Draft Programme Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 26 August 2023
Deutsche r Bundestag18 August 2023Division for InternationalThema: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Y outh Forum 2023 Berlin , Titel: Draft Programme 25 - 27 August 2023DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE –HOW DO WE MAKE DEMOCRACIES MORE RESILIENT?Monday, 3 July 202314.00 – 15.00 Virtual pre -meeting with the participantsFriday , 25 August 2023Dinner reception at the invitation of Anna Lührmann , Minister of State forEurope and Climate , at the German Federal Foreign OfficeSaturday , 26 August 202309.15 Walk from the hotel to the “Paul Löbe Building (PLH)”, Entrance PLH Süd10.00 – 10.15 Opening remarks by Johannes Schraps, President of the Baltic SeaParliamentary Conference (BSPC) 2022 –2023 and Chair of the GermanDelegation to the BSPC as well as by Bernd Hemingway, Deputy DirectorGeneral of the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)Venue: PLH 4.90010.15 – 11.30 Keynote speeches with Q&AMinna -Liina Lind , Deputy Foreign M inister for Global Affairs of EstoniaFranz Thönnes , Parliamentary Secretary of State ret., MP 1994 – 2017, Head ofthe German Bundestag delegation to BSPC 2002 – 2017Venue: PLH 4.90011.30 – 12.30 Networking session: Participants are di vided into smaller groups withparliamentaria ns in each group and given the opportunity to mingleGroup 1: Anna Kassautzki & Jānis Vucāns , Venue: PLH 4.900Group 2: Wille Valve & Antonina Ņenaševa , Venue: PLH 4.800 Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2023 BerlinDraft Programme 25 - 27 August 2023 Division for InternationalParliamentary AssembliesBaltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2023 BerlinDraft Programme 25 - 27 August 2023 Page 2 Division for InternationalParliamentary AssembliesGroup 3: Johannes Schraps & Philipp da Cunha , Venue: PLH 4.700Group 4: Henrik Møller & Hanna Katrín Friðriksson , Venue: PLH 4.60012.30 – 13.30 Lunch13.30 – 14.45 Panel discussion with experts and Q&ADr Oleksandra Keudel , Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Policyand Governance at Kyiv School of EconomicsDr Josephine B. Schmitt , Communication Scholar and Scientific Coordinator atCenter for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), BochumDr Daniela Vono de Vilhena , Deputy Executive Secre tary of Population Europe/ Max Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchVenue: PLH 4.90014.45 – 15.00 Break15.00 – 16.30 Roundtable group discussions to elaborate the recommendations moderated byparliamentariansImproving Digital Resilience –Conspiracy Theories and Hate Speech as a Threat to Democratic SocietiesAnna Kassautzki & Jānis Vucāns & Paul NemitzVenue: PLH 4.900Increasing Youth Participation and Engaging Young People in Political D ecision -MakingWille Valve & Antonina ŅenaševaVenue: PLH 4.800Social Division and Polarisation in the face of R ight-Wing Extremism – How Do W e StandTogether and Find Common G round?Johannes Schraps & Philipp da CunhaVenue: PLH 4.700Sustaining Faith in Democratic Institutions by Reducing Social I nequalityHenrik Møller & Hanna Katrín FriðrikssonVenue: PLH 4.60016.30 – 17.00 Presentation of discussionsVenue: PLH 4.900Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2023 BerlinDraft Programme 25 - 27 August 2023 Page 3 Division for InternationalParliamentary Assemblies17.00 – 17.10 Concluding remarks by Mr Johannes SchrapsAfterwards Family photoEvening at leisureSunday , 27 August 202309.15 Walk from the hotel to the “Paul Löbe Building (PLH)”, Entrance PLH Süd10.00 – 11.30 Guided tour of the Reichstag building , including visit to the dome11.30 – 13.00 Participants are divided into their respective groups to work on therecommendationsDigital R esilience PLH 4.900Youth P articipation PLH 4.800Social Division PLH 4.700Social I nequality PLH 4.60013.00 – 14.00 LunchAfterwards Finishing of recommendationsMonday , 28 August 2023Participants are invited to take part in the Baltic Sea Parliamentary ConferencePresentations of the recommendations at the BSPCTuesday , 29 August 2023Participants are invited to take part in the Baltic Sea Parliamentary ConferenceDeparture