tot Raval promoting social cohesion in a district of Barcelona (Spain)
Elisa Covelo O’Neill
- Együtt Egymásért: “Together for Each Other” (Hungary)
Imre “Zorro” Mata
- REALIS - Social innovation ecosystem in Languedoc-Roussillon (France)
Michel Dupoirieux
- The Valley of the Carp (Poland)
Marta Kamińska
- ECOLISE - The European Network for Community-Led initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability
Eamon O'Hara
Questions & Answers
15:15 – 16:00 Debating the road ahead
- Local development - A force for global transformation?
Chris Brooks - Expert in international economic cooperation
- Local development and prospects for Europe
Marjorie Jouen - Special Advisor, Notre Europe-Jacques Delors Institute
Questions & Answers
16:00 - 16:30 Political perspectives for local development and Europe
- Kinga Göncz - Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
- Eric Andrieu - Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
- Hannes Lorenzen - The Greens / European Free Alliance
16:30 – 17:00 Building a shared vision
Débat
17:30 Group photo in front of the European Parliament
18:00 – 21.30 Inauguration of AEIDL’s newly renovated building, networking, cocktail & dinner
Thursday 20 February 2014
(Le Bouche-à-Oreille, Rue Félix Hap 11, 1040 Brussels)
09:30 – 10:00 “The Europe beneath Europe”
François Saint-Ouen - Senior Lecturer at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva and Secretary General of the European Cultural Centre
10:00 – 11:00 Parallel workshops (Part 1)
Workshop 1: Social Cohesion / Social Inclusion< /p>
- Sustainable citizen neighbourhoods (Brussels, Belgium)
- Tot Raval promoting social cohesion in a district of Barcelona (Spain)
- OCM broadens ‘museum’ concept for South Tyrol citizens (Alto Adige, Italy)
- "Horta à Porta": Community gardening in Porto (Portugal)
Workshop 2: Territorial development / Renewable energy / Climate change / Quality of life
- Sustainable Island Samsø (Denmark)
- ECOLISE, The European Network for Community-Led initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability
- Supernatural transforms a landfill into a park (Belgrade, Serbia)
- "Transition Town Totnes" - A world first (United Kingdom)
- Locality, a network of development trusts, community enterprises, settlements and social action centres (England, United Kingdom)
Workshop 3: Social enterprise / Social inclusion / Gender issues
- Együtt Egymásért - “Together for Each Other” (Cserehát, Hungary)
- “Spazio Ragazzi”: Social agriculture for young people (Italy)
- SEWA: Serving the needs of self-employed women (India)
- Rural development in the Kavar basin (Turkey)
11:15 – 12:15 Parallel workshops (Part 2)
Workshop 4: Social inclusion / Social economy / Local circuits
- “Union Gewerbehof” - A cooperative business centre (Dortmund, Germany)
- Le Zeybu Solidaire (Grenoble, France)
- REALIS - Social innovation ecosystem in Languedoc-Roussillon (France)
- Torino Social Innovation (Turin, Italy)
Workshop 5: Social enterprise / Social inclusion / Territorial development
- Cooperation, key to Limerick’s Southill regeneration (Ireland)
- Job opportunities for all (Karditsa, Greece)
- The Valley of the Carp (Lower Silesia, Poland)
- Solidarity with evicted Roma families leads to local development initiatives (Cluj-Napoca Romania)
Workshop 6: Territorial development
- Local Development in Lapland (Finland)
- RUAB: A local community owned social enterprise (Sweden)
- Regional brand boosts rural development (Nitra, Slovakia)
- Latvia’s 1st Rural Communities Parliament gets underway (Latvia)
12:20 – 13:00 Visioning, local action and the way ahead
Michael Dower - University of Gloucestershire (England)
Márta Márczis - President of AEIDL
