Bucharest

The selected participants are invited to attend simultaneous two-day meetings in Bucharest, Brussels, Prague and Warsaw in order to develop the Declaration “Generation ’89”, the declaration of their generation – the new citizens of a free Europe.

Bucharest: 3 Czech, 3 Belgian, 3 Polish, 2 Hungarian, 2 Austrian, 2 Bulgarian, 2 German, 2 British, 16 Romanian;

Working language: English

The selected participants will receive joining instructions prior to the meetings in due time.
The cost of travel, accommodation and meals will be covered.

Programme:

Sunday 25 April

18:00 – 19:00      Welcoming participants, handing portfolios, reception / dinner
                               Screening of a film by director Radu Muntean

Monday 26 April

9:00 – 10:15         Introduction (project, schedule, participants) – with the participation of          
                                Mrs. Tania Radu, Vice-president of RCI.

10:15 – 11:00       Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30       Presentation by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the
                                Memory of the Romanian Exile, discussions

12:30 – 13:30       Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30       Projection of the short films made by participants, in the presence of a Romanian
                                director Radu Muntean

15:30 – 16:00       Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00       Meeting with film directors Corneliu Porumboiu and Radu Muntean

18:00                      Free time; suggestions for cultural events, bars, places to visit


Tuesday 27 April

9:00 – 11:30         Declaration “Generation ’89” - Session 1 (part 1)

11:30 – 11:45       Coffee break

11:45 – 13:00       Declaration “Generation ’89” - Session 1 (part 2)

13:30 – 14:30       Lunch break

14:30 – 15:00       Meeting with Andrea Varga, the author of the exhibition “A story of freedom”

15:00 – 15:15       Coffee break

15:15 – 18:00       Declaration “Generation ’89” - Session 2 (coffee break included)

19:00                      Dinner, Pantomime show, Press event

Wednesday  28 April

9:00 – 10:00          Discussion with the European Commission Representative about what can be
                                 achieved with the Declaration “Generation ‘89”

10:00 – 10:30        Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00        Presenting Declaration “Generation ‘89” and selecting the Representative to Brussels
                                 from the Bucharest group

12:00 – 12:15        Coffee break

12:15 – 13:00        Feedback session (program & organization)

13:00 – 14:00        Participants’ departure.

Location: Representation of European Commission (31 Vasile Lascar, Bucharest)