Agenda, 4th Project Meeting
Project Title: Towards European Policies & Best Practices
for Supporting Local Governance Multilevel Application - TESLA
Dates : 11th & 12th of February 2016
Themes: Case studies of social dialogues &multilevel governance to produce consensus and effective workplan to promote employment in tourism sector , Engagement with European programs, Transfer of Rural Voice to European Institutions
Meeting location:
Address: Platres's Community Council
1 Skyrianides street
Pano Platres
Host organization: Platres's Community Council, www.platres.org
Contact persons: Panayiotis Papadopoulos 00357-99410520
Yioula Papakyriacou 00357-99427980
Wednesday, 10th of February
Arrival of participants during the day
Informal dinner –Venue TBA
Accommodation at New Helvetia Hotel in Platres
Thursday, 11th of February
10:00 Meeting point: Platres Community Council
10:00 – 10:20 Welcome by the hosts – Presentation of Platres Community Council
10:20 – 11:20 Presentations – The structures of Multilevel Governance & Effective Workplan
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Troodos Regional Board of Tourism.Presented by Constantinos Constantinou-Troodos Tourism Board
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Rural Tourism- Capacity Building- Thematic Tourism-Festivals.Presented by Maria Socratous- Rural Tourism Expert. Cyprus Tourism Organisation
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Community Engaged Development- Lavender & Platres. Presented by Yioula Papakyriacou.Troodos Network of Thematic Centers
11:20 – 11:40. Tea / Coffee Break
11:40 – 12:00 European Rural Parliament- Our Voice to Europe. Presented by Panayiotis Papadopoulos- National Coordinator
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Manifesto
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All Europe Shall Live
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Future Plans
12:00 – 13:00: Structured Democratic Dialogue-Methodology. Presented by an Expert from Future Worlds Center
13:00-14:00 Light Lunch
14:00 Field Trip to ancient theatre of Kourion and live casting
17:00 Field trip to the medieval Wine village Vouni. Orientation of the Wine & Gastronomy Thematic Center as a platform for Thematic Tourism, Rural Development & Capacity Building
19:00 DINNER AT A VILLAGE TAVERN
Friday 12th of February 2016
10:00 Meeting point: Platres's Community Council
10:00 – 13:00 Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era
Participate in the structured dialogue co-Laboratory in Cyprus
Social media and ICT-based technologies organized by Future Worlds Center
Aims & Objectives
1. Sharing the experiences and outcomes from European SDD Co-laboratories with youth activists from other continents and develop a joint understanding of root causes for the lack of youth participation in official democratic processes;
2. Engaging 100 young participants from around the globe in regional SDD Co-laboratories during which they will design solutions for the key root causes previously identified, and thus contribute to the development of new and innovative systems of governance;
3. Empowering the young participants to take action and promote their very own ideas and solutions, both within their local community as well as on a broader national/ international level;
4. Utilize the broad range of ICT tools available to young people, such as social media, videos, etc. to build a wide platform for Reinventing Democracy – accessible to young people from around the world
Tesla's Participants role:
• Contribute ideas for a global e-book
• Contribute ideas for the Manifesto for 21st Century Democracy
• Contribute ideas using social media, ICT-based technologies
http://reinventdemocracy.info/
http://www.reinventdemocracy.info/website/index.php/initiatives/european-initiative
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
15:00-17:00 Comments- Review- Future Plans by project leader, Mr Andres Dochao – update on the project's progress and stage of implementation
Departure of TESLA participants