Launch Common Ground
Common Ground - Shaping Regions Across Borders
Kick-off event
Tuesday, 14 June 2022 from 6pm in Berlin
During the festive launch event of the "Common Ground" program, the eight border regions selected in a multi-stage selections process were officially accepted into the program. Together with representatives from politics, administration and civil society, we discussed how democracy can be strengthened in Europe, what role citizen participation can play in this process and what opportunities and challenges for these processes arise in border regions.
Program
Moderation: Prof. Christiane Dienel, nexus Institute, Berlin
Claudia Rolf, Program Director Democracy, Robert Bosch Stiftung
“Strengthening Democracy in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities of Cross-Border Citizen Participation” (Working Title)
Claudia Chwalisz, Innovative Citizen Participation Lead, OECD
- Claudia Chwalisz, Innovative Citizen Participation Lead, OECD
- Dr. Gesine Märtens, State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality, Saxony
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz, President of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (previously Chairman of the European Committee of the Regions)
- Vanessa Edmeier, Managing Director Hochrheinkommission
Brief introduction of the eight nominated Common Ground regions.
Laudation:
Ralf Göbel, Head of the Departments for Equivalent Living Conditions, Demography and Municipalities, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI)
Dr. Ben Behmenburg, Head of the Department for Cross-Border Regional Cooperation, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI)
