"Democratic Transitions and the Role of the Visegrad Countries: The Way Forward "
Public presentation of the policy paper

May 14, 12.30-14.00 - CEU, Senate Room

In cooperation with Forum 2000 and DemNet Hungary, the Center for EU Enlargement Studies cordially invite you to the presentation of the policy paper "Democratic Transitions and the Role of Visegrad Countries," which summarizes the outcomes of a two-part workshop, which took place during the annual Forum 2000 Conference in October 2013.

The paper argues that the ambitions of political transitions are shifting and that these demands and expectations are entrenched in the cultural and socioeconomic context of the respective countries. Western liberal democracy may not be the principal aim of political transitions taking place in the future and democratic countries providing aid to societies in transition should be sensitive to this fact. This also concerns democratic assistance provided by Visegrad countries. The paper further argues that the International Visegrad Fund provides a platform in which the V4 countries can fully utilize their transitional experience and knowledge to support good governance and democratic initiatives in third countries and in the Visegrad group itself.

Speakers:
Ferenc JÁRI, International Visegrad Fund
Jakub KLEPAL, Executive Director, Forum 2000, Czech Republic
Jan HORNÁT, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Project Coordinator, Forum 2000, Czech Republic
Attila BARTHA, Center for Policy Research at CEU, Hungary
Zsuzsanna VÉGH, Center for EU Enlargement Studies, Central European University, Hungary
Danuta GLONDYS, Director, Villa Decius Association, Poland

Moderator:
Jiří SCHNEIDER, Senior Fellow and Director of Special Projects at the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), Czech Republic

Please, register by contacting Jan Hornát at jan.hornat@forum2000.cz by Friday, May 9, 2014.