Annual General Meeting 2023
On June 5th and June 6th, our Annual General Meeting will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria. Our member Detski Knigi Foundation is hosting this meeting. The venue will be the European Commission premises in Sofia.
Our member Detski Knigi Foundation is hosting this meeting. The venue will be the European Commission premises in Sofia.
Agenda:
Monday, June 5th
Location | European Commission Building (Sofia, 124 Georgi S. Rakovski str.)
9.30 – 10.00 Planned interviews
10.30 – 11.30 Press Conference
12.30 Registration
13.00 Welcome speeches by
Mr Boyko Blagoev, Head of Communication unit at Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria
Mr Miroslav Borshosh, deputy-mayor of Sofia
Katarina Barley, vice-president of the European Parliament /video/
13.30 Official opening, Dr. Jörg F. Maas, Chair of EURead
13.45 Panel 1 | Moderator: Dr. Jörg F. Maas, Chair of EURead
The State of Literacy in Europe: How can we do better? (A Brief Overview)
Speaker: Marc Lambert, The Scottish Book Trust
14.30 Coffee Break
14.45 Panel 2 | Moderator: Gerlien van Dalen, Co-Chair of EURead
Open Mic #1
The German National Reading Alliance and National Reading Plan (Jörg F. Maas)
Reading owns! initiative (Lovisa Fhager Logothetis)
15.15 Global Network Inspirational update
Chaired online by Peter Jenkins, Book Trust (UK)
16.15 Panel 3 | Moderator: Elaina Ryan
Open Mic #2
Pilot reading promotion programme in 10 primary healthcare centers of Attica region (Ava Chalkiadaki)
16.30 EURead Membership Welcome certificates
17.00 End of day one
19.30 Dinner
Dinner speech by Manol Peykov – translator, publisher, member of Parliament and Man of The Year 2023
Tuesday, June 6th
Location | European Commission Building (Sofia, 124 Georgi S. Rakovski str.)
9.00 General Assembly: Legal Matters and Finances
10.00 Panel 4 | Moderator: Diana Gerald, Co-Chair EURead
Open Mic #3
Introducing the Austrian “Was steht da?” (Laura Albers)
10.15 Coffee Break
10.30 Insights about the state of literacy and reading in Bulgaria: preparation for implementing
the Read-Aloud Monitor
Speaker: Valentina Stoeva, Children’s Books Foundation (Bulgaria)
11.15 Panel 5 | Moderator: Emmi Jäkkö
Open Mic #4
How to promote reading with teenagers and young adults (Anne Bergman-Tahon)
Men’s & boy’s reading – problems and approaches to dealing with low readership rates among these groups (Marcin Skrabka)
11.30 Update on the new website implementation / Discussing common network communication strategies
Speakers: Daan Beeke and Marc Lambert (website); Emmi Jäkkö (communication)
12.30 Lunch (Ugo Pizza, 2 Han Krum str.)
Location | Sofia City Library – American Corner 4A, Petko Slaveykov square, fl. 1
13.30 Panel 6 | Moderator: Dr. Jörg F. Maas, Chair of EURead
Reviving Europe Reads
Speakers: Daan Beeke, Valentina Stoeva
14.15 Funding from EU / EU projects
Representatives from Creative Europe Desk
15.00 Where to next? Feedback from the AGM in Sofia
15.30 Closing of the AGM
16.00 End of day two
Full agenda: EURead_AGM2023_agenda
Contact: daan.beeke@euread.com