Government/citizen communication workshop

Budapest 8-9 March 2002

Program

Accommodation and Workshop Venue: CEU Residence and Conference Center

Kerepesi ut 87, H – 1106 Budapest, Hungary; Tel: (36-1) 327-3250 Fax (36-1) 327-3150

 

Thursday, 7 March

Arrival day

18:30 Bus from CEU Residence and Conference Center to Iguana Restaurant (Bp. Zoltan u. 16. Tel: 331-4352) Meeting at 18:20 at the Reception Area

19:00 Dinner at Iguana Restaurant (Bp. Zoltan u. 16. Tel: 331-4352)

Around 21:00 Bus is leaving for CEU Residence and Conference Center


Friday, 8 March

9:00-10:30

Introduction to the workshop

Jerzy Celichowski: Presentation of Information Program strategy in the area of government-citizen communication

The government:

International perspective
  • Joanne Caddy (OECD): OECD activities
  • Yuri Mishnikov(UNDP): UNDP activities/Tomasz Anusiewicz (UNDP): Regional Good Governance Programme
  • Franz Kapps (Worldbank): World Bank's strategy as regards government-citizen communications

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

The government continued

Information

  • Miroslaw Czekaj (City Council of Szczecin, Poland): information on city budget
  • Oana Maria Mateescu (former Transparency International): civil society monitoring as means of fighting corruption
  • Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria): information and corruption

Consultation

  • Gabor Toka (Central European University): deliberative polls

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00

The government consultation continued
  • Nerute Kligiene (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania): government consultation of 15-year development program

Participation
  • Priit Poiklik (Press Spokesman to the previous Government of Estonia): participation through the internet, TOM portal
  • Stephen Coleman (London School of Economics): British consultation experiments, future of e-consultation and e-participation

15:30 bus from CEU Residence and Conference Center to Central European University - Meeting at 15:20 at the Reception Area

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-18:00

Central European University (Budapest, V. Nador u. 9) - Gellner Room

Public Lecture: Stephen Coleman (London School of Economics): 'E-Democracy - what it is and what it is not'

18:30 Meeting at Central European University, Ground Floor, Octogon - walk to the restaurant

19:00 Dinner in Via Luna Restaurant (Bp. Nagy Sandor Jozsef u. 1. Tel: 302-0145)

Around 21:00 Bus is leaving for CEU Residence and Conference Center

 

Saturday, 9 March

9:00-10:30

Civil society
Listening to the civil society

  • Francesc Osan (City of Barcelona): Barcelona experience
  • Cvjetana Plavsa-Matic (Office of the Government of the Republic of Croatia for Cooperation with NGOs, Croatia): Croatian experience

NGO perspective

  • Krista Baumane (politika.lv, Latvia): communicating independent policy initiatives to the government
  • Sandor Fulop and Judy Amorosa (Access Initiative for Environmental Management and Law Initiative): information in environmental movement

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

The framework:

Freedom of Information Legislation

  • Helen Darbishire (COLPI, OSI) review of Freedom of Information legislation situation
  • David Banisar (Privacy International): Freedom of Information: an international perspective

User perspective

  • Eva Vajda (Media Program, OSI): Freedom of Information from a journalist perspective

Case studies

  • Alexander Kashumov (Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria): functioning of FOI legislation in Bulgaria: lessons learnt

12:30-13:30 Lunch

14:00-15:30

The framework case studies continued

  • Alina Pippidi (Romanian Academic Society) FOI campaign in Romania: the civil society perspective
  • Dan Jurcan (Ministry of Information Romania) FOI campaign in Romania: the government perspective

Discussion of Information Program government/citizen communication strategy in groups

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

Presentation of discussion results and wrap-up.

18:00 bus from CEU Residence and Conference Center to boat dinner - Vigado ter - Meeting at 17:50 at the Reception Area

19:00 Boat Dinner, Place: Vigado ter; Name of the boat: "Gyor"

Around 21:00 Bus is leaving for CEU Residence and Conference Center

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