Thursday, 7 November 2024

17:00-20:00    Arrival of organisers, speakers and welcome dinner (Butero: Bracka, 3)

Friday, 8 November 2024

09:30   Welcome remarks

Renata Gravina, Laurenz Van Ginneken/ Milos Hodun (European Liberal Forum), Daniela Raspa (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi)

09:45   Introduction to the event and schedule

Renata Gravina (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi) getting to know each other (presentations)

10:10   Coffee Break

10:30  Discussion with the authors, exchange of views on the completed chapter and future prospects on defence issues in the run-up to the publication of the book
Sarka Shoup (Politics and Society), Milos Hodun (Project Polska), Elif Menderes (FNF), Mikko Majander (MAGMA), Jasmina Ibrahimpasic (BDF)

13:00   Lunch ( Soul Kitchen: Nowogrodska, 18A)

14:30   End of the event

L'articolo The Hour of EU Defence proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

The study describes universal phenomena and trends. Even when the starting point for describing a problem is a single country or a group of countries, it does not at all mean that this problem is limited to this particular geographical area. On the contrary, it should be assumed that it is or will be present in one form or another in other countries as well. The question is: when and with what intensity? Because there are no places in Europe in which Putin would not be interested. Destabilising or subjugating every patch, even small or remote from Moscow, brings the dictator closer to his goal: reconstructing the empire, building Putin’s Europe.

During the discussion, authors of the publication will answer questions what has changed in recent months and how whether there will be more or less of Putin’s Europe after the upcoming EP elections.

Programme – 31 may 2024

10:30 Welcome

Milosz Hodun, Board Member, European Liberal Forum
Emma Galli, Scientific Director, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

10:45 Keynote speech

Violetta Pashutina, President, GOLOS Kyiv

11:00 Panel discussion on Putin’s Europe

Domenico Fracchiolla, Professor, Mercatorum and Luiss University
Renata Gravina, Researcher, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi
Mila Moshelova, Researcher, Friedrich Naummann Foundation
Patrik Oksanen, Researcher, FORES

Moderator
Milosz Hodun, Board Member, European Liberal Forum

13:00 Lunch

15:00 End of the programme

In cooperation with Projekt Polska, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, D66 International

L'articolo Putin’s Europe in the Crucial Year proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Marco Mariani, Vice President of the European Liberal Forum
Didrik de Schaetzen, Segretary General ALDE Party
Antoaneta Asenova, Board member of the European Liberal Forum
Philipp Rösler, former Germany vice Chancellor
Adrian Vazquez Lazara, MEP Renew Europe
Angela Cavezzan, Risk manager, Financial Services

Moderator
Renata Gravina, Researcher at Luigi Einaudi Foundation

L'articolo Malagodi and The Liberal International (RDR) proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Before you all go on Christmas holidays, we are back with our next opportunity in 2024!

It is time for our first LYMEC Digital Assembly of 2024. This event (already our #8 Digital Assembly) will take place online on Saturday, 3rd February 2024 between 10:30-13:00 CET (Brussels time). This event is supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) – European Dialogue.

In our constant efforts to increase the amount of opportunities to meet the current leadership and to discuss together the main issues we are facing today in Europe.

The agenda will be as follows:

PART A – The topic of the event will be focusing on LGBTQIA+ rights, as LYMEC recently adopted a resolution on the current worrying developments on the matter in Italy. The proposal is calling upon EU Member States and representatives to maintain pressure on Italy to back down from these latest queerphobic policies, respect civil liberties and political rights for the LGBTQ+ community. We would like to therefore open the discussion around this pressing issue in Italy and see with a set of local speakers and experts how the European community can support the Italian LGBTQ+ community to face the new realities. It is very important for us young liberals to be vocal and at the forefront of the fight for the rule of law and civil liberties all over in Europe.  The draft programme with the list of speakers will be circulated to the registered participants. We will be coordinating with our partner organisations in Italy for this event and especially the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

PART B – It will be dedicated to the Bureau presenting what has been done so far since the Autumn Congress (in Riga last November) and what the plans and actions for the coming months are, especially in light of the European Elections in 2024 and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. This will be primarily an opportunity for delegations to ask questions and share their concerns/comments with the current leadership. Questions or comments for Part B can be sent to office@lymec.eu and bureau@lymec.eu anytime ahead of the event or you can simply ask for the floor during the event.

Schedule:

The meeting will start at 10 h 30 CET (Rome time) and end around 13 h 00 CET.
The event will take place fully online on Zoom conferencing platform. The link will be sent to registered participants the days before the event.

lymec.eu

L'articolo LYMEC Digital Assembly – ‘Non dica gay’ – Protection of LGBTQIA+ rights in Italy and beyond proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Download del programma

About the event

The current invasion of Ukraine by Russia is not a local war but Putin’s battle against the liberal West. It is his act of brutal opposition against the ideas like freedom, human rights and European integration. Kremlin has been working for a long time to undermine liberal values in Europe, and it used different methods to promote its ideological and political agenda. The long-term objective of Russian influence activities is to weaken NATO and the EU, and without understanding how Kremlin works, what harm has been done already and what can be done to prevent it, European societies will vulnerable towards future Russian attacks and European Union will be forced to use enormous recourses to repair all damages.

The main objective of the ‘Putin’s Europe’ project is to improve understanding of how Russia is conducting political influence activities against Europe and how liberals, on both European level and Member States’ level, can defend themselves from this influence. During the event 12 authors will discuss the topic of Russian influence in European democracy.

Monday, 27 November 2023

16:00 Individual interviews for the film 19:00 Dinner

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

09:00 Welcome remarks
Speaker: Dr. Milosz Hodun, Board Member of the European Liberal Forum
Speaker: Adam Szłapka MP, President of the Future of the EU Intergroup in the Sejm

09:30 Round table discussion with all authors
Moderator: Francesco Cappelletti, Policy and Research Officer at ELF

Speakers:
Alen Gudalo, Boris Divković Foundation Dr. Dejan Ravšelj, Zavod 14
Erno Buzas, Momentum
Jelena Jesejana, Latvijas attīstībai
Juan Pina, FundaLib
Dr. Mila Moshelova, Freidrich Naumann Foundation
Dr. Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi
Dr. Ricardo Sivestre, MLS
Dr. Silvia Nadjivan, NEOS Lab
Dr. Valeriya Korbalyova, Ukraine In A Changing Europe Research Centre Zsófia Naszádos, Momentum

12:30 Closing remarks
Moderator: Dr. Milosz Hodun, Board Member of the European Liberal Forum

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Individual interviews for the film

Rassegna Stampa

• ansa.it italiano
• ansa.it inglese
• ilpoliticoweb.it
• tuttonotizie.net

L'articolo Putin’s Europe: la propaganda russa in Europa dall’inizio della guerra e il rapporto Russia Europa proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Saluti istituzionali
Giuseppe Benedetto, President Luigi Einaudi Foundation

First Session

Andrea Cangini, Secretary General Luigi Einaudi Foundation
Marco Mariani, Vice President European Liberal Forum
Tsvetelina Penkova, Member of the European Parliament S&D Group

Second Session

Paolo Arrigoni, President at GSE
Francesco Grillo, President at Vision and convenor of the Dolomite Conference on Climate Change
Nicola Monti, CEO at Edison
Chicco Testa, President at Assoambiente

Conclude
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Italian Minister for the Environment and Energy Security

Moderator
Simona Benedettini, Energy Independent consultant Luigi Einaudi Foundation’s project leader

Scarica il libro in PDF, click qui

L'articolo PPAs and Energy Communities: Opportunities and Challenges for Europe proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Introductory Remarks

Speakers

Antonios Nestoras, Deputy Executive Director European Liberal Forum, Belgium
Fjona Merkaj, Project Officer European Liberal Forum, Belgium
Renata Gravina, Researcher Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Italy

Moderators

Francesco Cappelletti, Policy and Research Officer European Liberal Forum, Belgium
Zina Zlatanova, President Liberal Institute for Political Analysis, Bulgaria

Speakers

Simona Benedettini, Energy Independent Consultant Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, RECs project leader, Italy
Ricardo Silvestre, Energy Expert Social Liberal Movement, Portugal
Gero Scheck, Professor Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Germany
Slavtcho Neykov, Energy Management Institute Liberal Institute for Political Analysis, Bulgaria

Discussants

Franco Becchis, Scientific Director Turin School of Regulation, DiRe, Foundation for the Environment, Italy
Andrea Sbandati, Environmental Economics Consultant Confservizi Cispel, Italy

Scarica il libro in PDF, click qui

L'articolo RECs: a Comparative Study Towards the EU Green Deal proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Speaker

Simona Benedettini, Energy Independent Consultant Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, PPAs project leader, Italy

With

Agence Europe
Euractive.com
Euractiv.it
Contexte.com
EUObserver
EUnews
GEA agenzia
Dire Agenzia

Moderator

Alessio Pisanò, Journalist and Director Total EU, Belgium

L'articolo FLE Towards the EU #GreenDeal proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Catharina Rinzema MEP Volkspartij voor Vrijheid/Renew Europe

Renata Gravina Researcher Sapienza, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

Melissa Amirkhizy ELF, European Liberal Forum

Antonio Stango FIDU, Italian Federation for Human Rights

Elisabetta Zamparutti former MP, Nessuno tocchi Caino

Luciana Borsatti independent journalist

Alberto Pagani PD, Partito Democratico

Paolo Formentini Lega

Lia Quartapelle PD, Partito Democratico

Andrea Orsini FI, Forza Italia

L'articolo Iranian Women as All Mankind proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Al centro del workshop portoghese l’importanza delle Comunità per le energie rinnovabili (RECs), uno dei modelli previsti dalla legislazione dell’Unione europea per promuovere un ruolo attivo dei cittadini nel processo di transizione ecologica e raggiungere obiettivi ambiziosi di decarbonizzazione. Il progetto mira a indagare il quadro legislativo dei diversi Stati europei membri (Portogallo, Germania, Italia, Bulgaria e Danimarca) per capire lo stato dell’arte delle legislazioni nazionali nella promozione dei RECs.

“La possibilità di confrontarsi con diversi Paesi sulle best practice e sulle barriere allo sviluppo delle comunità di energia rinnovabile permetterà alla Fondazione Einaudi, insieme allo European Liberal Forum, di apportare un contributo concreto al dibattito europeo e italiano sulla transizione energetica”, ha spiegato Simona Benedettini, economista esperta di energia e membro del Comitato Scientifico della Fondazione Einaudi.

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One of the key pillars of the energy policy of the European Commission is to put citizens at the centre of energy transition. Citizens should become an active part of the decarbonisation process by adopting, e.g., self-consumption or selling renewable electricity and flexibility services to the market.

Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) are one of the models envisaged by the EU legislation to promote such active role of citizens and achieve ambitious decarbonisation targets. The project aims at investigating the legislative framework of different EU Member States ( Portugal, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Denmark) to achieve an understanding of the state of the art of national legislation in promoting RECs.

The event consists in a workshop aimed at presenting to participants the goals and the methodological approach of the research and the structure of the final publication presenting the results of the study. To this aim, following the introduction of Francesco Cappelletti (European Liberal ForumProject Officer) and Renata Gravina (Luigi Einaudi Foundation European projects coordinator) Simona Benedettini (Luigi Einaudi Foundation RECs project leader) will provide

• aims of the research
• relevance of the research for Europe and the EU debate on climate and energy policies
• methodological framework of the research (areas of investigation, specific issues to be addressed for each area)
• contents and structure of the final publication
• next steps of the project

Speakers

• Speaker: Simona Benedettini, Luigi Einaudi Foundation, Italy
• Speaker: Gero Scheck, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Germany 
• Speaker: Ricardo Silvestre, Social Liberal Movement, Portugal
• Speaker: Slavtcho Ivanov, Liberal International, Bulgaria
• Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi
• Speaker: Francesco Cappelletti, Senior Policy & Research Officier di European Liberal Forum

Rassegna stampa

• opinione.it
• 9colonne.it
• talkcity.it

Simona Benedettini on the RECs project

 

L'articolo Renewable energy communities workshop proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.