Agenda 2023

AGENDA OF
AMBRELA DEVELOPMENT FORUM 2023

Date: 8th November 2023
Venue: Moyzes Hall – Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava (entrance from Vajanského street)

Legend:
PL: – PLENARY
DT: – DEEP TALKS

OPENING 09:00 – 09:30

Daniel Kaba (Director of Ambrela)
Rastislav Chovanec (State Secretary, MFA of the Slovak Republic)
Tanya Cox (Director of Concord)

PLENARY
DEEP TALKS
09:30 – 10:40

PL:Ukraine´s reconstruction and space for civil society: not just service delivery but ability to influence policies


Daniel Kaba (Ambrela)
Andrea Najvirtová (People in Need SK)
Barbara Wolf (German Embassy in SK)
Roman Nitsovych (DiXi Group)
Oleksandr Butenko (Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine)

DT:The Surge of Disinformation and Erosion of Liberal Democracies: Exploring the Contribution of Global Education


Rilli Lappalainen (Demo Finland)
Lucia Mokrá (Faculty of Social Sciences, Comenius University)
Liam Wegimont (Global Education Network Europe)
Stefan Grasgruber-Kerl (Südwind)
Petr Gongala (demagog.cz)

BREAK 10:40 – 11:10
11:10 – 12:20

PL:Climate change and food crisis in the context of Horn of Africa


Evelien van Roemburg (OXFAM)
Fredrick Lee-Ohlsson (World Food Programme)
Paula Gierak (People in Need SK)
Hillary Cheruiyot (Eastern Africa Farmers Federation)
Petr Gandalovič (Ministry of Foreign Affairs CZ)
Vladimir Šucha (EU Commission representation in SK)

DT:Development finance: donor fatigue & in-donor refugee costs – causalities and correlations


Marek Janiga (Caritas SK)
Oskar Chmiel (CASE)
Nerea Cravioto (EURODAD)

LUNCH 12:20 – 13:40
13:40 – 14:50

PL:Supporting Ukraine: what can CEE actors bring?


Jana Kobzová (Office of the President of Slovak Republic)
David Nan-Yang Lee (Taipei Repr. Office in Bratislava)
Orest Tokáč (DG NEAR)
Gregorz Gruca (Polish Humanitarian Action)
Jan Marian (Ministry of Foreign Affairs CZ)
Mustafa Nayyem (State Agency for Restoration of Ukraine)

DT:Human development and inequalities in light of midterm review MFF: investing in a better world


Alexei Jones (Center for Africa-Europea Relations)
Tanya Cox (CONCORD Europe)
Marlene Holzner (DG INTPA)
Benjamin Hauville (CONCORD Sweden)

BREAK 14:50 – 15:20
15:20 – 16:30

PL:Unlocking efficiency: flexible & innovative humanitarian funding


Jan Líska (Caritas CZ)
Michael Koehler (DG ECHO)
Ruth Watson (VOICE /ACT Alliance EU)
Ralf Sudhodd (Centre for Humanitarian Action)
Tomáš Bokor (SlovakAid)

DT:Russia’s war in Ukraine: protracted crisis, localisation and challenges of principled humanitarian action


Anna Medvedieva (People in Need CZ)
Yuliia Yakubovska (National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine)
Mariia Nikitina (Chernivtsi Association Zakhyst)
Yevhen Koliada (Relief and Coordination Centre Kharkiv)
Oleg Masyk (SDC Ukraine)

CLOSING REMARKS 16:30 – 17:00

Lucia Kišš (Director General, MFA of the Slovak Republic)
Myroslav Kastran (Ambassador of Ukraine to the Slovak Republic)
Stanislav Bielik (Director, ADRA Slovakia)

OPENING OF PHOTO EXHIBITION 17:00 – 21:00

I´am fine by Albert Lores (Independent photographer) and PIN CZ

RECEPTION 17:30

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