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Young Leaders for Lisbon Congress – La Società Civile per un’Agenda di riforma europea.
Young Leaders for Lisbon Congress
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Bringing the Citizens Along:
How Civil Society Will Generate
European Economic Renewal
15-16 March, 2004
Brussels, Belgium
Programme
15 March, 2004 The Paul-Henri Spaak Lecture on the
State of the European Economy
The Honourable Guy Verhofstadt
Prime Minister of Belgium
18:00-19:00 Lecture
19:00-19:45 Cocktail Reception
20:30-22:00 Networking Dinner
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An informal dinner, where citizens discuss the economic and political situation in their home country and the policy initiatives they plan to take.
16 March, 2004
8:30-9:00 Informal Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Policy Roundtable
Taking the Agenda Forward: The Role of Citizens in Shaping Europe’s Future
Europe has had economic reform on its agenda for years – with limited success. Too often, citizens have left reforms up to the tense three-way dialogue between governments, trade unions and employers associations – who have argued themselves into a corner and achieved painfully little despite spending much energy on the problem. On the eve of the Spring European Council, civil society demands a voice in the reform debate. We call on European leaders to take bolder positions and end the gridlock.
In this brainstorming and strategy session, we look at the European reform agenda. What are the challenges before us? What are the policy responses that could help? And what can we as citizens bring to this vital debate?
Contributions
Marco Grasso, Vision, Italy
Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness, Brussels
Berlinpolis, Germany
Britain in Europe, UK
Knowledge Land, Netherlands
Paradigmes, France
Polish Lisbon Strategy Forum, Poland
A Gauche en Europe, France
FuturBulences, France
Deutschland Denken!, Germany
Liberales Netzwerk, Germany
Liberte, j’ecris ton nom, France
Yes for Europe, Brussels
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Denmark
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 -- 12:00 Press Conference
Making Europe Grow Again: Pushing Ahead with Structural Reform and Political Change
European citizen groups present the conclusions of their morning brainstorming session and call on European leaders to take bolder, more effective action to prepare Europe’s economy for the future.
12:00-13:30 Networking Lunch with Media Leaders
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