Agenda

Krzysztof Izdebski & Anna Kuliberda, ePaństwo Foundation, Poland
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, President of Gdańsk - City of freedom, Poland
Olena Boytsun, Luminate
Anna Sienicka, VP of TechSoup, Europe
dr Jacek Kołtan, Deputy Director for Research, European Solidarity Center, Poland

Anna Kieturakis, 1980's democratic opposition activist, first interpreter for Lech Wałęsa, Poland
Maciej Grzywaczewski, 1980's democratic opposition activist, co-author of Solidarity's 21 demands board, Poland

What's the state of democracy in the CEE region? We will try to find the answer with Elena Calistru (the chair and founder of Funky Citizens, a Romanian-based NGO building research-based, data-driven advocacy tools) and Marek Tejchman (Polish journalist specializing in economy and international affairs, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”). We will wrap up with a Q&A session.

12:20 - 12:30 PM #DemocracyUpdate
Elena Calistru, Funky Citizens, Romania

12:30 - 12:40 PM #DemocracyUpdate - 1:1 Calistru and Tejchman
Elena Calistru, Funky Citizens, Romania
Marek Tejchman, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Poland

12:40 - 12:50 PM #DemocracyUpdate - Q&A
Anna Kuliberda, ePaństwo Foundation, Poland

We will start with a report by ODIHR, monitoring how parliaments are/have been responding to the current crisis, ensuring representation and oversight. After that we would like to hear from several activists about the situation in their respective countries - Belarus, Bosnia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Our goal is to find out how the pandemic influenced democracy and transparency, and if authoritarian or populist leaders are taking advantage of the situation.

1:00 - 1:10 PM #DemocracyUpdate - CEE region (OSCE/ODHIR report)
Jacopo Leone, OSCE/ODHIR

1:10 - 1:20 PM #DemocracyUpdate - CEE region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Ukraine)
Darko Brkan, Zašto ne?, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vukosava Crnjanski, CRTA, Serbia
Olga Aivazovska, OPORA, Ukraine

1:20 - 1:30 PM #DemocracyUpdate - CEE region (Georgia, Czechia, Hungary)
Sandor Léderer, K-Monitor, Hungary
Salome Barker, Shame Movement, Georgia
Lenka Kováčová, Open Society Foundation, Czechia

1:30 - 1:40 PM #DemocracyUpdate - CEE region (Belarus, Slovakia, Russia)
Franak Viačorka, Digital Communication Network, Belarus
Tomáš Kriššák, Open Society Foundation, Slovakia
Alexey Sidorenko, Teplitsa of Social Technologies, Russia

Solidarity has many manifestations. This year, during the originally planned PDF edition, we were going to look at the 21 Demands created by the Solidarity movement in Gdańsk in 1980 through the lens of technologies, and re-examine the role of solidarity in the modern world. Civic tech = solidarity. We all can observe many meaningful and selfless initiatives taken by tech activists. During this session the following speakers will share their observations: Kelly Halseth – who has led and managed initiatives throughout the U.S., Canada and globally utilizing civic tech, human-centered design and collective impact approaches to tackle complex social issues – and Micah L. Sifry – founder and President of Civic Hall, curator of the annual Personal Democracy Forum. We will wrap up with a Q&A session.

1:50 - 2:00 PM The Global Civic Tech Community’s Response to COVID-19
Kelly Halseth, ePaństwo Foundation / Code for All

2:00 - 2:10 PM Solidarity or Siloes? The Internet's Missing Link
Micah L. Sifry, Co-Founder and President of Civic Hall, USA

2:10 - 2:20 PM Solidarity: Democracy's Deep Breath - Q&A
Anna Kuliberda, ePaństwo Foundation, Poland

The current situation very painfully proves that the lack of transparency is harmful and dangerous, both in the short term and in the long term. Moreover: universal, easy and quick access to reliable information can - literally - save lives. During this session, we will discuss how transparency can save us from another pandemic or other future disasters. We will wrap up with a Q&A session.

2:30 - 2:50 PM Open data: the finally revealed power 1:1 Rumbul - Izdebski
Rebecca Rumbul, MySociety, UK
Krzysztof Izdebski, ePaństwo Foundation, Poland

2:50 - 3:00 PM Open data: the finally revealed power - Q&A
Anna Kuliberda, ePaństwo Foundation, Poland

Working conditions are more connected to democracy than many people think. It is difficult to actively participate in the democratic process without the feeling of social safety and security. The situation before the pandemic was already difficult for many employees. Currently - to put it mildly - it is at least challenging. But maybe it could be our chance for change? And, above all, what has to change? To answer this question, we invited Priscilla Ludosky, one of the leaders of the Yellow vests movement in France, and Piotr Ostrowski, the Vice President of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ), the largest trade union confederation in Poland. We will wrap up with a Q&A session.

3:10 - 3:20 PM What about the labor market?
Priscillia Ludosky, Yellow Vests, France

3:20 - 3:30 PM What about the labor market?
Piotr Ostrowski, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions, Poland

3:30 - 3:40 PM What about the labor market - Q&A
Krzysztof Izdebski, ePaństwo Foundation, Poland

(only in Polish and Polish Sign Language)