Zielony Kongres Samorządowy/ Green visions for local governance

Programme

Friday, 12^th of September

17.00 - Registration

17.30 - Welcome speeches, ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

• Ewa Sufin-Jacqumeart, Green Zone Foundation, Director

• Monika Vana MEP, member of Green European Foundation General Assembly, Greens/EFA

• Irene Hahn-Fuhr, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation in Warsaw, Director

17:45 - 19:00 Introduction: “A GREEN VISION OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE",ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

Keynote speakers:

• Anna Grodzka MP,Poland, “Green democracy at a local level"

• Eric Piolle, France,new mayor of Grenoble, “How to Make a Difference? The Green project for the city of Grenoble"

• Michael Cramer MEP, Germany, Greens/EFA, "Metropolis or compact city? Sustainable spatial development and the role of transport" 

Introduction of the speakers: Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart

+ questions/responses

19:00 - 20.30 - Plenary session: “Green Vision of the City - theory and practice" , ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

Participants:

• Monika Vana MEP,Austria, Greens/EFA - housing policy, poverty and exclusion - how to deal with them in a modern city?

• Sara Mathieu, Belgium, local councilor in Ghent - sustainable transport policy in Gent and Brussels

• László Perneczky, Budapest district councilor - how the green opposition can green the local policy

• Joanna Erbel, Poland - alternative vision of the Polish capital

• Tomasz Leśniak, Poland - the role of civil society in local governance: the example of Kraków

Host:Adam Ostolski,chairman of the Green Party in Poland

21:30 BOOK NIGHT (with the financial support of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament) - building C, Sala Kongresowa, 3rd f.

• Meeting with authors of the book “10 spraw na 10 lat - czyli zielone pomysły na Polskę w Europie/"10 issues for 10 years: green ideas for Poland in Europe",

• Concert - “Same Suki"

• Networking

Catering offered at 20:30

Saturday, 13^th of June

10:30 - Registration

11:00 - Welcome Speech , ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

- Wojciech Kłosowski, Justyna Drath - Summary of the previous day

• 11.15-12.30 - Plenary session: “A city is not a company: Common property, public services and privatization", ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

• Heidi Kosche (Niemcy), Berlin city councillor - putting the water supply back in public hands

• Ewa Koś, member of Regional Council, West Pomerania - public services and privatization in the voivodship

• Piotr Ciszewski, Warszawskie Stowarzyszenie Lokatorów / Warsaw Tenants Association - housing policy

• Tomasz Leśniak, Kraków - education and schools

Moderation:Marcelina Zawisza, leader of the Green Party in Warsaw

+ questions/ responses

12.30 - 12:45- coffee break

12:45 - 14:00 - Workshops/debates (4 different topics in parallel):

• Transport and mobility (PL/EN) :

Michael Cramer MEP,Wojciech Makowski,Instytut Spraw Obywatelskich / Institute of Public Affairs

Moderator: Kamila Musiatowicz

The debate is organised in partnership with the Zielone Mazowsze (Green Mazovia) association and its "Climate with no soot" programme.

• Spatial Planning and Management(PL):

Prof. dr arch.Magdalena Staniszkis, Warsaw University of Technology, dr arch. Krzysztof Nawratek, Plymouth School of Architecture & Design,Jolanta Piecuch, Stowarzyszenie Sąsiedzkie Włochy / Neigbours’ Association Włochy

Moderator: Patryk Zaremba

• “2004-2014, 10 years of Applying the Green Vision in Eastern Europe" (PL/EN),
  ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

Edouard Gaudot, Greens/EFA, Katalin Csiba, Lehet Mas a Politika (LMP) board member, Hungary, Agnieszka Grzybek, Chairwoman of Green Party in Poland,

Moderator: Maciej Jastrzębiec -Pyszyński

• Culture policy(PL):

Wojtek Kłosowski, local government expert, Institute of Literary Studies - IBL PAN; Lena Szwed Strużyńska, Mostra Gallery, Bogna Świątkowska (tbc), president of Social Council for Culture of the City of Warsaw, Witold Mrozek, theather critic and culture animator

Moderator: Artur Celiński, Res Publica Nowa / Magazyn Miasta

14.00-15.00 - lunch break

15:00-16.30 - 3Workshops and 4 Let’s talk tables in parallel

Workshops:

• Climate and energy policy(PL):

Dr Ludomir Duda, expert in buildings’ energy management, energy management in a city with ISO 50001, Juan Davi Ferrer, chair of Cluster "Smart IT" ; prof.Jan Popczyk, chairman of the “Cluster 3 x 20" Association, Silesian University of Technology.

Moderator:Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart

• Urban Social Policy, Poverty Prevention and Housing Policy (PL/EN, consecutive translation):

Darren Johnson, UK, member of the Greater London Assembly,Agata Nosal-Ikonowicz,Kancelaria Sprawiedliwości Społecznej / Chancery of Social Justice
Moderator:Bartłomiej Kozek, Zielone Wiadomości / Green News magazine

• Urban Renewal:(PL)

Beata Kubica, councillor of Opole , Jarosław Ogrodowski, Fundacja Fabrykancka,Monika Paca, Stowarzyszenie "Razem dla Nikiszowca" / "Together for Nikiszowiec" Association , Grzegorz Piskalski or Tadeusz Joniewicz, Fundacja Centrum CSR.PL

Moderator: Wojciech Kłosowski

In parallel, there will be 4 DISCUSSION TABLES "LET’S TALK" TABLES , in English or Polish (topics shown at the end of the Agenda). All discussion tables will take place in the Main Room (ONZ hall, 4th floor) - please choose the table or the workshop during the registration.

1. Spatial management (Prof. dr arch. Magdalena Staniszkis and dr arch. Krzysztof Nawratek)

2. Public procurement - what are they for and how to implement non-financial elements? (Grzegorz Piskalski, Fundacja CentrumCSR)

3. City and Nature: green zones in the city, their role and ways of protection (member of the Ogród Warszawa /Warsaw-Garden Association, tbc)

4. Social economy and alternative financing in the city management (Bartłomiej Błeśnowski, Warsaw University,tbc);

5. Green ideas for Polish cities in reference to Europe (Maciej Jastrzębiec-Pyszyński , Joanna Erbel, Agata Dąmbska, authors of the 10 issues for 10 years: green ideas for Poland in Europe publication)

6. The Green way to success in Hungary - Katalin Csiba (in English)

16.30-18.00 - Plenary session: “Urban democracy - different forms of citizens’ participation in the governance of the city", (PL/EN), ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

• László Perneczky, Budapest, district councillor,

• Marcelina Zawisza, leader of Green Party in Warsaw,

• Jarosław Ogrodowski, Fundacja Fabrykancka, Łódź,

• Aleksandra Sołtysiak-Łuczak, Stowarzyszenie Kobiet Konsola / Konsola Association of Women, Poznań,

• Lech Mergler, “The Right to the City"- Association; Congress of Urban Movements,

• Michał Wszołek, Kraków Against the Olympics

Moderator:Maciej Konieczny, Inicjatywa “STOP podwyżkom cen biletów ZTM" / the “STOP the rise of Ticket Fares in Warsaw" initiative

18.00-19.30- Summary of the workshops, (PL/EN), ONZ conference hall, 4^th floor

3-5 minutes speech of each workshop representative + 2 questions/responses

Moderator: Wojciech Kłosowski