UNITED-Conference Programme

Wipe Out Hate ! UNITED in Solidarity

25-30 October 2013 near Prague
TIME Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Morning 9:30-12:45 Friday 25-Oct Saturday 26-Oct Sunday 27-Oct 09:30-11:00 GET TO KNOW YOUR POPULISTS - Presentations and discussion followed by assignment in small groups Monday 28-Oct 09:30-11:00 HOW TO RECLAIM SOLIDARITY UNITED/ ENAR/ Hope Not Hate Setting agenda & target group for a campaign - Presentations and discussion What are possible campaign scenarios? - Assignment in working groups Tuesday 29-Oct 09:30-11:00 FINE-TUNING CAMPAIGNS - Parallel workshops Monitoring EU Elections Social Media Lobby Building alliances Mobilizing people to vote Digital campaigning tools 11:15-12:15 CAMPAIGN SCENARIOS - Continuation working groups Finalize campaign scenarios 12:15-12:45 - Presentation of campaign scenarios Conference prepared by: 09:30-11:00 WELCOME * Prague Spring II Network ag. right-wing extremism and populism * DUHA - U (CZ) The UNITED Network * OPU - Organisation for Aid to Refugees CZ) The UNITED Campaigns & UNITED Online Presence * No Border Project - Social Action Centre (UA) About Prague Spring II Network * Vereinigung Verfolgten des Naziregimes (D) About OPU (CZ) * Movimiento Contra la Intolerancia (E) About No Border Project - Social Action Centre (UA) * Foundation of Subjective Values (H) Programme / Team / Technics * UNITED for Intercultural Action Short personal introduction of participants 11:15-12:30 THE DANGER OF WORDS - Discussion groups Different understanding of definitions and concepts most used in antiracist and antidiscrimination work

Coffee-break 11:00-11:15

11:15-12:45 FROM POPULISTS TO HATE Impact of populist discourse on society - Presentations and discussion Based on different case studies, presented by international institutions and NGOs

11:15-12:15 - Continuation working groups 12:15-12:45 CAMPAIGNING TO RECLAIM SOLIDARITY - presentation of possible scenarios 13:00 departure to Prague

Lunch 13:00 Afternoon 14:30-18:30

With financial support of: European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe Youth in Action Programme - European Union Open Society Foundations Provincie Noord-Brabant

14:30-16:15 EUROPE QUO VADIS? With a Czech perspective - Panel discussion Moderation by EUROCLIO Speakers from: Organisation for Aid to Refugees (CZ) The European Association for History Educators 16:15-18:30 MAPPING OUR CHALLENGES - Discussion groups What are the issues in your community? How are migrants & refugees perceived? How do populists influence your community? How does crisis influence participation? Are Europeans politically disinterested?

14:30-16:15 COUNTER-ACT POPULISM - Workshop and assignment What are the populist characteristics in an argumentation or discourse? Strategies to engage in counter-argumentation.

AFTERNOON IN PRAGUE Visit to local NGOs Thematic Guided City Tour

Coffee-break 16:15-16:30

14:30-16:15 FOLLOW-UP: MOVING FORWARD - Small discussion groups Presentation of results UNITED 2.0 online 21st March Campaign 20th June Campaign 9th November Campaign EU Elections 2014 Campaign 16:30-17:15 OPEN FORUM - With contribution of participants 17:15-18:30 CONFERENCE EVALUATION OFFICIAL CLOSING

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Arrival of participants 16:00-19:00 GET DOCUMENTED! - Registration Dinner 19:00 Evening 20:30 "Breaking the Blocks" - Informal opening reception -

16:15-18:30 PICK A GOOD PRACTICE - Parallel workshops "No Hate" Campaign - Council of Europe Addressing bullying in schools Victim support Music against Racism .... and more 20:00 Dinner in Prague

20:30 Info Market: Present Your Organisation! 21:00 International Snacks With participation of local NGOs

20:30 Political Caf by participants

23:00 Return to venue Informal evening

20:30 Farewell Intercultural Party

This conference is part of the project "Europe Bottom-up: Capacity Building in Anti-discrimination Youth Work", a partnership between UNITED and Association for Social Change, Minority Rights Group Europe, National Institute for Social Integration, Duha UNITED, Network for Democracy and Courage and Foundation of Subjective Values; financed by the Youth in Action Programme of the European Union, Action 4.6 - Youth support systems.

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