EURead Annual General Meeting 2018, October 17-19

EURead Annual General Meeting 2018, October 17-19

Under the patronage of Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission

“Public vs. Private? Models of Funding in Reading and Literacy in Europe” Place: Scotland House, Rond Point Schuman 6, Brussels 1040, Belgium

Wednesday, October 17____________________________________________________________

13.00 Arrival 13.30 Opening Session • Welcome by Mike Neilson, Scottish Government Director, Brussels • Welcome by Dr Joerg F. Maas, Chair of EURead

13.50 Introduction of Participants

14.20 Back to basics: building solid foundations for the European Education Area Rodrigo Ballester, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Education, Culture, Youth & Sport, European Commission

14.40 Coffee break

15.00 Public vs. Private? Models of funding in reading and literacy Presentations by members of EURead

16.15 Parental empowerment in context of kindergarten – The importance of reading aloud for the educational achievement of children Jule Marx, Member of the Board, Educational Management, and Samira Pohl, Senior Educational Consultant FRÖBEL Bildung und Erziehung gemeinnützige GmbH

16.35 The return on investment from cultural investments Prof Dr Frank Hakemulder, University of Utrecht

17.20 Summary

19.15 Dinner at Jardin Van Gogh (Place Sainte-Catherine 5/7, 1000 Brussels) Dinner Speech by Helga Trüpel, Vice-Chair, Committee on Culture and Education, European Parliament

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Thursday, October 18_______________________________________________________________

9.30 Investment in reading promotion and literacy – a business perspective Ulrika Caperius, Senior Editor and Project Manager, Bonnier Carlsen

9.50 The new perspectives on language competences: from literacy to multilingualism Ana-Maria Stan, Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, Unit B2 - Schools and multilingualism

10.30 Coffee break

11.00 Lue lapselle (Read to Children) – How to implement Bookstart with the help of the government Ilmi Villacis, Director, The Finnish Reading Center (Lukukeskus Läscentrum)

11.30 Boekstart – Development and growth of an established program Marijke Bos, Project Leader Boekstart Netherlands, Stichting Lezen

12.00 Discussion

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Campaign Europe Reads: Concept and next steps Daan Beeke, Stichting Lezen Tine Kuypers, Communications Officer, Iedereen Leest, Flanders Marc Lambert, CEO, Scottish Book Trust

14.45 Best practice from Austria: The Austrian Reading Days Dr. Rüdiger Salat, Chairman, Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG Christian Pöttler, Shareholder and Managing Director, ECHO Medienhaus

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 Speed-dating on collaborations for funding from Erasmus+ 2019 Members of EURead

17.00 Summary

19.00 Get-together at Le Roy d´Espagne (Grand Place 1, 1000 Brussels)

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Friday, October 19 _____________________________________________________________________________

9.30 Annual General Assembly 2018 (members only) 1) Legal Matters (Agenda, Members, Finances) 2) Election 3) Action Plan 2019 (e.g. Campaign Europe Reads, Strategy on expanding the membership of EURead) 4) Bookstart Affiliates 5) Other topics (e.g. General Data Protection Regulation, Website) 6) Feedback on the meeting 7) Annual General Assembly AGM 2019 (date, venue, participation fee)

12.30 Lunch (optional) and departure

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