Lessons in democracy since 1989:
A source of inspiration for Ukraine and Tunisia?
Václav Havel European Dialogue Conference
Organisers: Czech Centre Brussels, European Partnership for Democracy, Václav Havel Library, Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU
Venue: Room A1G-3, European Parliament, Brussels
Date: 13 November 2014, 12:30 -16:15
This year the Czech Republic, together with nine other EU Member States, celebrates 10 years of EU membership. This decade was preceded by many years of preparation to the accession, which transformed the countries and fostered their democratic transitions. This experience is often called “the return to Europe” and warrants sharing in a context of the numerous democratic transitions in the EU neighbourhood.
The objective of this second edition conference commemorating Václav Havel’s work is to examine what the EU means to neighbouring countries in terms of democratic development. Inspired by the 2013 edition, this event will be an opportunity to look at two concrete examples of countries currently in transition, Ukraine and Tunisia, each of which held crucial elections on the 26th October 2014.
Each panel will be introduced by a member of the European Parliament and representatives from civil society who will share their thoughts on the experience of democratic transition. This will pave the way for a discussion on how to take advantage of these often hard-learned lessons and offer the support of democratic transitions in other countries and thus carry on Vaclav Havel’s vision and legacy. Panelists for both countries will also share their experience of observing recent elections.
The detailed programme can be found here.
Please note that participation is by registration only. To register, please send an email to [email protected]. If you need an access badge to the European Parliament, please send an email to the same address with the following information : name, date of birth, nationality, passport number and name of the organisation.
