Events: Roundtable discussions in Bratislava

A select group of experts, diplomats, and journalists from Bratislava discussed challenges for the EU in the areas of defence, governance, and disinformation.

On 12 November 2024, Visegrad Insight held three roundtable discussions in Bratislava titled:

9:00-10:15 Engaging Civil Society: Navigating NGO Involvement and Funding in the New European Commission

10:30-11:45 Countering Misinformation in Slovakia: EU Strategies to Empower Independent Media and NGOs

12:00-13:15 Common Responsibility for CEE Security

Each discussion was connected with a presentation of a policy paper by Visegrad Insight:

1. On common military service by Magda Jakubowska, Vice-president of the Res Publica Foundation.
2. On funding democracy in Central-Eastern Europe by Marzenna Guz-Vetter, Senior Fellow, Visegrad Insight.
3. On fighting disinformation by Galan Dall, Managing Editor of Visegrad Insight.

Find the photo story below, authored by Martin Sirotny:

Participants of the event received a PDF working copy of a policy report on European values that Visegrad Insight is preparing in EU Values Foresight project, supported by the European Commission’s Europe for Citizens Programme and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) framework cooperation.