Programme of the World Forum for Democracy 2023
Monday 6 November
Time for Facts
10.00-11.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament (access via the Palais de l’Europe)
Welcoming Words
11.00-11.30 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
Interlude
11.30-11.35 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
by Cartooning for Peace
Plenary Session 1
11.35-13.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
Democracy untended?
Lunch Break
13.00-14.30
Plenary Session 2
14.30-16.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
Peaceful Societies?
Plenary Session 3
16.00-17.30 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
International Community for a Democratic Security
Exhibit: The Dream/ Le rêve
18.00 / palais de l'Europe
"60 years of Martin Luther King’s historic speech"
Reception
19.00 / Palais de l’Europe
Tuesday 7 November
FIRST SERIES OF LABS
09.00-11.00 / Palais de l'Europe
- Lab 1: The art of dialogue
- Lab 2: New ways of conflict resolution
- Lab 3: Social justice and equality
- Lab 4: Knowledge is power
- Lab 5: Women building peace
Break
11.00-11.15
FIRST SERIES OF FORUM TALKS
11.15-13.00 / Palais de l'Europe
- Forum Talk 1: The truth of war crimes – Making Use of Electronic Evidence and Open-Source Intelligence
- Forum Talk 2: Memory, Memorials and Teaching History
- Forum Talk 3: Women, Democracy and Peace
- Forum Talk 4: Building Peace and Democracy across Borders
- Forum Talk 5: Economics of Peace
- Forum Talk 6: Sudan’s Democratic Transition De-railed
Lunch Break
13.00-14.30
SECOND SERIES OF LABS
14.30-16.30 / Palais de l'Europe
- Lab 6: The age of global protest
- Lab 7: Cross-cultural understanding
- Lab 8: Freedom of expression and information
- Lab 9: Social entrepreneurship
- Lab 10: Transparency and accountability
- Story-telling – Mother and Daughter by Lana Gogoberidze
Film screening
14.30 / Palais de l'Europe
“Mother and Daughter” with Lana Gogoberidze
Break
16.30-16.45
SECOND SERIES OF FORUM TALKS
16.45-18.30 / Palais de l'Europe
- Forum Talk 7: International Community and Democratic Insecurity
- Forum Talk 8: Learning to Wage Peace and Democracy
- Forum Talk 9: Press cartoonist: a profession in danger
- Forum Talk 10: Inside Kaboul
- Forum Talk 11: 7 winters in Teheran
- Forum Talk 12: 4th branch of government
Reception
19.00 - Palais de l'Europe
Wednesday 8 November
Plenary Session 4
10.00-12.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament (access via the Palais de l’Europe)
Reporting from the Forum and Agenda for the Future
Closing Session
12.00–12.45 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
Ceremony for the Democracy Innovation Award
Closing Performance
12.45- 13.15 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament
"Les Trois Barbus ou presque”
Full Programme in PDF (03/11/2023)
Programme of the City of Strasbourg (6 to 10 Nov. 2023)