• Raimondas Šukys, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania [Speech]
• Stewart Dickson, President of the Council for Democratic Elections, Spokesperson of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for local and regional elections [Speech]
• Martin Kuijer, Vice-President and Member of the Venice Commission in respect of the Netherlands [Speech]
• Lord David Blencathra, Chair of the Parliamentary Alliance for Free and Fair Elections and Member of the British Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (video message transcription)

The Venice Commission’s and Council of Europe’s acquis and experienced gathered

Moderated by: Maksimas Reznikovas, Vice-Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania

• Srdjan Darmanovic, Vice-President of the Council for Democratic Elections and Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Montenegro [Speech]
• Simona Granata-Menghini, Director, Secretary of the Venice Commission

10:30-10:45    Family photo

10:45-11:15    Coffee break

Moderated by: Eirik Holmøyvik, Member of the Bureau of the Venice Commission and Member in respect of Norway

Rules that determine the right to vote and stand for election, including voter and candidate registration, the drawing of constituency and polling district boundaries and out-of-country voting

• Kristoffer Tamsons, Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and Regional Councillor for Stockholm Region [Speech]
• Alberto Dalla Via, Vice-President of the National Electoral Chamber of Argentina [Speech]

Discussion 

Rules applying to the voting and counting process (including the transmission of results), in particular the introduction of new voting modalities and digital technologies

• Damien Cottier, Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on “Elections in times of crisis”’, Member of the Swiss Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly [Speech]
• Irena Hadžiabdić, President of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina [Presentation]
• Gregor Wenda, Head of the Department of Electoral Affairs, Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria [Presentation]

Discussion

13:15-15:00    Lunch break

Rules on election dispute resolution, including by the cancellation of election results

Moderated by: Martin Kuijer, Vice-President and Member of the Venice Commission in respect of the Netherlands

• Ulvi Akhundlu, Deputy Head of the Election Department, ODIHR
• Kseniya Dashutsina, Senior Election Adviser, ODIHR
• Oliver Kask, Substitute Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Estonia [Speech]
• Rokas Stabingis, Head of Law and Investigation Unit in the Secretariat of the Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania [Presentation]

Discussion

17:45-18:45    Guided tour of the National Museum, Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Cathedral Square 4, Vilnius)

19:00-22:00    Gala Dinner at the National Museum, Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania)

Moderated by: Nerijus Maliukevičius, researcher at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University

Extension of the powers of EMBs (e.g. to media or financial issues)

• Lina Petronienė, Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania [Presentation]
• Dana Munteanu, Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova, on behalf of Angelica Caraman, Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova [Presentation]

Discussion

Capacity-building of electoral stakeholders regarding changes to the electoral law, and voter education

• Gunn Marit Helgesen, Vice-President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and Chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities [Speech]
• Erton Sinani, Chief-of-Staff at the Central Elections Commission of Albania, on behalf of Ilirjan Celibashi, State Elections Commissioner, Central Elections Commission of Albania [Speech]

Moderated by: Srdjan Darmanovic, Vice-President of the Council for Democratic Elections and Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Montenegro

Discussion and adoption of the conclusions of the Conference presented by the General Rapporteur of the Conference

• Eirik Holmøyvik, Member of the Bureau of the Venice Commission and Member in respect of Norway

Farewell address

• Stewart Dickson, President of the Council for Democratic Elections, Spokesperson of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for local and regional elections
• Lina Petronienė, Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania [Speech]

Departure of participants

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