Václav Havel European Dialogues

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The Václav Havel European Dialogues is an international project that aims to initiate and stimulate a discussion about issues determining the direction of contemporary Europe while referring to the European spiritual legacy of Václav Havel. This idea takes its main inspiration from Václav Havel’s essay “Power of the Powerless”. More than other similarly focused projects, the Václav Havel European Dialogues aims to offer the “powerless” a platform to express themselves and in so doing to boost their position within Europe.

The Václav Havel European Dialogues is planned as a long-term project and involves cooperation with other organisations in various European cities. Individual meetings, which take the form of a conference, are targeted primarily at secondary and third-level students, as well as specialists and members of the public interested in European issues.

• 2022

• Truth and democracy

• 2021

• The Other Europe 2021

• 2020

• Do free media equal free society?, Brussels, December 10, 2020
• Václav Havel European Dialogues, Munich, January 23, 2020

• 2019

• Europe 1989-2019: How to sustain the path towards Europe Whole and Free? Brussels, 20 November 2019
• The EU between Yesterday and Tomorrow, Prague, May 20, 2019

• 2018

• Strengthening Democracy in the EU Neighbourhood: Integration as an Effective Leverage? Brussels, 27 November 2018
• The Czech Republic at the European Crossroads, Prague, May 14, 2018
• Jacques Rupnik, Pavel Seifter (eds.): Europe at the Crossroads: Democracy, Neighbourhoods, Migrations 

• 2017

• The Trans-Atlantic Dream of a Free World: Still Relevant? Brussels, 14 November 2017
• Where Does Europe Begin and End? Prague, May 15, 2017

• 2016

• Havel´s Power of the Powerless: How can the EU connect better with its people, Brussel, 8 November 2016
• Europe Facing its Migration and Refugee Challenges: EU, Nation States and Civic Society Prague, May 30, 2016

• 2015

• Europe’s  Unstable  Eastern Neighbourhood: What role for Civil Society? Brussel, November 18, 2015
• Time for European Politics Prague, May 29–30 2015 

• 2014

• Lessons in democracy since 1989: A source of Inspiration for Ukraine and Tunisia? Brussels, November 13, 2014   
• Conference Dispute over Europe Berlin, May 2 and September 18–19, 2014
• Václav Havel European Dialogues with Joachim Gauck Prague, May 7, 2014
• Europe and Ukraine: Cohesion and Extension, the Double Challenge facing the Union Bruges, April 4, 2014
• Citizen, Power and Democracy in the European Crisis Prague, February 21–22, 2014

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