Good governance and transparency in a time of crisis: what role for politics & public affairs?

Tuesday, 14 July 2020
11.30-12.30 CEST
via videoconference (dial-in details will be shared the day prior to all the registered participants)
SEAP members can register for free via the following link

On Tuesday, 16 June 2020, the European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, together with the European Parliament negotiators, Vice-President Katarina Barley and Danuta Hübner, Member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee and Ministre Délégué Nikolina Brnjac for the Croatian Presidency of the Council, met to exchange views on the Transparency Register. This is their first such meeting since the discussion was put on hold prior to the European elections in May 2019.

Following this political meeting, SEAP is cooperating with AmCham EU on the organisation of an online discussion on the impact that the COVID-19 emergency has had on governance and transparency, and lessons that have been learned so far. This panel discussion will also address the role that politics and public affairs plays in a time of crisis, and gathers perspectives from representatives of the European Parliament, European Commission and the public affairs sector.

Speakers

• Heidi Hautala, MEP (Greens/EFA, FI), Vice-President, European Parliament
• Wes Himes, President, Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP)
• Renate Nikolay, Head of Vice-President Jourova’s Cabinet, European Commission

Moderator

• Jessica O’Flynn, Deputy Head of European Government Relations, FirstSolar, and Chair of the Institutional Affairs Task Force, AmCham EU

Event organised by

• AmCham EU