The 9th General Assembly
The 9th General Assembly of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum will be held on 6-8 May 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The main venue for General Assembly events is the Austria Trend Hotel Bratislava.
Hourly Schedule
May 5th
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- Arrival, registration for the General Assembly
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- All members invited to self-organise their WG/EG internal meetings
May 6th
- 08:30 - 09:30
- Registration
- 09:30 - 10:30
- Welcome Session and Keynote speeches
- Moderator: Ralph du Long, Co-chair of the Board, CSF
- 10:30 - 12:00
- Panel: Civil Society in Slovakia and Central and Eastern Europe
- Moderator:Anna Skvortsova, NGO Development Centre/ CSF Board
- 12:00 - 12:30
- Coffee Break / Networking
- 12:30 - 14:00
- CSF Getting to know session
- This session will provide space for members, supporters, local NGOs and guests to get to know each other closer and their activities.
- 14:00 - 15:30
- Networking lunch
- 15:30 - 17:00
- Thematic group discussions with local NGOs
- 17:30 - 19:00
- Working Group meetings / or Public Events
- PUBLIC EVENT 1 (OPTIONAL): Council of Europe, OSCE and Russia: Challenges for International Institutions
Main Venue PUBLIC EVENT 2 (OPTIONAL): Russia of the Regions: Civil Society and activism from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok Martinus Bookshop (tbc) Obchodná 516/26, 811 06 Bratislava
OR: Working and Expert groups’ meetings
- 19:00 - 21:00
- Diner
- Cultural event at “Old Market” (tbc) Venue: Námestie SNP 484/25, 811 01 Bratislava-Staré Mesto
May 7th
- 08:30 - 09:30
- Technical session on financial report 2018 Registration for the Voting I
- 09:30 - 11:30
- CSF 2018 Report
- Presentation of CSF 2018 Activities Report Anna Sevortian, Executive Director, CSF Q and A
CSF 2018 Financial Report Ksenia Vakhrusheva, Environmental Rights Centre BELLONA / CSF Board Q and A
Adoption on the financial report
- 11:00 -
- Coffee served / no break
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Presentation of Board candidates
- Moderator: Grigory Melkonyants, Golos
- 12:30 - 14:00
- Networking lunch
- 14:00 - 16:00
- Towards CSF Strategy 2025
- Moderator: Wojciech Tworkowski, strategy facilitator
- 15:45 -
- Coffee served / Registration for the Voting II
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Board elections, voting
- Moderator: Grigory Melkonyants, Golos
- 18:30 - 20:00
- PUBLIC EVENT 3 (OPTIONAL)
- State of Civil Society Report 2018: Ireland, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania and Russia Venue: Comenius University in Bratislava (tbc) Šafárikovo námestie 6, 814 99 Bratislava
Moderator: Kristina Smolijaninovaitė, CSF
Free time, cultural events, cooking
May 8th
- 09:00 - 11:00
- Time for working and expert groups
- 11:00 -
- Coffee served
- 11:00 - 13:00
- Strategy 2020-2025 summing up
- Moderator: Chair of GA
- 13:00 - 14:00
- Closing Session
- Presentation of the new CSF website / Closing remarks
Moderator: Łukasz Wenerski, Co-chair of the Board, CSF
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Lunch
