NEW EU MEMBER STATES AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY - DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION

organized by the
Hungarian Helsinki Committee
CEU Human Rights Students' Initiative
People in Need
Open Society Archives

with support of
the Czech Embassy and the Czech Center in Budapest and
the Open Society Institute - East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program

at the Czech Center
in 1063 Budapest, Szegfű utca 4.
on Friday, 10 November 2006

The language of the workshop: English
Everybody is welcome to attend!

WOKSHOP PROGRAM

9:30 - 10:00     Registration and coffee

10:00 - 10:10     Welcoming remarks: Mr Jaromir Plíšek, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hungary

10:10 - 10:30     Opening Speech: Dr. Hana Hubáčková, Director General of Territorial Section I, Foreign Ministry (Czech Republic)

10:30 - 12:00     Human rights and democracy promotion in the emerging democracies. Identifying the needs and setting the priorities.
Panelists:
Mr Balázs Jarábik, Head of Civil Society Development Program for Belarus PACT (Ukraine)
Mr Roland Kováts, Deputy Director, Freedom House Europe (Hungary)

12:00 - 13:30     Lunch

13:30 - 15:00     NGO's and governments' role in democracy promotion
Panelists:
Mr Igor Blaževic, Director of Human Rights and Democracy Department and One World Film Festival, People in Need Foundation (Czech Republic)
Mr Jaroslaw Ćwiek-Karpowicz, Project Coordinator for European Program, Institute of Public Affairs (Poland)
Ms Gabriela Dlouhá, Head of TRANS Unit, Foreign Ministry (Czech Republic)
Representative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) (to be confirmed)

15:00 - 15:20     Coffee break

15:20 - 16:30     Presentations of democracy promotion projects supported by organizations from the Visegrad region
Panelists:
Mr David Stulik, Head of East European Programs, People in Need Foundation (Czech Republic)
Mr Lenka Surotchak, Director, Pontis Foundation (Slovakia)
Mr Milan Sagat, Program Officer, Pontis Foundation (Slovakia)
Ms Magdalena Kmak, lawyer, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland)

16:30 - 16:50     Coffee break

16:50 - 17:20     Future prospects for Hungary's involvement in democracy and human rights promotion
Panelists:
Mr Péter Kolossa, Program Officer, International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT) (Hungary)
Mr Balint Molnar, Development Officer, Freedom House Europe (Hungary)
Mr Márk Fodor, Director, Amnesty International(Hungary)

17:20 - 17:30     Closing remarks: Ms Márta Pardavi, Executive Director, Hungarian Helsinki Committee