28. 3. 2023 | PR, Regional cooperation, Transformative Power of Digital
The debate on “Digital Partnerships: How to Forge an Advanced European Future” has, in spite of some last-minute changes of the panellists, successfully taken place in Warsaw last week.
The debate touched upon the consequences of the Russian aggression on Ukraine for the CEE region and the rise of cyber threats since then, the steps taken towards transatlantic strategic digital partnership (such as TTC, transparency, cybersecurity, etc.), enhancing European sovereignty in the digital sphere and more.
Stay tuned for more debates on similar topics in the coming months. Until then, you are again welcome to watch the recording of the debate below.
We would like to thank our partners, Atlantic Council and Kosciuszko institute, for their organisational support. At the same time, our special thanks go to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki, Ambassador for Cyber & Tech Affairs, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Ewelina Kasprzyk, Program Director at the Kościuszko Institute, and Jagoda Zakrzewska, Public Policy CEE Manager at Google Poland, who joined the debate on stage. Last but not least, a big thanks to Aaron Korewa, Director of the Atlantic Council Warsaw Office, for moderating the debate in such extraordinary circumstances.
20. 3. 2023 | PR, Transformative Power of Digital
CEP, Atlantic Council and the Kosciuszko Institute are delighted to invite you to a panel discussion
Digital Partnerships: How to Forge an Advanced European Future
Wednesday, March 22 | 11.30 CET
Register here to join via Zoom
While Covid exposed the EU’s vulnerabilities, the war in Ukraine heightened the urge to solve them – from infrastructure, cybersecurity, disinformation, and defence shortcomings. This especially holds true for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which bear the brunt of Russian cyberattacks and other malicious digital intents.
As outlined in two recent reports from the Atlantic Council and the Centre for European Perspective – “Strategic Partnership for a Secure and Digital Europe” and “Digital Sovereignty in Practice” – to address these issues and ensure European values are respected in the digital world, a like-minded and values-based partnership is a priority, and strong and stable transatlantic exchanges are indispensable. It is paramount that the countries of CEE deepen their cooperation within the region while at the same time strengthening their voice within the EU and with the US.
The panel will address the following questions:
What are the main digital challenges that CEE and the EU are facing now? What mechanisms for cooperation exist within the CEE, and how can such cooperation on digital issues be enhanced? Do any best practices exist? How do we shape a specific, action-oriented agenda for transatlantic digital cooperation to ensure a tangible strategic partnership around digital policy?
Joining us to address these questions are speakers:
- Dr Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister for Digital Transformation of the Republic of Slovenia
- Mr Janusz Cieszyński, Secretary of State and Government Plenipotentiary for Cyber Security of the Republic of Poland
- Marta Poslad, Director of Public Policy, Central and Eastern Europe at Google
- Ewelina Kasprzyk, Program Director at the Kościuszko Institute
You can join us live over Zoom by registering here or following our social media accounts as the video of the session will be published after the discussion.
13. 12. 2022 | Danube, PR
The TalentMagnet consortium is happy to present the last eNewsletter of the project!
Two years of the project have already gone by in a flash, and the consortium has created important outputs, completed their pilot actions, tried out the tools prepared in the scope of the project, and more. Presentation of local plans for talent attraction and retention, all project activities, and a chat with TalentMagnet stakeholders were all a part of the final conference in Ptuj, Slovenia.
But we won’t spoil more about the content of the eNewsletter – you can read it here.
For more information about the TalentMagnet project, check out the Danube Transnational Programme website or TalentMagnet Facebook page.
2. 12. 2022 | Danube, PR
With the Opening event held on 1 December 2022 at Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia begins its year of the Presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). The event’s participants were welcomed by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Marko Štucin, who, in his opening address, emphasised Slovenia’s support for Ukraine – the country that presided over the Danube Strategy before Slovenia.
In his address, Mr Štucin encouraged further cooperation in macro-regions. He emphasised the unique role of EU macro-regions, which offer the possibility for all countries, both EU members and non-members, to participate equally.
Sławomir Tokarski, Director of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), focused on the importance of continuing to facilitate the enlargement process in his address, commending the decision that Slovenia puts facilitation of enlargement as one of its focuses during the Presidency. Nataša Goršek Mencin, Deputy Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia, emphasised the importance of quick action and support of the EUSDR for Ukraine in the face of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and welcomed Slovenia’s decision to continue supporting Ukraine in its Presidency programme and support the empowerment of all actors in the Danube Strategy. The first part was concluded by Ms Nadija Afanasieva, representative of the Ukrainian National Coordination of the Danube Strategy. She thanked the TRIO Presidencies for their support and expressed her satisfaction that Slovenia will include the topics addressed by Ukraine during its EUSDR Presidency in its programme.
In the second part, Ms Petra Česen Čatar, Slovenian National Coordinator for the Macroregional Strategies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, presented the programme of the Slovenian Presidency and its institutional priorities. The thematic priorities of the Presidency were touched upon by Mr Jernej Grahor, representative of the Centre for European Perspective and coordinator of Priority Area 10, Mr Peter Volasko, representative of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Slovenia and Mr Franc Žepič, representative of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Republic of Slovenia and coordinator of Priority Area 1b.
The Slovenian EUSDR Presidency will focus on the future development of the Danube Region and on the empowered cooperation of all EUSDR participating countries. Given that the Danube Region is one of the most heterogeneous and diverse regions in Europe, with nine EU and five non-EU countries, the Slovenian Presidency will prioritise the involvement and capacity-building of key stakeholders participating in the EUSDR.
To act as a promoter and facilitator of macro-regional cooperation between all countries and all macro-regional strategies, the Slovenian EUSDR Presidency has the following institutional priorities:
- Empowering involvement in the EUSDR
- Improving the strategic governance of EUSDR and macro-regional strategies
- Youth involvement and its role in the EUSDR
- Embedding process – evaluation and further steps
Taking into account the acceleration of the green and digital transition that will steer the transformation of societies and affect cooperation and connectivity, and recognising the challenges to transport and energy security in the region, the thematic priorities of the Presidency will focus on the expected transformation of societies and the role of knowledge in such societies and professions of the future, as well as transport and energy challenges in the region.
The Opening event of the Slovenian Presidency of the EUSDR continued with an informal discussion among EUSDR National Coordinators and Priority Area Coordinators, focusing on empowering involvement, strengthening the ownership of countries in the EUSDR and unlocking the potential of macroregional cooperation for non-EU countries.
Slovenia will hold the Presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023, with the conclusion at the 12th EUSDR Annual Forum, which Slovenia will hold on 24 and 25 October 2023 in Brdo pri Kranju.
14. 11. 2022 | PR, Transformative Power of Digital
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, the Centre for European Perspective and the Atlantic Council sincerely invite you to join us for a debate titled
Strategic partnership for a secure and digital Europe:
From words to action
23 November 2022, 08.45 CET
Register here for in-person participation*
Location: American Center, Tržiště 13/366, 118 00 Malá Strana.
Digitalization and digital policies will shape the future for decades to come. While the EU has much to offer – technological prowess, its vision of a free, open and human-centric digital future – the transatlantic partnership has been and remains the EU’s best option for securing its vision for the future. On the other hand, growing numbers of online threats and malign intentions by third countries and subsequent push by individual countries to mitigate the threats threaten to splinter the internet into disjointed networks.
How can we counter this growing regulatory divergence, move beyond mere words, and ensure working cooperation, coordination efforts, and concrete results?
Is greater transatlantic alignment needed, or can we offer alternatives?
What can we do to concretize transatlantic digital cooperation to ensure a tangible strategic partnership in the area of digital policy?
Joining us to discuss these questions are:
- Representative from the Czech Republic (TBC)
- Ms Susan Ness (non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and former FCC Commissioner)
- Mr Igor Zgrabljic, Public Policy Manager at Google
- Sergiu Mitrescu, New Strategy Center (Romania)
Moderator: Jaka Repanšek, co-chair of the Strategic Committee for Regulation and Environment, Slovenian Digital Coalition
Join us for a discussion in person or on social media, as the discussion will be streamed on EUROPEUM’s and CEP’s Facebook pages.
14. 11. 2022 | PR, Transformative Power of Digital
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The Centre for European Perspective invites you to a discussion and official launch of a publication titled:
Strategic partnership for a secure and digital Europe
22 November 2022, 12.00 CET
Register here*
Strategic partnership – cooperation with like-minded countries (those that share similar values in terms of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and a rules-based international system) – may be the best option for Europe as a means of protecting its values. Digital technologies are quickly gaining geopolitical importance – their use, development and their future are more and more predicated upon the divide between democracies and autocratic regimes. While the EU has much to offer – technological prowess, its vision of a free, open, safe and human-centric digital future – the transatlantic partnership has been and remains the EU’s best option for securing its vision for the future. Cooperation is and should be in the best interest of both sides of the Atlantic, and a true strategic partnership in the digital sphere holds the promise that we can be more than just a sum of our parts.
Join us for a webinar discussion on how to enhance such partnership and where are the challenges for it with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, H. E. Ms Tanja Fajon, and the Former President of the Republic of Estonia, H. E. Ms Kersti Kaljulaid.
The discussion will be moderated by Ms Katja Geršak, the Executive Director of the Centre for European Perspective.
Following the discussion with Ms Fajon and Ms Kaljulaid will be the official launch of the publication titled:
Strategic partnership for a secure and digital Europe: forging digitally advanced future with a deepened transatlantic cooperation.
The launch of the publication will be followed by a webinar on the issues of transatlantic cooperation and digital challenges in the future:
• What is the added value of a strategic partnership for the EU?
• Where lie the strengths of the EU, and where do we need to do more?
• What are our common values, and how do they translate in the digital sphere?
Joining us to discuss these questions are:
❖ Gregor Strojin, Vice Chair of the Committee on AI at the Council of Europe and former Chair of CAHAI
❖ Ewelina Kaspryzk, Programme Director at the Kościuszko Institute
Moderated by Ms Katja Geršak, Executive Director, Centre for European Perspective (CEP)
The publication, published by the Centre for European Perspective, focuses on the opportunities and hurdles of the strategic transatlantic partnership and its future while also taking note of the EU and US quest for reaching global standards in AI and securing of digital future via the strengthening of transatlantic and CEE cooperation.
The publication is the result of excellent cooperation with authors Theodore Christakis (AI-Regulation.Com, Université Grenoble Alpes, Cross Border Data Forum), Susan Ness (Europe Center of the Atlantic Council, Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania), Fredrik Erixon (European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)), Ewelina Kasprzyk with Maciej Góra and Michał Krawczyk (Kościuszko Institute), Gregor Strojin (Committee on AI at the Council of Europe), Danielle Piatkiewicz (EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy) & Chris Riley (Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania).
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