Thematic group 3, Friday 9 May
Open Sesame! Promoting transparency
in co-operation between NGOs and authorities
Auditorium, First floor
| 9.00 | Overview on the current situation within the Baltic Sea Region |
| When and how should NGO's and governments co-operate? Some examples of different co-operation models, experiences of good co-operation | |
| Moderator: Kimmo Kiljunen, Member of Parliament, Chairman of STETE | |
| Speakers: | |
| Scandinavian Model Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Director, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Gunnar Lassinantti, Special Adviser, Olof Palme International Centre | |
| Polish Experiences Stanislaw Stebelski, Ambassador, MFA of Poland, Embassy in Helsinki | |
| The National Strategy of Estonian Civil Society Development Helmut Hallemaa, Member of the Representative Council of the Estonian NGO Roundtable | |
| Interrelations between NGOs and Civil Society and
between Civil Society NGOs and State Bodies Christian Wellmann, Researcher, Schleswig-Holstein Institute for Peace Research at the Kiel University (SHIP) | |
| COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS | |
| 11.30 | Case studies |
| *The Need of New Co-operation between Trade Unions and NGOs Turo Bergman, Deputy Director, Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) | |
| *How Co-operation Works in the Field of the Environmental and Social NGOs Olga Senova, Chair, "Children of the Baltic" Ali Rashidi, Director, Uppsala Folk University in St. Petersburg | |
| *A Successful Story from the Finnish Side: The Roma Advisory Board Sarita Friman, Secretary General, Roma Advisory Board | |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Case studies and discussion |
| Moderator: STETE's representative | |
| *Centers for Public Policy in the Baltic Sea Region and
Their Role in Promoting Cross-sectoral Dialogue Mikhal Gorny, Executive director, Center Strategy St. Petersburg | |
| *Transparency in Co-operation between NGOs and Authorities
- Experiences from Latvia Linda Austere, Project Manager, Transparency International Latvia | |
| How to co-operate with Russia in the future | |
| - EU Border Cities/Regions. St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad Elena Ivanova, Chief Expert, Committee for External Affairs of the St. Petersburg City Administration Igor Joukovski, Youth for Freedom Speech, Kaliningrad State University | |
| - Estonian-Russian Co-operation Project Manager Erkki Vedder, Peipsi Centre for Transboundary Co-operation, Estonia | |
| 15.00 | Perspectives for improved NGO co-operation with public authorities |
| Moderator: | |
| Kjeld Aakjaer, Chairman, Denmark-Russia Society | |
| Speakers: | |
| Darja Akhutina, General Director, Norden Association in St. Petersburg Merle Haruoja, Secretary General, Estonian Institute for Human Rights | |
| Panel Discussion: | |
| Hannu Halinen, Director, Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat Brunon Synak, Chairman, Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) Per Bödker Andersen, Chairman, Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) | |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS |
Updated 05.06.2003
