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EGAT Session on EU Politics and Gender (Czech Republic)
Our EGAT participants in the Czech Republic meet for the second time to explore EU politics and gender issues!
About the Event
“European Accumulator” is the second meeting of a series of training sessions in the Czech Republic, part of our transnational project European Green Activists Training organized by the Green European Foundation together with the Institute of Active Citizenship.
During the weekend training, 20 participants will discover more about the topics of EU and gender equality. Guests from various levels of politics and activism will offer complementary perspectives on interconnections between the national and European affairs. Program is based on non-formal education methods, and debates will be accompanied by practical workshops.
Programme
Friday 29th November
19.00 – Dinner
19.30 – Introduction to the weekend
19.45 – František Kopřiva – MP for Pirate Party, Equal marriage bill submitter, member of European Affairs Committee – Czech and European politics, Equal marriage bill case study; discussion
21.15 – End of the day
Saturday 30th November
08.00 – Breakfast
09.00 – Wake-up activities, detailed introduction to the program
09.30 – Introduction to gender and feminist politics – round of 3 stages; workshop
11.45 – Break
12.00 – Petra Jelínková – environmental and feminist activist, coordinator of gender equality programs in the NGO sector – Feminism in politics, feminism as politics; discussion
13.00 – Lunch
15.00 – Fractions in the European Parliament – who is who?; workshop
16.30 – Break
17.00 – Věnek Bonuš – Advocacy group analytic (“Rekonstrukce státu”), EGAT alumni – Current state of EU, experience from Brussels; discussion
- – Reflection groups
19.00 – Dinner
20.00 – Voluntary evening program
Sunday 1st December
08.00 – Breakfast
09.00 – Voxpot reporters – Foreign Affairs reporters, audio-visual channel Voxpot – EU foreign policy – immigration deal with Turkey; discussion
10.00 – Break
10.15 – Voxpot reporters – Who owns our media? Czech and EU media scene; workshop
11.15 – Personal visions of EU and discussion on Brussels Study Trip program
12.30 – Reflection round and closing
13.00 – Lunch
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