The programme of the "ec4la" Conference in Athens

Last update 20/2/2013 21:30

Dates: 22nd to 24th of February 2013

Venue: Hotel President in Athens, Greece
(Greek participants have to fill the registration form at the Greek Participants Conference "ec4la" Registration Form)

Friday (22/02/2013)

09:30 – 10:00 Registration - ec4la infodesk

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and opening ceremony,
Eleni Gazi, President, ELIX -Conservation Volunteers Greece

10:15 - 10:45 Europe for Citizens programme & Intro "what is ec4la",
Judith Wunderlich-Antoniou - Coordinator "ec4la"

10:45 - 11:15 Volunteering in Europe - Why volunteering?
Babis Papaioannou - Coordinator Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014

11:15 - 11:30 coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Relations between public and third sector on European level
Ilias Roubanis - Lecturer National School of Public Administration

12:00 - 12:30       Local Actions and Citizens’ Actions: The case of Local Government
                            Constantinos Alexacos - Architect, former Deputy Director at Athens
                                    Municipal Organization for Culture, Sports and Youth

12:30 – 13:00 Mass Media in Voluntary Actions
Katerina Christofilidou, Environment Editor of "SKAI" media group

13:00 lunch break

14:30 - 14:45 Presentation + good cases of Austria - GRENZENLOS, Sara Paredes, Magdalena Lentsch

14:45 - 15:00 Presentation + good cases of Belgium - Compagnons Bâtisseurs Belgique,
Raphaël Livet

15:00 - 15:15 Presentation + good cases of Estonia - International Youth Association EstYES,
Meeri Lille

15:15 - 15:30 Presentation + good cases of Finland - ALLIANSSI Youth Exchange, Noémie Szejnman

15:30 - 15:45 Presentation + good cases of France - CONCORDIA, Remy Pignol

15:45 - 16:00 Presentation + good cases of Germany - IBG - Internationale Begegnung in
Gemeinschaftsdiensten e.V., Christoph Meder

16:00 - 16:30 coffee break

16:30 - 16:45 Presentation + good cases of Hungary - TE IS Foundation, Zora Csalagovits

16:45 - 17:00 Presentation + good cases of Italy - Y.A.P. Youth Action for Peace Italia, Luca Cantelli

17:00 - 17:15 Presentation + good cases of Poland - FIYE - Foundation for International Youth
Exchange, Malgorzata Malejko

17:15 - 17:30 Presentation + good cases of Spain - De Amicitia, Eduardo Codina Ascanio

17:30 - 17:45 Presentation + good cases of United Kingdom - Community Service Volunteers,
Peter Hall

Conclusive Summary of Day 1

Saturday (23/02/2012)

09:30 - 10:00 Registration - ec4la infodesk

10:00 - 10:30 Volunteer Movement in Greece
Matina Magkou, Cultural and Youth Projects Manager

Good practice examples GREECE

10:30 - 10:45 Action and co-operation with the society: The "crisis" as a cause for organisation
Nicholas George Papachristou - Journalist

10:45 - 11:00 Kallitechnion of Acharnes, Athens, Elektra Papadaki

11:00 - 11:15 ELIX and the cooperation with the Periphery of Cyclades

11:15 - 11:30 coffee break

11:30 - 11:45 Environmental and Cultural Association Olympia, Elke Spiliopoulou, President

11:45 - 12:00 Pensioners in Action, Haris Ntassis and Sotiris Drouviotis

12:00 - 12:15 Parnithistes, Evi Koutsopyrou

12:00 - 13:00 Three Workshops

· How to approach and mobilise citizens to take actions?

· How to keep the interest of citizens, alive?

· What is the appropriate framework for supporting citizens' initiatives?

13:00 lunch break

14:30 - 16:30 Workshops to continue

16:30 - 17:30 Presentation of results by each workshop & Discussions

17:30 Conclusive Summary of Day 2

Sunday (24/02/2013)

10:00 – 11:00 Registration - ec4la infodesk

11:00 - 13:30 Panel Discussion: “Voluntary actions; social effect and the benefits of the society”

Eleni Gazi, President Elix - Conservation Volunteers Greece

Alexandros Deligiannis, Consultant and Project Manager –Sympraxis Team

Anastasios Anastasiou, Periphery of South Aegean

Babis Papaioannou, CoordinatorThessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014

Despoina Alexiou, camp-leader and volunteer

Maria Dimitropoulou, Project Manager

13:30 lunch break

14:30 - 16:00 Panel Discussion to continue - QnA session - Conclusions

16:00 Closing of the conference

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