September 29th (Thursday)

13:00-15:00

Side event: "Around the contemporary Polish-Belorussian-Ukrainian relations" - meeting with artists from Drohobych, Grodno and Lublin Venue: "Łucjan" Art Gallery, 12 Bernardyńska Street Organizer: Fundacja Chrońmy Dziedzictwo Side event: Workshop on traditional art

14:00-16:00 Venue: Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin, 1 Theatre Square (in front of the building) Organizer: The City of Kryviy Rih with support of the City of Lublin Side event: Meeting with Oleksander Boychenko - literary critic and novelist from Chernivtsi 16:00-17:00 Venue: Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. H. Łopacińskiego (Łopaciński Regional Public Library), 4 Gabriela Narutowicza Street 15:00-17:00 R

Registration – information point of the Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress

17:00-17:20 S2

Official opening of the Congress ceremony

17:20-17:30 S2

Presentation on Lviv month in Wrocław - European Capital of Culture 2016

17:30-17:40 S2

Renewal of partnership between the cities of Lublin and Lutsk on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of signing the initial partnership agreement

17:40-18:00 S2

Inaugural lecture

18:00-19:00 S2

Conveying our wishes to the Eastern Partnership states on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of their independence

19:30-21:00 S1

Side event: "My Friend Enemy" - screening of the movie and discussion with its director, Wanda Kościa Side event: "Akakij" - show based on Nikolai Gogol's "The Overcoat" story and performed by Kryvyi Rih Theatre

20:00 Venue: Musical Theatre, 5 Maria Curie-Skłodowska Street Organizer: The City of Kryvyi Rih with the support of the City of Lublin 17:00 S8

Accompanying exhibition "Bridges of time!" Organizer: Living Language Group, Open Territory Foundation

September 30th (Friday) 09:00-10:00 R

Registration and coffee time

10:00-11:30 S2

Opening panel discussion: Immigrants in my city

10:00-11:30 R

International Fair for Partners and Donors

11:30-12:30 S2

CONTEST Award ceremony of the Contest for the best cross-border cooperation projects. Presentation of winners

12:30-13:30 C5

Lunch break

13:30-15:00 S7A

DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY Panel discussion: Role of Poland in the process of decentralization on local level of self-governance

13:30-15:00 S2

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Panel discussion: Academic city – idea, strategies for development, models of cooperation between a city and universities

13:30-15:00 S8

MODELS OF RECONCILIATION Panel discussion: Poland-Ukraine: experiences

13:30-15:00 S1

SECURITY IN EASTERN EUROPE Panel discussion: Political security of Eastern European states

13:30-15:00 S7D

CIVIL SOCIETY Panel discussion: Together we change cities. Cooperation within a triad "citizens - NGO - city office"

13:30-15:00 S7B

BUSINESS RELATIONS Panel discussion: Does Ukraine take advantage of free trade agreement with the European Union to boost its economy?

13:30-15:00 S7C

CONTEXTS Panel discussion: Media revolution in Ukraine - situation of the mass media in Ukraine two years after political changes

15:00-15:15 C2/C7

Coffee break

15:15-16:45 S7A

DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY Panel discussion: Social strength of cities - how to take advantage of capacity of the people in building municipal governments in Ukraine?

15:15-16:45 S6

DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY Panel discussion: Renovation and revitalization - can the experiences of Polish cities be an answer the needs of Ukrainian cities-under-reform?

15:15-16:45 S2

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Panel discussion: Dual degree programmes in the scope of internalization processes of higher education

15:15-16:45 S8

MODELS OF RECONCILIATION Panel discussion: Threat of blurring of crimes

15:15-16:45 S1

SECURITY IN EASTERN EUROPE Panel discussion: Military security and armed conflicts in Eastern Europe

15:15-16:45 S7D

CIVIL SOCIETY Panel discussion: Polish third sector acting for the development of civil society in the Eastern Partnership states

15:15-16:45 S7B

BUSINESS RELATIONS Panel discussion: Entrepreneurship support tool on the example of the city of Lublin

15:15-16:45 S7C

CONTEXTS Panel discussion: Functioning of national and ethnic minorities in public space - experiences and challenges

16:45-17:00 C2/C7

Coffee break

17:00-18:30 S7A

DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY Panel discussion: Reform of local self-government in Ukraine: first achievements

17:00-19:00 S2

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Panel discussion: Eastern European University

17:00-18:30 S8

MODELS OF RECONCILIATION Panel discussion: Memory of the borderland

17:00-18:30 S1

SECURITY IN EASTERN EUROPE Panel discussion: Informational and cultural security of Eastern European states

17:00-18:30 S7D

CIVIL SOCIETY Panel discussion: Watchdog - exchange of experiences

17:00-18:30 S7B

BUSINESS RELATIONS Panel discussion: 20 years of Polish membership in OECD in terms of perspectives for Eastern Europe

17:00-18:30 S7C

CONTEXTS Panel discussion: Rise of nationalist sentiments as a threat to national and ethnic minorities in Poland

17:00-18:30 S6

CONTEXTS Panel discussion: Ukraine on the road to Europeanization: a quarter century of achievements and deadlocks Side event: Opening of the exhibition "Ukrainian ZRIZ" (Ukrajins’kyj Zriz)

17:00-18:00 Venue: Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin, 1 Theatre Square (Main Hall) Organizer: TransCulture Foundation, Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin

Side event: Workshop: Cultural tourism on Polish, Ukrainian and Belorussian borderland - local perspective 17:00-19:00 Venue: The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre, 21 Grodzka Street. Organizer: The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre

18:30-19:30 S1

SECURITY IN EASTERN EUROPE Panel discussion: Role of Poland in shaping the Eastern European security system in the conditions of decomposition of the European order

20:00-21:00 S1

Side event: "Difficult Remembrance" - movie by Wojciech Walkiewicz

13:30-15:30

Side event: Around the contemporary Polish-Belorussian-Ukrainian relations" - meeting with artists from Drohobych, Grodno and Lublin Venue:/ b>"Łucjan" Author Gallery, 12 Bernardyńska Street| Organizer: Fundacja Chrońmy Dziedzictwo

10:00 C5

Ekspozycja towarzysząca - wystawa fotografii „25 lat niepodległości Ukrainy – Ukraina, jakiej nie znamy!” Organizator: Fundacja Solidarności Międzynarodowej

October 1st (Saturday) 08:30-09:00 R

Registration - information point

09:00-10:30 S7B

DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY Panel discussion: : Unsolicited unification of hromadas in Ukraine: a brake for decentralization process?

09:00-10:30 S7A

DECENTRALIZATION OF CULTURE Panel discussion: Social capital in creating culture and introducing real changes in development of cities and regions

09:00-10:30 S2

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Panel discussion: Beyond formal borders - about youth education

09:00-10:30 S7D

HUMANITARIAN AID Panel discussion: Humanitarian aid to Ukraine

09:00-10:30 S7C

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Panel discussion: Public transport - inter-modal transport as a chance for reducing traffic

09:00-10:30 S1

TOURISM Panel discussion: Role of rivers in spatial development including tradition and history of the city

09:00-10:30 S6

HERITAGE Panel discussion: Cultural heritage and tourist routes

10:30-10:45 C7

Coffee break

10:45-12:15 S7B

DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY Panel discussion: 25 years of reforms in Poland: What Polish experiences should Ukraine benefit from?

10:45-12:15 S7A

DECENTRALIZATION OF CULTURE Panel discussion: Corporate Social Responsibility - cooperation between business and municipality in creation of joint instruments supporting development of activities

10:45-12:15 S2

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Panel discussion: Young scientists in Central and Eastern Europe

10:45-12:15 S8

MODELS OF RECONCILIATION Panel discussion: Survivors and saviours

10:45-12:15 S7D

HUMANITARIAN AID Panel discussion: Support for development

10:45-12:15 S7C

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Panel discussion: Good practices in terms of cycling and walking policies

10:45-12:15 S1

TOURISM Panel discussion: The youth and the city. Tourism as a lifestyle

10:45-12:15 S6

HERITAGE Panel discussion: Cultural heritage and the new media

12:15-13:15 C5

Lunch break

13:15-14:45 S7A

DECENTRALIZATION OF CULTURE Panel discussion: Cultural education - challenges and changes faced by institutions of culture

13:15-14:45 S2

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Panel discussion: International cooperation of high schools

13:15-14:45 S8

MODELS OF RECONCILIATION Panel discussion: From crisis to freedom

13:15-14:45 R

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Field trip: Field trip around cycling and walking infrastructure in Lublin

13:15-14:45 S1

TOURISM Panel discussion: The importance of local brands in creation of tourist products

13:15-14:45 S6

HERITAGE Panel discussion: Cultural heritage and the modernism

14:45-15:00 C7

Coffee Break

15:00-15:45 S2

Presentation of elaborated recommendations

Side event: "Masks" - film by Wojtek Walkiewicz and a meeting with guests 15:30-17:30 Venue: "Łucjan" Art Gallery, 12 Bernardyńska Street Organizer: Fundacja Chrońmy Dziedzictwo 15:45 S2

Official closing of the Congress