11.11.2009
09:00 - 14:45

Political Activism on the Net

The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
60, rue Wiertz, Paul Henri Spaak building
1047 Brussels
Phone: 00-32-2-284.30.45
Email: contactgreens@europarl.europa.eu

Link to the organizer

Conference / Convention

Research & Innovation

Registration required

Jordi Bacardit
Email: jbacarditreguant@europarl.europa.eu

European Parliament Room PHS P7C050,
Rue Wiertz 60 1
1047 Brussels

More than thirty digital journalists, bloggers and politicians from seven European countries will be on hand to present diverse ideas for political mobilisation via the internet. The seminar will look at different kinds of online political initiatives from across Europe, and will discuss the internet as a tool for transforming European society.

Amongst the projects discussed will be the European blogging competition Th!nk About it, which has promoted well informed debate on climate change. Swedish Pirate Party MEP Christian Engström will also explain how the internet can be used first to set-up and later to run a political party.

There will also be presentations on the political blogospheres in Catalonia, Galicia, Sweden, Flanders, the Basque Country and Scotland.

Oriol Junqueras, Member of the European Parliament for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya; Anne Autio and Rina Tsubaki from the European Journalism Centre; Martí Crespo, Journalist from VilaWeb; Christian Engström, Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party; Ana Miranda, spokeswoman for the BNG in Brussels; Paul Rios, leader of Lokarri and member of Politika 2.0