Institute of Public Affairs
Szpitalna street 5/22, Warsaw
EU-mechanisms supporting democracy are, as we can once more see in these days, more than needed. Establishing the European Endowment for Democracy at the beginning of 2013 can be perceived as ending the process of restructuring external EU instruments related to the promotion of democracy. The long-term discussions and promotional activities done at the stage when the Polish EU Presidency and other actors were seeking support for the new initiative have resulted in great expectations from the beneficiary countries. The whole argumentation in favour of the establishment of the EED was connected to criticism towards current EU institutions of their bureaucratic and slow procedures. This resulted in greater demands on the new institution, which was created somehow in opposition to the existing mechanisms. These expectations constitute a significant challenge for the EED, especially in a situation when its resources are rather limited in comparison to the existing mechanisms.
Almost one year after it was established we would like to present a brief overview of the origins of the instrument and state of play as well as offer an analysis of the expectations, and the challenges that arise from these expectations.
Introductory remarks:
Alastair Rabagliati, European Endowment for Democracy
Inna Pidluska, Europe XXI Foundation, Ukraine
Krzysztof Stanowski, Solidarity Fund PL
Patrycja Sasnal, Polish Institute of International Affairs
Moderation:
Jacek Kucharczyk, the Institute of Public Affairs
During the meeting a new IPA policy paper Aleksander Fuksiewicz, “The European Endowment for Democracy after Lift-off. Opinions and expectations” will be presented.
Downolad the invitation in a PDF file.
The working language of the event is English.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
