Democracy and the Rule of Law
Conference.
The Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law will bring together key stakeholders to discuss the state of democracy and the rule of law in the EU. It will explore how better to respond to challenges to our democracies, and what role the EU can play.
Over two days, there will be four panels of debates and high-level speakers including Professor Jan-Werner Müller, Professor Francis Fukuyama (online), President of the European Court of Justice Koen Lenaerts, Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath and Minister for European Affairs Marie Bjerre.
Programme
| 14:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 15:00 | Welcome by Lone Loklindt, chairperson of Nyt Europa |
| 15:15 | Opening speech by Marie Bjerre, Minister of European Affairs Denmark |
| 16:00 | Onboarding and world café |
| 17:30 |
Panel debate: Democratic shifts in Europe – Understanding the reasons and creating new pathways
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| 18:30 | Freetime (with possibility to check in at the hotel) |
| 19:30 | Dinner (self-paid) |
| 08:00 | Welcome and feed forward from day one |
| 08:30 | Keynote speech by Director Sirpa Rautio, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| 09.00 |
Panel debate: Showcasing how to mobilise for democracy – cross-sectoral perspectives on good practices and lessons learned
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| 10:00 | Skills and Capacity Labs (parallel working groups, registration in advance) |
| 12:00 | Lunch with art performance by New Democracy Fund partners |
| 13:00 | Co-creating ways forward in parallel working groups (participants bring topics, registration on the spot) |
| 15:00 | Reporting back from working groups |
| 15:30 | Keynote Speech (tbc) |
| 16:00 | Break with gallery walk |
| 16:30 |
Pass the baton and: Reflections on upcoming Civil EU presidencies
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| 17:00 | Checking out and what’s the ways forward |
| 17:30 | Networking and drinks |
Registration
Information will follow.