Utrecht Council Programme

Friday, 20 May 2016		Room
08:00	Registration and Council Cafe open, with continuous coffee and tea
09:30 - 13:00	What role for the Greens in Europe to fight tax evasion and tax avoidance? Public Conference Greens/EFA	0.51 & 0.52
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch	L153
14:00 - 15:30	Parallel sessions
	Compromise Amendment Session (1)	1.49
	Compromise Amendment Session (2)	1.47
	European Network of Green Seniors: Table Talk - Solidarity and Freedom	1.52
	WG Foreign & Security Policy	1.34
	Balkan NW	1.50
	Treasurers' Meeting and CAS on financial documents	1.51
	"Green Values, Religion and Secularism" Book launch, by the Green European Foundation and Bureau De Helling	1.32
15:30 - 16:00	Break
16:00 - 16:45	Opening of the Council Words of welcome - Monica Frassoni, Co-Chair EGP - Philippe Lamberts, Co-President Green Group in the European Parliament - Jesse Klaver, party leader GroenLinks	0.51 & 0.52
16:45 - 18:15	Opening plenary What Holds Europe Together? The European integration project is under heavier assault than it ever has been since its inception. The public conversation is dominated by a multitude of divisions, a course of criticism, crisis galore. Pro-European voices find themselves very often forced to play defense.	0.51 & 0.52
18:15 - 18:30	Break
18:30 - 20:00	Parallel sessions
	Compromise Amendment Session (if needed)	1.49
	Local Councillors network	2.42
	Individual Supporters' Network On invitation only	0.01
	Divestment Campaign	1.51
	WG Future of Europe	1.50
	WG changes to the EGP Statutes, according to new legislation	1.47
	Global Greens	1.52
20:30	Dinner

Saturday, 21 May 2016		Room
08:30	Registration, reimbursements, Council Cafe open, with continuous coffee
09:00 - 10:00	Discussion on resolutions	0.51 & 0.52
10:00 - 11:45	Plenary Refugees: challenges for Europe! In a moment in which hostility towards migrants and refugees is putting at risk the entire EU project and in which more and more countries close their borders, we have to have a discussion on this important social, human, and economic question.	0.51 & 0.52
11:45 - 12:15	Break
12:00 - 15:00	Party Leaders Meeting As we had to cancel our previous Party Leaders Meeting in Brussels, we will now have the meeting at the council. We will devote most of our time to discuss the topic of “Europe in Crisis: latest developments and Green answers”.	1.47
12:15 - 13:45	Parallel Sessions
	Compromise Amendment Session (1)	1.49
	Compromise Amendment Session (2)	0.01
	Salmon Working Group	1.47
	LGBTQ Network	2.41
	Presentation of the Candidates	1.50
	"The Return of Borders in Europe" A panel discussion on the latest edition of the Green European Journal Green European Foundation and Bureau De Helling	1.51
	Democracy - Im Rausch der Daten A film with Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP (will last 10 minutes into the lunch break, discussion with Jan Philipp Albrecht and Arjan El Fassed after lunch)	2.42
13:45 - 15:15	Lunch	L 153
15:15 - 15:45	Discussion Democracy - Im Rausch der Daten Jan Philipp Albrecht and Arjan El Fassed will discuss the movie and answer your questions.	2.42
15:15 - 15:45	Plenary Q&A GroenLinks	0.51 & 0.52
15:45 - 17:15	Plenary Europa Quo Vadis? Facts, Ideas And Alliances To Bring Back The European Dream Most governments did not challenge the alleged majority feelings of their public opinion: political consensus has been building around the idea that Europe as a space of freedom, free circulation and well-being for all is not working and that this was all a foolish dream.	0.51 & 0.52
17:15 - 18:45	Parallel sessions
	Compromise Amendment Session	1.49
	Federation of Young European Greens	2.41
	WG Trade	0.01
	Greens in the Committee of the Regions	1.52
	Climate change and Energy Transition An interactive workshop on how to convince about the energy transition. By the Green Group in the European Parliament.	1.47
	Denmark: Socialistisk Folkeparti	1.51
	Gender Network	1.50
18:45 - 19:15	Break
19:15 - 21:00	Plenary End of fossil fuels: Greens and Divestment The historic Paris agreement in December 2015 marks the beginning of the end for fossil fuels. To reach these goals, we need to keep the vast majority of fossil fuels in the ground. The divest-invest movement has scored remarkable wins, but the transition is not happening fast enough.	0.51 & 0.52
21:00	Dinner at the venue	L153
21:30	Party in Museum Speelklok with music from Orchestre Partout, a band that consists of (former) refugees. They play the music that members put in, sung in their mother tongues, performed by all. They sing in Farsi, French, Uygur, Arabic, Urdu, Birmese, Lingala, and what not. Both the line-up of the band and the repertoire is in constant transition.	We arranged 2 tours through the museum, one at 21:00 and one at 21:30. Make sure to be on time! Volunteers will guide you to the party.

Sunday, 22 May 2016		Room
10:15 - 12:00	GroenLinks politicians Lot van Hooijdonk, Vice-Mayor of mobility and sustainability in city of Utrecht and Steven de Vries, Local councillor of GroenLinks in Utrecht, will cycle with you and give you all the first hand information about the city and the projects realised by GroenLinks. Read more!	Venue: There will be volunteers to guide you from the venue City centre: the tour will start at the Mariaplaats, there will be volunteers there to wait for you
08:30 - 09:00	- Membership relations: review and applications - Presentation Strategy Goals towards 2019 (update for delegates only)	0.51 & 0.52
09:00 - 09:20	Presentations Finances 2015/2016 Activity report 2015	0.51 & 0.52
09:20 - 10:00	Presentation Candidates Amendments Committee Conciliation Panel Global Greens Coordination	0.51 & 0.52
10:00 - 10:45	Elections Amendments Committee Conciliation Panel Global Greens Coordination	0.51 & 0.52
10:45 -11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:55	Voting Session: Accounts 2015 Changes in the Statutes and Rule Book	0.51 & 0.52
	Resolutions Future of Europe: the EU on the brink - time to show grit Rule of law - Situation in Poland Europe's steel industry: a future with sustainability and fairer competition On the right to use minority languages in Europe Nord Stream Circular Economy Joint List for Israeli Knesset Indigenous people's rights in Europe Systemic pesticides Stop social dumping on the European roads On military depots in Europe and Moldova	0.51 & 0.52
	Emergency Resolutions	0.51 & 0.52
	Other	0.51 & 0.52
12:55	Closing remarks	0.51 & 0.52
13:00	Ending of the 24th EGP council	0.51 & 0.52

Tweet Contents:

RT @GreensEFA: A victory for both humans & nature: the EU Parliament calls for the recognition of #ecocide in EU law!✊

We must end impunit…

Tweet Author:

europeangreens

Creation Date:

9 hours ago

Tweet Contents:

RT @GreensEFA: All families are equal! #FamiglieArcobaleno🌈

Today, the Mayor of Milan @beppesala joined us in Brussels to discuss the situ…

Tweet Author:

europeangreens

Creation Date:

20 hours ago

Tweet Contents:

✊ Mayor of Milan @BeppeSala is fighting back against Italy's discriminatory demand to stop registering the children of same-sex parents!

🏳️‍🌈💚 Today, he is meeting with @GreensEFA to discuss the issue, alongside our committee members @Vula_Tsetsi and @mina_tolu. https://t.co/739LOcwwyW

Tweet Author:

europeangreens

Creation Date:

20 hours ago

Sign up to our newsletter

Take charge of your future. Donate Green.

Chip in today to help us build a Greener Europe!

Donate

Utrecht Council Programme

Friday, 20 May 2016

Room

Saturday, 21 May 2016

Room

Sunday, 22 May 2016

Room