Greece and Germany: Through the Crisis - Civic Education Forum Berlin
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Details
The participants will have the opportunity to discuss European political, economic and social topics with experts in workshops. The aim is to develop own strategic proposals to solve pressing problems in Europe. In this context, young Greeks and German will be able to get to know the other side’s point of view.
PROGRAMME
Monday, October 14th 2013
until 12.00h
Arrival and registration of the participants
Assignment to the workshops
12.30h
Lunch
14.00h
Opening
- Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP
Former President of the European Parliament
Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Panayotis Zografos
Greek Ambassador to Germany
14.30h
No North, no South - it's Europe!
Panel Discussion
- Hans-Joachim Fuchtel MP
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Coordinator of the Greek-German Assembly
- Georgios Koumoutsakos MEP
Member of the European Parliament
- Konstantinos Kyranakis
President YEPP
- Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP
Former President of the European Parliament
Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Thomas Rachel MP
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Education and Research
Panagiotis Kouparanis
Journalist, Deutsche Welle
(simultaneous translation Greek-German)
16.00h
Coffee Break
16.30h-18.00h
WORKSHOPS
(Language: English)
Workshop I
REFORMS AND CHANGES IN THE EU SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS
- Stefaan de Corte
Centre for European Studies, Brussels
- Matthias Schäfer
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
Dr. Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz
Europäische Akademie, Berlin
Workshop II
RESTART YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- Mark Hauptmann MP
Chairman of the International Commission for Foreign Affairs, European and Security Policy, Junge Union Deutschland
- Apostolos Apostolakis
Co-Founder e-shop.gr, e-food.gr, doctoranytime.gr, Athens
Jana Hauschild
Journalist, Berlin
Workshop III
GREECE & GERMANY: WHAT ROLE FOR THE CIVIL SOCIETY?
- Stephania Xydia
Co-Founder of PlaceIdentity, Athens
- Younes Ouaqasse
Chairman RCDS Thuringia
- Eva Majewski
Chairman of European Democrat Students, Brussels
Maximilian Kall
Journalist, Berlin
Workshop IV
STEREOTYPES AND MEDIA
- Elina Makri
Café Babel, Freelance Journalist, Athens
- Paul Ronzheimer
Chief reporter BILD, Berlin
Jochen Markett
Journalist, Berlin
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013
09.00h
Continuation of the workshops:
- Each workshop assigns two Greek and two German discussants to present their respective arguments of the workshop debates in reversed argumentation role.
- Each workshop team elaborates two theses on how to practically improve the Greek-German relations in the thematic field covered by the workshop
Lunch
14.00h
Presentation and discussion of the debates and results of the workshops
Moderator: Jochen Markett
16.30h
Summary and farewell address
17.00h
Farewell Reception
