Programme

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Scottish Youth, European Youth: What's our Common Future

Join the European Greens and the Scottish Young Greens in a series of 4 debates, in which we will try to answer questions surrounding the recent Brexit referendum and the consequences for youth in Scotland. 

After the debate, we'll host a pub quiz, so gather your team mates, and prepare yourselves for an evening full of fun European trivia!

In case you're not in Glasgow, join the debate online via our website or Facebook, and use the hashtag #EuropeanYouth.

Video of the event can be found here: part 1, part 2, part 3

 
Gallery 4 at the Lighthouse

11 Mitchell Lane
Glasgow, Scotland G1 3NU, United Kingdom

Friday, 2 December 2016

• Compromise Amendment Session (IA)

• Compromise Amendment Session (IB)

• Working Group Migration

• Local Councillors' Network: Climate after COP

• Trade Working Group: Trade in the age of Trump

• Federation of Young European Greens

Opening of the Council
Words of welcome

- Reinhard Bütikofer, EGP Co-Chair
- Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party Co-Convenor

Video of the session is available here.

Key Note
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland 

Video of the session is available here (min 23:00)

Opening plenary
Europe after the Brexit referendum: Reset and Relaunch

What should we, in the UK and EU, do and say to have an impact in the current debate around the new relations between the UK and EU? What should be the priorities of our action around the agreement between the UK and the EU? 

In this opening plenary we will look at those different questions around the Brexit decision. More info here. Video of the session can be found here (min 55:00)

• Compromise Amendment Session (II A)

• Compromise Amendment Session (II B)

• Treasurers Meeting and CAS on financial documents

• ACT Network
  Act! Cooperate! Transform! 

• Greens in Government

• Green European Foundation
  Migration and Refugees: a New Narrative for Europe 

Saturday, 3 December 2016

Plenary
After the Panama Papers: towards fair corporate taxes in Europe
In cooperation with the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament

Following our tax justice panel at the EGP Council in Utrecht - "What role for the Greens in Europe to fight tax evasion and tax avoidance?" - we will discuss the latest developments and assess our role as the strong Green voice in the fight for tax justice and social justice.

Read more here. The video of the session can be found here.

• Compromise Amendment Session (III)

• Greens in coalition

• Global Greens

• Gender Network

• European Queer Greens

• EGP Visual Identity Update

• Working Group Foreign Affairs

32nd anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster commemoration

at the International Workers' Memorial, Glasgow Green (North side of People's Palace) 

Scottish Greens volunteers will be waiting at the entrance of the venue to take you to the commemoration. 

Plenary
Meet the Scottish Greens

Ask everything you would like to konw about the Scottish Greens to:

• Maggie Chapman, female Co-convenor Scottish Greens
• Ross Greer, Scotland's youngest and Green MSP and Spokesperson for European issues
• Melanie Main, Green Councillor in Edinburgh
• Phil Meyer, Representative of the Disabled Greens

Balkan Network meeting

Plenary
Innovation is a good thing. But what about jobs?

A follow up discussion after the successful conference "An Economy of, by and for the people", and this time focused on the challenges of emplyoment and innovation. Different angles will be discussed with experts from the field. 

Read more here. You can find the video from the event here (min 45:00).

• Compromise Amendment Session (IV)

• Green European Journal
  Regionalism Across Europe - A Force for (Dis)integration? 

• Basic Income

• European Network of Green Seniors - 
  Gender Pension Gap 

• EGP: Future of the Global Greens Resolution

• Disability Network meeting

Plenary
Member Parties: Youth

The main goal of this plenary is to present strategies undertaken by the Green parties to attract and convince young voters. 

Read more here and video from the event here.

Dinner & Party

& Celebration of Divestment Successes 2016

We will have dinner at the Drygate Brewing Company, and from 21:00 do a 'ceilidh', a traditional Scottish dance with a live band, Chitterybite!

Scottish Greens volunteers will take us to the dinner and party venue at 20:00, 20:10, 20:20, and 20:30. 

Sunday, 4 December 2016

- Membership relations: review and applications
- Activity Plan 2017

(update for delegates only)

Presentation Finances

• Budget 2017
• Participants fee
• Membership fees
• Day allowance

Presentation and Elections

• EQUO
• Juan Lopez de Uralde, Co-Spokesperson
• Financial Advisory Board

Voting Session

• Membership relations
• Withdrawal of membership Strana Zelenych, Slovakia
• Change of membership category GROZA, Russia
• Application of EQUO, Spain, for full membership
• Minutes Utrecht Council
• Activity Plan 2017
• Budget and membership fees 2017
• Technical revision to the EGP Statutes: EGP logo
• Amendments to the Rule Book
• Congress Rules (Annex P)
• Proposal on Allowances for Committee Members (Annex M)
• Green MEPs - Special member of EGP
• Congress 2017 Allocation of Delegates

• EU after the Brexit referendum: Time to reset
• Tax havens and tax evasion
• On Cyprus: it's now or never
• Proposal for ACT Network
• On Syria: the solution of Syrian and refugee crises lies in Syria
• Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar in the European Union