A Liberal European Leadership after 2019
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Högberga gård, Lidingö, Stockholm 18-19 April 2018
ABOUT THE EVENT
We believe that the European Parliament elections in 2019 will be an election about values. Liberalism will be challenged by populists and nationalists from both left and right. Consequently, we will have to prepare ourselves thoroughly in order to safeguard liberal values across Europe.
The aim of this event is to equip politicians and staff members from liberal parties across Europe with concrete arguments and strategies on how to counter populistic and nationalistic tendencies. Moreover, we want to build a strong network of liberals who can get advice from and encourage one another in preparation of the election campaign, as well as foster closer ties between liberal parties.
We will welcome in total 60 participants from 18 liberal parties to the beautiful island of Lidingö, just outside Stockholm, where we will spend two days together. This will be a training and capacity building event, which means that it will be hands-on, highly interactive and requires active contribution, as we believe that every participant has plenty of experience and knowledge that should be shared. The focus will be on seminars, workshops and teambuilding.
The target groups for this event are two: 1) those interested in running as a Member of European Parliament candidate in 2019, 2) those who will work as campaign managers locally, regionally, or nationally during the 2019 European elections.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Stockholm in April! Together we can form a strong liberal European leadership after 2019.
Please fill in the registration here before the 11th of March. Once you have registered, we will contact you in order to make the travel arrangements. Please don't book flights on your own.
If you are a member of the Centre Party organisation, please fill in the application here.
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This event is hosted by the Swedish Centre Party, with D66 as our partnering organisation. The event is formally organised by ELF.
PRELIMINARY EVENT PROGRAM (will be updated continuously)
Tuesday 17 April 2018
12:00-22:00 Arrival of most participants
19:00 Dinner (for particpants arriving on the 17th)
Wednesday 18 April 2018
09:00-09:15 Introduction of the program and practical information
Karin Carlesten, international officer, the Centre Party and Member of the board, CIS
Martine van Schoor, international officer, D66 and Stichting IDI
09:15-09:30 Introduction speech: ‘The need for a liberal leadership in Europe’
Michael Arthursson, party secretary, the Centre Party
09:30-09:45 Speech, Olle Schmidt, Member of the board, European Liberal Forum
09:45-09:50 Group photo
09:50-10:20 Introduction of participants and icebreaker: test your own values
10:20-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Populism versus liberalism: Briefing and discussion on the history of populism and the challenges and opportunities of liberalism in a European context
Anna-Lena Lodenius, journalist and author of the book ‘We say what you think – right-wing populism in Europe
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Workshop 1 – Formulating a pro-European message in your campaign: positive framing
Mark Thiessen, owner campaign agency Meute, former head of digital campaign VVD
14:30-15:30 Liberal rhetoric and argumentation and how to communicate against populists
Claes de Vreese, Professor and Chair of Political Communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, and co-author of the book ‘Populist political communication in Europe’
15:30-16:00 Coffee break including networking activity
16:00-17:00 Continuation, workshop 2
17:00-18:00 How do we best reach the goal of a Liberal European Leadership after 2019? On link from Strasbourg:
Sophie In ‘t Veld, Member of European Parliament, D66
Kaja Kallas, Member of European Parliament, Reform Party
Fredrick Federley, Member of European Parliament, the Centre Party
Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Member of European Parliament, Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Bulgaria
18:00-19:00 Free time
19:00-21:00 Dinner
21:00-late Optional networking in the bar or in the sea spa
Thursday 19 April 2018
09:00-10:30 Workshop 3 – How to write a liberal European election manifesto
Group 1: for a political party, Group 2: for a personal campaign.
Mark Thiessen, owner campaign agency Meute, former head of digital campaign VVD
10:30-11:30 Workshop 4 – Best practices. Part 1: the fight against populism in Bosnia and Poland. Part 2: experience-sharing amongst participants.
Nasiha Pozder, Vice President, Naša Stranka, Bosnia
Milosz Hodun, International Officer, Nowoczesna, Poland
11:30-12:00 What next? Evaluation and next steps.
Karin Carlesten, international officer, the Centre Party and Member of the board, CIS
Martine van Schoor, international officer, D66 and director, Stichting IDI
12.00-13.00 Lunch
END OF THE EVENT
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With the support of:
An event organised by the European Liberal Forum (ELF). Supported by the Centre Party International Foundation and Stichting Internationaal Democratisch Initiatief. Co-funded by the European Parliament.
Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content of the programme, or for any use that may be made of it. The views expressed herein are those of the speaker(s) alone. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the European Parliament and/or the European Liberal Forum asbl.
