Guest Speaker: Olga Kurpisz, European Commission
Moderator: Flavio Grazian, European Citizen Action Service
Languages: EN, ES, DE, FR, IT
If you missed the webinar, check the video recording (available in English, Spanish, German, French and Italian) to learn about the changes introduced by the reform of the European Citizens’ Initiative. You can access the different language versions via the respective selection option of the video player.
Olga Kurpisz is Policy Officer in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission. She works on the European Citizens' Initiative.
Webinar Agenda
1. Introduction by Flavio Grazian [Minute 0 to 4]
2. Overview of the European Citizens’ Initiative by Flavio Grazian [Minute 4 to 7]
3. Intervention by Olga Kurpisz [Minute 7 to 38]
4. Q&A with Olga Kurpisz [Minute 38 to 59]
In this webinar, you will find answers to the following questions:
- What changes does the reform of the European Citizens’ Initiative bring for organisers?
- How does the reformed European Citizens’ Initiative facilitate the collection process?
- How does the reform change the follow up process of successful initiatives?
The key takeaways from this webinar are:
- The new Regulation substantially simplifies the signature collection process by harmonising the data collection, by the introduction of a new centralised online collection system and by giving the possibility for member states to lower the minimum age for signature to 16.
- Organisers are flexible in starting the one-year period of collecting signatures during the six months after registration.
- The new Regulation provides the possibility of ‘partial registration’ and gives the option to organisers to revise their proposal.