EPP Local Dialogues

Strengthening recovery, resilience and democracy in regions, cities and villages

16.05.2023 7:00 am / 11:00 am
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15 May 2023

18.30 – 19.30 Commemoration of Paweł Adamowicz

Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

16 May 2023

Moderator: Jacek Bendykowski, President of the Gdańsk Foundation

8.00 - 9.00 Registration and welcome coffee

9.00 - 9.20 Opening remarks

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdańsk, Poland

Mieczysław Struk, President of Pomorskie Region, Poland

Olgierd Geblewicz, President of the EPP-CoR Group, President of West Pomerania Region, Poland

9.20 – 9.45 Key note speech

Marcin Kierwiński, Secretary General of the Civic Platform

9.45 Special intervention

Siegfried Mureşan, Vice President of the EPP, Vice Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, video message

10.00 – 11.20 Innovative regions as the driving force for a competitive Europe. The EPP for innovation and entrepreneurship, at the side of local and regional communities.

Setting the scene Isidro Laso Ballesteros, Cabinet expert for Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, online

PANEL 1:

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdańsk, Poland

Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw, Poland

Radim Sršeň, Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic

Adam Struzik, President of Mazovia Region, Deputy Leader of the Polish People's Party, Poland

Rob Jonkman, Alderman of the municipality of Opsterland, the Netherlands

11.20 - 12.45 European democracy in the 21^st century. What Ukraine fights for, and what we have to fight for in our cities and regions to protect European values.

PANEL 2:

Mieczysław Struk, President of Pomorskie Region, Poland

Arnoldas Abramavičius, Vice-minister of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

Jelena Drenjanin, Stockholm Region, Councillor in the Assembly of Huddinge, Sweden

Edvardas Lukošius, Vice-Chairman of European Democrat Students

Statement Andriy Sadovyi, Mayor of Lviv, Ukraine, online

12.45 - 13.00 Adoption of the Gdańsk Declaration

Introduced by Emma Blain, member of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Ireland

Olgierd Geblewicz, President of the EPP-CoR Group and President of West Pomerania Region, Poland

13.00 - Press conference

14.30 – 17.00 Visit of the Exhibition on the history of Solidarność in the European Solidarity Centre (on site)

14.30 – 17.00 Study visit to Orunia (by bus)