EUROSFAT 2019

Why your VOTE will shape the Future of Europe

Candidates and representantives of the main European political parties are coming in Romania to discuss about the importance of voting for the European elections and to presents the vision of European political families on the future of Europe. We hope that the debate will determine you to vote on May 26!
Do you already have a question for the speakers? Do not hesitate and write it down in this form!

Speakers:

Dara Murphy

Vice-President & Campaign Director

European People's Party (EPP)

Michal Berg

Member of the executive body

European Greens Party(EGP)

Daniel Berg

Candidate to EP elections, Member of the

Executive Board of Momentum

Andi Cristea

Member

of the European Parliament, PSD(S&D Group)

Moderators:

Ramona

Ianuș

Deputy Director

Europuls

Dharmendra

Kanani

Director of Strategy

Friends of Europe

Can civic engagement shape the outcome of the European elections?

This workshop brings together CSOs representatives from Romania and candidates in the European Parliament elections from different EU Member States in a true agora-style debate. Some insights of the debate: Why young generations are more reluctant in taking part in traditional forms of political participation but instead they are ready to join demonstrations? What are their main expectations from the future European Parliament? Are the new civic movements the actors of change in Europe? How citizens can better organise themselves in order to enhance their participation in politics and in the decision-making process? Can a civic movement influence political movements while maintaining its “civic” core?

Speakers:

Dragoș

Pâslaru

CANDIDATE TO THE EP ELECTIONS

2020 USR-PLUS ALLIANCE

Milosz

Hodun

International advisor

Nowoczesna, Poland

Victor

Negrescu

Candidate to EP elections

PSD

Daniel Berg

Candidate to EP elections, Member of the

Executive Board of Momentum

Questions and Interventions from:
Civic, political activists, journalists: Representatives of Geeks for Democracy, Declic, Initiative Romania, the Association for Community Relations

Cătălin

Teniță

Initiator

Geeks for Democracy

Elena Ghioc

Founder

Inițiativa România

Kit Gillet

Freelance journalist for

The New York Times, The Economist, The Guardian etc

Tudor

Brădățan

Executive Director

Declic

Mihai Nicolae

Tudorică

Project Manager

Asociația pentru Relații Comunitare

Moderator:

Mihaela

Popa

Deputy Director

Europuls

Co-organisers: Romanian Centre for European Policies (CRPE)

The conference is co-financed by the European Commission, Europe for Citizens Programme, Strand2: Democratic engagement and civic participation.

Rule of law and anti-corruption in public administration

How can the public administration be reformed so as to become an attractive environment for professionals? How can government technology be used to reduce corruption? How can the culture of bureaucracy and culture be changed? What is its impact on the modernization and economic growth of Romania and the absorption of European funds? What will be the impact of the conditionality of protecting the rule of law proposed by the European Commission on public administrations and, implicitly, on citizens? These are just a few questions that we will be answering during this debate.

Speakers:

Dacian

Palladi

City-manager

Oradea City Hall

Jordanka

Tomkova

Senior Adviser

Innovabridge Foundation

Bogdan Dima

Lecturer

Law Faculty - University of Bucharest

Radu Puchiu

Envoy

Open Government Partnership

Moderator:

Dumitru

Oprițoiu

Project Manager

Europuls

Co-organisers: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Rule of Law Programme South East Europe

The digital revolution: building a safer and smarter healthcare system

The digital revolution is redrawing the healthcare landscape across the entire world, bringing about a wave of innovation that is fundamentally changing how we approach medical services. Good care for everyone through access to quality and affordable healthcare should be the ultimate goal. How prepared is Romania for the ongoing digital revolution in healthcare? How are Romanian policy-makers ensuring that innovative medical treatments and technologies are available to all its citizens? What is the European Union doing to support Member States in the era of new technologies in healthcare?

Speakers:

Maria-Manuela

Catrina

State Secretary

Ministry for Communications and Information Society

Costică

Dumbravă

Programme Officer

European Commission

Mirela

Iordan

Country Manager

Pfizer Romania

Dr. Carmen

Orban

Manager

Fundeni Clinical Institute

Pavel Popescu

Secretary

Committee on Information and Communications Technology, Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament

Moderator:

Claudia

Gherman

Affiliated Expert

Europuls

Co-organisers: Janssen pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, Smart Everything Everywhere, Embassy of Belgium in Romania, eHealth Romania

The Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) - 2021-2027 - An appropriate budget for the new European Union?

In the context of Brexit, migration issues, rising populism and persistent economic and development inequalities throughout the European Union, the question remains what financial resources can the European Union mobilise in its post-Brexit configuration? Against this background, this panel seeks to focus on the positions of different institutional and independent actors on the future budget of the European Union, how the MFF is negotiated and what its actual spending priorities should be. We aim to understand the obstacles and potential solutions for achieving a budget that would work for all citizens, whilst also help the EU recreate itself following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the bloc.

Vorbitori:

Simeona

Manova

Policy Analyst

Multiannual Financial Framework, Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission

Gabriela

Crețu

PSD Senator

Romanian Parliament

Siegfried

Mureșan

MEMBER

of the European Parliament, PNL

Gabriela

Drăgan

Director

European Institute of Romania

Anca Ciocoiu

Representative

Romanian Government

Moderator:

Dr. Cristian

Surubaru

Affiliated Expert

Europuls

Co-organisers: European Commission Representation in Romania, Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Sustainable Development of Romanian Urban areas. Lessons learned and exchange of best practices

Grouped in roundtables according to the region, each mayor will have a team of experts, private companies representatives, civil society representatives and citizens that will debate together and will come up with a series of ideas and/or solutions. The mayors will then expose their findings to the other groups, in order to achieve a constructive general debate and extract the best ideas possible. We aim that, through 3 mini-working sessions, to gather a series of ideas that we can then expose in an activity report. The moderators will facilitate the transition between the sessions and will interact will all groups, in order to provide the most effective information exchange.

Speakers:

Adrian

Dobre

Mayor

of Ploiești City Hall

Dacian

Palladi

City-manager

Oradea City Hall

Piero

Pelizzaro

Chief Resilience Officer

Milano City Hall

Nicolaie

Moldovan

City Manager

Alba-Iulia City Hall

Marian

Panait

City Manager

Sinaia City Hall

Moderators:

Ana Cristina

Dobrișan

Affiliated Expert

Europuls

Gabriel

Trăistaru

Affiliated Expert

Europuls

Co-organisers: Enel Romania, OMV Petrom Romania

The Role of the EU in shaping the Future of Free Trade

Experts will assess the benefits and shortcomings of the EU trade policy based on fair and open competition, the implications of protectionism policy in an increasingly difficult environment, as well as the importance of involving global actors in deterring these phenomena. We will also discuss the reasons for which WTO modernisation is needed, as well as the extent to which the EU and its international allies will be able to shape the multilateral trading system.

Speakers:

H.E. Michael

Gregory

Andrews

Ambassador

of New Zealand to Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova

Stéphane

Lambert

Counsellor and Head of Trade

Economic and Science & Technology Policy, Mission of Canada to the European Union

Polina

Khomenko

Policy Coordinator

WTO Policy and negotiations, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Takahiko

Watabe

Deputy Head of Mission

Embassy of Japan in Bucharest, Romania

Virgil

Goagă

Director

International Relations Department, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania

Moderator:

Phd. Sabina

Strîmbovschi

Affiliated Expert

Europuls

Co-organisers: Embassy of Canada to Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova, Embassy of Japan in Romania, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania

Towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: what role for social entrepreneurship in Europe?

The workshop will highlight the role of social entrepreneurship in creating a more sustainable EU by working towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals agreed in Agenda 2030. Through an exchange of experience among practitioners, discussions will focus on types of innovative solutions implemented by social entrepreneurs in solving economic, social and environmental problems and current policies at European level that support the development of social entrepreneurship. We will also analyse the current state of play in Romania and conclude with policy recommendations that should be implemented to better support social entrepreneurs in reaching the societal impact they are pursuing.

Speakers:

E.S. Stella

RONNER-

GRUBACIC

Ambassador

Embassy of Netherlands in Romania

Dennis

Karpes

Social entrepreneur

Ashoka Fellow

Dana Verbal

Policy Officer

Job creation unit, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Oana Țoiu

Candidate to EP elections

2020 USR-PLUS Alliance

Ștefania

Andersen

Operational Director

Civil Society Development Foundation Romania

Dorica Dan

Social entrepreneur

Ashoka Fellow

Moderators:

Laura Vișan

Affiliated Expert

Europuls

Corina

Murafa

Managing Director

Ashoka România

Co-organisers: Ashoka Romania

Safer, more effective and inclusive financial markets

This year at the EUROSFAT Forum, financial experts join forces to discuss options to improve financial inclusion through education and better use of technology. Are the regulatory trends facilitating the financial inclusion and intermediation? What needs to be done for improving financial literacy? Are financial institutions ready to act in a digital environment? Are customers’ tech savvy enough for this? Is the EU legislation and the Romanian one fit to embrace the technological revolution in the financial field? All this and many more will be discussed in this year’s edition of the EUROSFAT Forum!

Speakers:

Eugen

Rădulescu

Director

Financial Stability Unit, National Bank of Romania

Raluca Painter

Head of Unit

The Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union - European Commission

Dr. Bogdan

Glăvan

Professor

Romanian-American University

Florin

Bâlcan

Managing director

Provident Financial Romania

Dragoș Neacșu

CEO

Erste Asset Management

Gabriela

Folcuț

Executive Director

ARB

Moderator:

Ramona

Ianuș

Deputy Director

Europuls

Co-organisers: Provident Financial Romania, Erste Asset Management

Cultural Event - Forum Theatre
You have the power to change something! In 2019, citizens responsibly elect their representatives!

Forum theatre is a type of theatre that offers the possibility of interaction and debate between the audience and the actors, is a social intervention instrument. In the first part you will be able to watch a short play, in the second part you will be able to change the characters of the play in order to provide a happy ending to the story. The general aim of this action is engaging citizens and decision-making factors in debates and activities that outline the importance of voting for the European Parliament 2019 elections. Through this play, we aim to make citizens more responsible and aware of their rights and to determine them to participate to the election of the Romanian candidates to the European Parliament for the next 5 years.

Actors: Marius Dogaru, Maria Stan, Valentina Niculăică and Irena Dumitru („Ion Creangă” National College) ; Maria Sorescu and Mihaela Istim („Jean Monnet” highschool) ; Andrei Miron, Alexandru Soare and Liviu Bogdan („Mihail Sadoveanu” highschool)

Marius, Maria

Valentina, Irena

Students

„Ion Creangă” National College

Maria and Mihaela

Elevi

„Jean Monnet” highschool

Andrei

Alexandru

Liviu

Elevi

„Mihail Sadoveanu” highschool

Facilitator:

Loredana

Licuța

Project Coordinator

Europe Direct information centre (EDIC) Bucharest

Co-organisers: Europe Direct information centre (EDIC) Bucharest, European Institute in Romania