Programme (DRAFT)

Author

ENSU

Date
February 25, 2025

SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE!!

An in-person and online conference in support of the Ukrainian people’s national and social rights

No to partition! Russian troops out!

Brussels, March 26-27, 2025

PROGRAM (DRAFT ONLY)

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Wednesday 26-03 (De Markten)

0900-0915: WELCOME AND CONFERENCE FUNCTIONING

0915-1045: PLENARY

Challenges facing Ukraine

  • Threat of a Trump-Putin deal
  • European responses
  • The view from Ukraine

Speakers: tbc

1045-1100: BREAK

1100-1230: Workshops

  • The military situation
  • Threat of a Trump-Putin deal
  • State of the Russian economy
  • State of Ukraine’s economy

1230-1330: LUNCH

1330-1500: PLENARY

What peace?

  • Territorial integrity and no population transfers
  • Armaments and security guarantees
  • Debt, reparation and natural resource sovereignty

Speakers: tbc

1500-1515: BREAK

1515-1700: Workshops

  • Civil resistance in occupied territories
  • Military and non-military aid
  • Russian anti-war opposition
  • Stop LNG/fossil fuels campaign
  • Migration and return

1700-1730: REPORT BACK FROM WORKSHOPS

EVENING CULTURAL EVENT WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER (WHO MIGHT ATTRACT THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA IN BELGIUM

Thursday 27-03 (Pianofabriek)

0900-0915 : WELCOME AND CONFERENCE FUNCTIONING

0915-1045: PLENARY

Organising solidarity

  • Trade union and labour movement
  • Russia: boycotts and sanctions
  • Supporting progressive military
  • Supporting civil liberty organisations

Speakers: tbc

1045-1100: BREAK

1100-1230: Workshops

  • Trade unions
  • Feminism
  • LGBTIQ+
  • Environment

1230-1330: LUNCH

1330-1500: PLENARY

Which reconstruction?

  • Post-war ecological repair
  • Social protection
  • What macroeconomic model?
  • What integration with EU?
  • What paths to sustainability (agriculture, mining, energy)?

Speakers: tbc

1500-1515: BREAK

1515-1700:  Workshops

  • Defending public sector
  • Debt cancellation
  • Women’s role in reconstruction
  • Energy and environment

1700-1730: REPORT BACK FROM WORKSHOPS

1730-1900: BREAK

1800:  Media conference

Free University

1900 – 2100: Public meeting, with presentation of conference declaration

Speakers: tbc