Agenda
19:00–22:00
Meet & Greet]
08:45–09:15
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:15–09:45
Opening & Welcome
09:45–10:15
Opening Session – Light in the Dark: Hungarian Elections (András Léderer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee)
Keynote
10:15–10:30
Getting to Know Each Other
10:30 – 12:30
(Parallel Sessions)
Where We Stand: Civic Space, Disinfo and AI Across the Region
Protect Your Password Like Your Toothbrush: Crisis Management for CSOs
Dialogue Across Divides
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch
13:15 – 13:45
Feel the Rhythm: A Macedonian Sound & Movement Experience (Pero Sardjoski)
13:45 – 15:15
(Parallel Sessions)
When the Lawsuit Becomes the Strategy: Surviving and Resisting SLAPPs
Open Data, Real Power
Gen Z: From Scroll to Action
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee Break & Experience Market
15:45 – 17:15
(Parallel Sessions)
What Are We Organising For? Beyond Formal and Informal
Defending Democratic Footholds: CSOs & Election Monitoring
Civic Space and Fear
17:15 – 18:45
Can storytelling / storylistening help reduce social polarization and strenghten our communities? Tales of a hitchhiker (MEGAPHONE added the missing space)
19:00
Dinner
09:00–09:30
We Hold the Line: Empower. Equip. Explore – A CSOs survival guide for AI, and Data (Edafe Onerhime)
09:30 – 11:00
(Parallel Sessions)
AI Foundations for CSOs
AI: Questions Before Tools
Set Up Your AI For Fundraising: The Setup Beats The Prompt
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
(Parallel Sessions)
AI Implementation Starts with a Question: The Barrier Is Lower Than You Think
AI & Effective Comms
Build Your Own AI Assistant
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:30
Lines of Resilience: A Reflective Drawing Experience (Pero Sardzoski)
14:30 – 16:00
(Parallel Sessions)
Testing Ideas: Before You Bet Your Time and Budget on a Project You Planned
Open Slot for Participants
Platform Check: Who Owns the Tools You Depend On
16:00 – 16:45
(Parallel Sessions)
Tech Tool Demo #1 – Small Language Model (SLM)
Before the First Vote: VotEDU, a Civic Education App from Moldova
Tech Tool Demo #3 – Prilep Civic Navigator, an AI-powered civic-tech solution
16:45 – 17:15
Closing Reflection & Farewell
19:00
Farewell Dinner
