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

L'articolo Putin’s Europe. Russian Influence in European Democracy proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.

Saluti introduttivi del Sen. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata

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

Le opinioni e i contenuti espressi nell’ambito dell’iniziativa sono nell’esclusiva responsabilità dei proponenti e dei relatori e non sono riconducibili in alcun modo al Senato della Repubblica o ad organi del Senato medesimo. L’accesso alla sala – con abbigliamento consono e, per gli uomini, obbligo di giacca e cravatta – è consentito fino al raggiungimento della capienza massima”.

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

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

The recent REPowerEU Plan of the European Commission considers Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) a key driver to achieve the new 2030 target of 45% share of renewable energy. According to the European Commission, such target is essential to ensure the timely and effective achievement of carbon neutrality in 2050. However, the diffusion of PPAs is facing several challenges across EU Member States due to both market and legislative barriers which are intrinsic to the long-term nature of PPAs. The project intends investigating the legislative and market framework for PPAs in different EU Member States (a preliminary and not conclusive list of countries might include Italy, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Portugal) to identify best practices for the diffusion of PPAs and to contribute to the EU debate on climate policies.

The theme of PPAs communities addresses issues common to the liberal political and ideological area many issues dear to the liberal area, from combating legislative and market barriers through a transnational and supra-national perspective to ecological challenges and economic savings.

Topics: Climate policies, Energy security, Climate neutrality, Net-zero future, FF55, REPowerEU, New Green Deal

VECTOR- Techno-Sustainability

About the event

The event consists in a workshop conceived as a follow up to discuss Power Purchase on a comparative frame and agree on a final publication. Simona Benedetttini (LEF project leader) will animate the workshop to explain to them how she conceived the project and to assist them in the realisation of a cohesive in-depth chapters on a European perspective. Benedettini will help authors reflecting on several issues such as:

• Identifying policies and market interventions which proved to be effective in promoting PPAs in EU countries
• Achieving an in-depth understanding on relevant barriers to the diffusion of PPAs
• Promoting the dissemination of best practices for the diffusion of PPAs
• Providing a relevant contribution to the EU debate on climate and energy policies

Programme

Wednesday 15 March 2023

10:00 – 19:00 Participants arrival to the Hotel Castle Garden, 40-41 Lovas utca, 1012 Budapest, Hungary

20:00 Meeting at the lobby for welcome and introduction

20:30 Dinner TBD

Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

Thursday 16 March 2023

Indítsuk Be Magyarországot Foundation, 2 Rózsahegy utca 1024 Budapest, Hungary

09:30 Introductory Remarks

Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

Speaker: Fjona Merkaj, European Liberal Forum Project Officer

09:45 Promoting Power Purchase Agreements to achieve the net-zero target purpose, objective, and scope

Speaker: Simona Benedettini, Energy Economist, Italy

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Dialogue with the participants of the workshop and follow-up in view of the publication of the volume Promoting Power Purchase Agreements

Speaker: Simona Benedettini, Energy Economist, Italy

Speaker: Ricardo Silvestre, MLS, Portugal

Speaker: William Hongsong Wang, Fundación para el Avance de la Libertad, Spain

Speaker: Gero Scheck, FNF, Germany

Speaker: Tamas Babicz, IBM, Hungary

12:30 Highlights of the event goals and conclusive remarks

Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi

13:00 End of event & lunch with participants

L'articolo Promoting Power Purchase Agreements to achieve the net-zero target. proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.