The Citizens Take Over Europe initiative brings together a coalition of 50 European civil society organisation who call for citizens to be at the centre of European decision-making in the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe.

The coalition aims to host an independent self-organised citizen-driven Conference. Citizens Take Over Europe is organising a series of online events on the 15 December & 14-15 January showcasing the vision for a dynamic, participatory and inclusive Conference on the Future of Europe.

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During these sessions, decision-makers, opinion leaders, civil society activists, journalists, creators, influencers and artists, will come for a series of interactive workshops, and work together to tell the story of European democracy. There will be a mock public hearing with MEPs that will tackle how citizens’ voices can be listened to on a more permanent basis to develop EU policy-making. Citizens are now setting the tone and agenda for the conversation about the future of Europe.

FACEBOOK EVENT

PROGRAMME 15 DECEMBER, 17:30 – 20:30 CET

Session: Better Participation: How do we get citizens to the centre of the Conference and European democracy?

Introductory remarks in plenary (15 mins)

– – – Breakout A: EU CAN DO IT: Saving lives with Participatory Democracy (5th Meeting of the Council on Participatory Democracy)

The EU CAN DO IT Petition was a comprehensive package of proposals to manage the COVID emergency and social, economic and climate crisis with a coordinated European effort presented through an official Petition to the European Parliament.
The Petition was supported by 8,000 people and over 50 organisations across Europe. Now, it is important to reach out to all those who signed it, and involve others, to invest in following-up to the Eu Can Do It petition by updating its demands and objectives, starting from what the EU has done and what is yet to be done, and new ideas/proposals towards the goal of new competencies of the European Union on health and social and civil protection.

Confirmed discussants:
– Marco Cappato, President of EUMANS and co-founder of Science for Democracy
– Violeta Bulc, Former EU Commissioner for Transport and co-promoter of Manifesto for European Health Union
– Vytenis Andriukaitis, Former EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety and co-promoter of Manifesto for European Health Union
– Roger Casale, Executive Director New Europeans
– Julie Stendam, Committee of the Right to Cure European Citizens Initiative

Facilitator: Virginia Fiume, Coordinator of EUMANS

– – – Breakout B: Manifesto for a European Citizens’ Assembly 19:00 CET

Proposal from our coalition and partners, and comments by representatives of the European Union institutions.Speakers: the main signatories of the Manifesto

– – -Breakout C: TAKING OVER VS TAKING COVER – THE NEXUS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PANDEMIC OUTBREAKS AND THE CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY

Round-Table: Maia Mazurkiewicz (Head of Intelligence, Alliance4Europe), Mogens Blicher Bjerregård (President, European Federation of Journalists) and Elias G. Carayannis (Professor of science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, George Washington University)

Engagement of other participants with comments and then discussion within the panel and the audience as the time allows.

Conclusions in plenary (30 mins) – 20:00-20:30