DELIVERING CLIMATE JUSTICE Liberal responses to the Paris Agreement 22 - 24 June 2018 DELEGATEPROGRAMME GUIDE

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#LIECBerlin DELIVERING CLIMATE JUSTICE Liberal responses to the Paris Agreement PROGRAMME 22 - 24 June 2018 Thursday, 21 June

TIME SESSION LOCATION 10:00 – 13:30 Human Rights Committee strategy session (by invitation only) FDP Berlin Office, Dorotheenstrasse 56

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch HRC (by invitation only) Gaffel Haus Berlin, Dorotheenstrasse 65 15:15 Departure of the bus to Federal Commission for the Leonardo Hotel Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR (BStU) Berlin Mitte, Bertold-Brecht-Platz 4 16:00 – 17:30 Human Rights Committee study visit BStU, Karl-Liebknecht- Discussion with Commissioner Strasse 31/33 Guided tour of the Archives (by invitation only)

17:30 – 18:15 Bus transfer to FDP Berlin HQ 16:00 – 18:30 Bureau meeting (by invitation only) FDP HQ, Reinhardtstrasse 14 18:30 Welcome cocktails FDP HQ (Atrium) 20:00 Bureau working dinner hosted by German Group of LI (by invitation only) Restaurant

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FDP Head Quarters (HQ) - Reinhardtstrasse 14 FDP Berlin Office - Dorotheenstrasse 56 Berliner Republik - Schiffbauerdamm 8 BStU (Stasi Records Agency) - Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 31/33 Gaffel Haus Berlin - Dorotheenstrasse 65 Leonardo Hotel - Berlin Mitte, Bertold-Brecht-Platz 4 Reichstag Building - Platz der Republik 1 Reinhard Bär - Am Hamburger Bahnhof 4

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ALLIANCE O F LIBERALS AN D D EMOC R ATS F O R E U R O P E #LIECBerlin DELIVERING CLIMATE JUSTICE Liberal responses to the Paris Agreement PROGRAMME 22 - 24 June 2018 Friday, 22 June TIME SESSION LOCATION 07:30 – 09:30 Registration FDP HQ 09:00 – 10:00 Executive Committee opening FDP HQ (Plenary) Welcoming remarks by Juli Minoves President of – Andorra MP Chairman of the Free Democratic Party – Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom - Germany Jürgen Martens MP President of the German Group of Liberal International - Germany 10:00 – 10:30 Andorra Liberal Manifesto publication launch FDP HQ (Plenary) Dr Juli Minoves President of Liberal International – Andorra Professor Dr Karl-Heinz Paqué Deputy Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom – Germany 10:30 – 11:30 A conversation with Nicola Beer MP FDP HQ Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party - Germany (Plenary) Interviewed by Astrid Thors Vice President of Liberal International - Finaland 11:30 – 12:00 Walk from FDP HQ to Reichstag Building 12:00 – 13:30 Reception hosted by FDP Parliamentary Group Reichstag Building (Caucus Level) 14:00 – 16:00 Parallel Session: Dakar Congress Joint Organising Committee meeting FDP HQ, WSZ 14:30 – 16:00 Human Rights Committee political session FDP HQ Business and Human Rights: The Liberal Perspective (Plenary) Speakers Dr Ching-Yin Lin MP Legislator and LI HRC Member (Democratic Progressive Party) – Taiwan Volker Weber Chair of Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen – Germany Deniz Utlu Researcher (Business & Human Rights) – German Institute for Human Rights

Chair Markus– A dLöeninglegate guide Chairman, LI Human Rights Committee – Germany 16:00 – 19:00 Executive Committee administrative session (part I) FDP HQ (Plenary) 19:30 – 21:00 Liberal Youth Foundation fundraiser: Berliner Republik

Dr Juli Minoves President of Liberal International – Andorra Sir Graham Watson Former President of the ALDE Party - United Kingdon Evening at delegates’ disposal

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TIME SESSION LOCATION 08:30 – 9:30 Registration FDP HQ 09:30 – 10:30 Liberal Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability FDP HQ (Plenary) Opening Key Note Address: Dr Hakima el Haité Deputy President of LI, former UN Climate Champion – Morocco 10:45 – 12:15 Competition and Innovation: FDP HQ Liberal Answers to the Economic Challenges of Climate Change (Plenary)

Dr Hakima el Haité Deputy President of LI, former UN Climate Champion – Morocco Dr Lukas Köhler MP FDP Bundestag spokesman on climate policies – Germany Dr Harsha de Silva Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and economic Development – Sri Lanka

Moderator: Sven Gerst - Secretary General of IFLRY – Germany 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch FDP HQ (Atrium) 13:00 – 14:00 Climate Change and COP – A delegate guide FDP HQ WSZ Organised by the International Federation of Liberal Youth 14:00 – 15:30 Sustainable Cities – Environmental Policies that Change People’s Lives FDP HQ (Plenary) Josephine Sato MP Vice Chair of Committee of Economic Affairs and Member of the Majority of Ecology and Energy Committees – Philippines Diéne Farba Sarr Minister of Urban Renewal, Housing and Living Environment - Senegal Marek Szolc Legal and Environmental Advisor, Nowoczesna - Poland Danijela Bozniac Head of Climate Change Division at Ministry of Energy, Development and Environment Protection. - Serbia

Moderator: Gordon Mackay Acting LI Secretary-General, Former Shadow Minister of Energy – South Africa 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break FDP HQ (Atrium) 16:00 – 17:30 Present and Future of the Energy Market FDP HQ (Plenary) Judith Skudelny MP FDP Bundestag spokeswoman on environment – Germany Stefan– A Kapferer deleg ate guide Chairman of the Federal Association of the Energies and Water Industries (BDEW) Carmen Urízar Former Ministry of Energy and Mines, Former Electricity Regulator and Director of Energy and Infrastructure Analysis Centre- Guatemala.

Moderator: Dr Mounir Rached President of the Lebanese Economic Association. Senior Advisor to Ministry of Finance - Lebanon

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ALLIANCE O F LIBERALS AN D D EMOC R ATS F O R E U R O P E #LIECBerlin DELIVERING CLIMATE JUSTICE Liberal responses to the Paris Agreement PROGRAMME 22 - 24 June 2018 Saturday, 23 June

TIME SESSION LOCATION 17:30 – 19:00 Executive Committee administrative session (part II) and Closing session FDP HQ (Plenary) Finalisation & Adoption of the Berlin Declaration of Climate Justice

Diéne Farba Sarr Minister of Urban Renewal, Housing and Living Environment - Senegal Dr Hakima el Haité Deputy President of LI, former UN Climate Champion – Morocco Sven Gerst Secretary General of IFLRY - Germany

Formal Invitation to Dakar Congress and Announcement of Congress Theme Congress Joint Organising Committee Closing Remarks

Judith Skudelny MP FDP Bundestag spokeswoman on environment, Member of FDP Federal Board – Germany

19:30 Farewell dinner hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Reinhard Bär

Dr Juli Minoves President of Liberal International – Andorra Professor Dr Karl-Heinz Paqué Deputy Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom – Germany

Sunday, 24 June

Departure of delegates

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200TH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL BERLIN, 22-24 JUNE 2018 HANS-DIETRICH-GENSCHER-HAUS, REINHARDTSTRASSE 14, 10117 BERLIN TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Information about Germany • Important Information about the 200th Executive Committee of Liberal International • Useful Information about Germany Registration of Participants Weather LI Constitution and LI Standing Orders Weather Forecast for Berlin for Voting at the Executive Committee 200th Executive Committee of Political Documents Liberal International Code of Conduct Communications Gratuity • Executive Committee Programme Power Sockets and Voltage Safety • Thursday, 21st June Medical Emergencies Emergency Contact Numbers • LI Human Rights Committee Study Visit: Transportation Visit to the Federal Commission for the Records Transfers from and to Tegel Airport and of the State Security Service of the former GDR Schoenefeld Airport and the meeting venue (by invitation only) Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus in Berlin Mitte • LI Human Rights Committee Strategy Session • The Meeting Venue and Restaurants (by invitation only) FDP Headquarter The Reichstag Building • LI Bureau meeting (by invitation only) Restaurants • Bureau working dinner hosted by German group of LI • Meet the Hosts of the 200th Executive Committee (by invitation only) of Liberal International Liberal International • Friday, 22nd June FDP German Group of Liberal International (DGLI) • Executive Committee Opening The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Speakers: Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell Christian Lindner MP Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt Dr. Jürgen Martens MP • Launch of the publication of the Andorra Manifesto • Climate Change and COP – A delegate guide Speakers: Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell • Sustainable Cities – Environmental Policies Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué that Change People’s Lives Speakers: • A conversation with Nicola Beer MP Josephine Sato MP Speakers: Diéne Farba Sarr Nicola Beer MP Marek Szolc Astrid Thors Danijela Božani´c Gordon Mackay • Human Rights Committee political session Business and Human Rights – The Liberal Perspective • Present and Future of the Energy Market Speakers: Speakers: Markus Löning Judith Skudelny MP Dr. Ching-Yin Lin MP Stefan Kapferer Volker Weber Carmen Urízar Deniz Utlu Dr. Mounir Rached

• Executive Committee administrative session (part I) • Executive Committee administrative session (part II) and Closing session • Liberal Youth Foundation Fundraiser Speakers: Speakers: Diéne Farba Sarr Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell Dr. Hakima el Haité Sir Graham Watson Sven Gerst Judith Skudelny MP • Saturday, 23rd June • Farewell Dinner hosted by the Friedrich Naumann • Liberal Conference on Climate Change and Foundation for Freedom Sustainability – Opening Speakers: Key Note Address Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell Dr. Hakima el Haité Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué

• Competition and Innovation – Liberal Answers to the Economic Challenges of Climate Change Speakers: Dr. Hakima el Haité Dr. Lukas Köhler MP Dr. Harsha de Silva Sven Gerst INFORMATION ABOUT GERMANY © Annamap.com © Map of Germany

Located in Western and Central Europe, the Federal population, the largest conurbation is the Rhine- Republic of Germany borders with Denmark in the Ruhr region including Düsseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg and Bochum. According Austria in the south-east, Switzerland in the south- to a 2017 estimate, Germany has a population of southwest, France, Luxembourg and Belgium in the about 82 million people of varying origins, cultures west and the Netherlands lie north-west. Germany and religions. The country comprises sixteen is also bordered by the North Sea and the Baltic Sea federal states which are collectively referred to and to the south by the Lake Constance, the third as “Bundesländer”. Each state has its own state largest lake in Central Europe. constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation. Germany has a number of large cities, the five largest being Berlin (3.7 m), Hamburg (1.7 m), Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative Munich (1.4 m), Cologne (1.0 m) and democratic republic with Berlin as the capital since (732,000) according to statistical offices in Germany 1990. During the aftermath of World War II, the in 2016. While Berlin is the largest city in terms of country was divided into the “Federal Republic of Germany” in the west and the “German Democratic daylight it is usually possible to spend the evenings Republic” in the east in the period between 1949 outside. and 1990. This year marks the and the regaining of full sovereignty. The city of Weather Forecast for Berlin during Berlin was itself divided by a wall between 1961 the Executive Committee and 1989 – the fall of which became a symbol for the fall of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Germany’s official head of state is the president, currently Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2017 – present) in his first five-year term, who is primarily invested with representative responsibilities and powers. The German president is elected by the “Bundesversammlung” (federal convention). The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the president of the Bundestag (the German parliament) who is responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the parliament. The Communications head of government, the Chancellor, is the third- highest official. The position of president of the Germany has a well-developed communications Bundestag is currently held by Wolfgang Schäuble infrastructure. Cell-phone providers offer national (2017 - present), while Angela Merkel holds the coverage, there are well-established landline phone position of Chancellor and has been in office since networks and Internet and Wi-Fi are accessible 2005. Since 1949, the German party system has almost everywhere. To get an overview of free been dominated by the “Christian Democratic Wi-Fi networks all over Germany, see the “Youth Union” (CDU) and the “Social Democratic Party of HotSpot – free Wi-Fi app” provided by the German Germany” (SPD). So far, every chancellor has been National Tourism Office. a member of one of these parties and currently, a coalition of these two parties forms the German Two types of mobile phone rates are available: government, so-called “Grand Coalition”. The While one is based on regular monthly payments, opposition in parliament consists of the liberal the other is a one-time pre-payment which can be “Free Democratic Party” (FDP), the “Alliance ‘90/ renewed whenever you want. Local mobile phone the Greens”, “” and – since the last federal shops are very tourist-friendly, especially in Berlin, election 2017 – the right-wing populist “Alternative and will advise you on buying a SIM card, register for Germany” Party (AfD). your ID (this is mandatory) and activate your card. The best-known providers operating in 3 networks are O2, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone – but even Useful Information about Germany: supermarkets such as “ALDI” offer prepaid SIM Weather cards under the brand ALDI Talk. To obtain a SIM card and pre-paid mobile phone service, you will Most of Germany has a temperate seasonal climate need your passport and a confirmation of the hotel as the country is situated between the oceanic you are staying at. You can also order a German Western European and the continental Eastern SIM card in advance (see for example www.blau. European climate. Germany gets an average of 789 de), have it sent to a German address and activate mm of precipitation per year; there is no consistent it online. 1.5 gigabyte of data will cost you around dry season. Winters are cold and summers tend 10.00 Euro including a 300 minute airtime and SMS to be warm and regionally pretty muggy, with flat rate. temperatures sometimes exceeding 30 °C. While the east has a continental climate and central and southern Germany are transitional regions, Gratuity the Alpine regions in the extreme south have a mountain climate with lower temperatures and Service and VAT are included in the menu price in lower precipitation with snow. restaurants, bars, etc. all over Germany. Still, it is typical to „round up“ the amount to some more-or- The weather at the end of June in Germany is less round figure. A rule of thumb is to add 5-10%, mostly warm and sunny, although temperatures generally ending with a full Euro amount. Keep in Berlin can range between 10 and up to 30 °C. in mind that there is still quite a large number of There can always be occasional rain showers and restaurants and stores that do not accept credit thunderstorms, but due to the long duration of cards. Power Sockets and Voltage of Liberal International. Participants are advised to ensure that they have adequate insurance The standard voltage in Germany is 220-240 volts. coverage, either at their own expense or at the You can use your electric appliances if the standard expense of their nominating organisation, for voltage in your country is in between 220-240 volts illness, accident and third party risk that covers (as it is in the UK, Europe, Australia and most of Asia the entire duration of the meeting and the journey and Africa). If the standard voltage in your country to and from the meeting venue. Neither Liberal is in the range of 100-127 volts (as it is in the US, International nor the hosts accept responsibility or Canada and most South American countries) you liability for such contingencies. will need a voltage converter in Germany. You can also consider a combined power plug adapter/ voltage converter. Emergency Contact Numbers

A German plug has two round prongs, and a Fire department and ambulance service: 112 (free) German electrical outlet has two round holes (Plug Type C) for a receptacle: Police emergency response: 110 (free)

Medical on-call service for the weekends: 116 / 117 (free)

Transportation

Germany has a large number of international airports, the largest ones being Frankfurt am Main German plugs and outlets (Type C) Airport, Franz Josef Strauß Airport in Munich and https://www.110220volts.com/revolt-cee-7-4-outlet.html Düsseldorf Airport which are also well linked to the extensive German transportation infrastructure. Berlin has two airports, Berlin Tegel Airport in the Safety north-west and close to the city centre and Berlin Schoenefeld Airport in the south-east. Germany is a very safe country to travel to and according to recent statistics (2018) the German Various bus connections are available from Berlin crime rate has even dropped to its lowest level Tegel Airport to Berlin city centre, making the since 30 years. Petty crime such as bag snatching airport very well integrated in Berlin‘s public and pick pocketing does occur though, particularly transport network. Four BVG (Berlin Transport in and around major cities and tourist sites. Services) stops are located right outside Terminal There is a threat of terrorism across Europe and due A and B. Bus lines from and to Tegel Airport are the to several incidents in 2016 and 2017, also including TXL JetExpress Bus (S+U Alexanderplatz – Germany. The German authorities maintain S+U Hauptbahnhof (Berlin main station) – increased security measures though as a precaution S Beusselstraße – Tegel Airport), X9 JetExpress Bus around the country, including at public buildings (S+U Zoologischer Garten – S+U Jungfernheide – and transport hubs. German police continue to Tegel Airport), 128 Bus (U Osloer Straße – U Franz- monitor a number of individuals suspected of Neumann-Platz – U Kurt-Schumacher-Platz – Tegel involvement in terrorist-related activity and have Airport) and 109 Bus (S +U Zoologischer Garten disrupted a number of terror plots. – S+U Jungfernheide – U Jakob-Kaiser-Platz – Tegel It is safe to drink German tap water, it is even Airport). considered to be the safest and most controlled beverage/food product in Germany. Schoenefeld Airport has a railway station that provides excellent connections (regional and Germany is no risk region for epidemics or S-Bahn trains) to Berlin‘s centre and surrounding infections and there are no vaccinations required areas. Numerous bus connections round off the prior to entering the country. range of local public transport options. The airport is located in fare zone C. The airport is just a five- minute walk from the railway station via a covered Medical Emergencies walkway.

In case of illness or accident during the Executive For getting around in Berlin we highly recommend Committee Meeting, participants should the mobile apps “BVG Fahrinfo Plus Berlin” (or immediately notify a member of the Secretariat via their website www.bvg.de) and “VBB Bus und Bahn” as well as downloading a map of Berlin on Public Transport from Berlin Tegel Airport to the your smartphone either via “Google Maps” or meeting venue “Maps.Me Offline Maps and Navigation”. To get to the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus (Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin) you will have to Transfers from and to Tegel Airport and take the bus TXL to “Berlin Hauptbahnhof” (Main Schoenefeld Airport and the meeting venue Station) and there change in the S3, S7 or S5 to Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus in Berlin Mitte “Friedrichstraße”. From there it is a 10-minute relaxed walk to the venue. Taxi Public Transport from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport An Uber from Berlin Tegel Airport to the Hans- to the meeting venue Dietrich-Genscher-Haus costs approximately 24-33 Euro. To get to the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus An Uber from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to the (Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin) you can take Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus costs approximately a regional train (RE7, RB14) or the S9 directly 45-64 Euro. to “Friedrichstraße”. From there it is again a 10-minute relaxed walk to the venue. A metered taxi from Berlin Tegel Airport to the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus costs approximately 25 Euro. The Meeting Venue and Restaurants A metered taxi from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus costs The FDP Headquarters in Berlin approximately 60 Euro. The FDP Headquarters in Berlin are located in the Car Rental Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus, which lies in the heart of Berlin. It is only a 5-minute walk to the A car can be rented at the airport. Leonardo Hotel Berlin Mitte and well connected to

A detailed map can be found on the penultimate page Address: FDP Bundesgeschäftsstelle, Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-Haus, Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 (0)30 28 49 58 0

Map of FDP Headquarter Surroundings

the city’s public transportation system: Both the Berliner Republik “S-Bahnhof and metro station Friedrichstraße” Schiffbauerdamm 8, 10117 Berlin and the metro station “Oranienburger Tor” are in Friday, 22nd June 19:30 – 21:00 Liberal Youth walking distance. Foundation Fundraiser The main sessions of the Executive Committee will be held in the “Atrium” and the “Plenary”, located The Berliner Republik is a pub and restaurant on the ground floor of the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher- located in the heart of Berlin Mitte on the banks Haus. of the river Spree and offers traditional German cuisine and 18 different draught beers within a The Reichstag Building unique atmosphere. Caucus Level, Please note: Entrance WEST Friday, 22nd June 12:00 – 13:30 Reception hosted Restaurant Reinhard Bär by FDP Bundestag Parliamentary Group Am Hamburger Bahnhof 4, 10557 Berlin Saturday, 23rd June 19:30 Farewell Dinner The German Bundestag is the national Parliament hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its seat is Freedom the Reichstag Building in Berlin. In the current electoral term, Parliament is composed of 709 Restaurant Reinhard Bär is located close to the Members. This is the 19th electoral term since Berlin Main Station and offers a wide variety of the establishment of the Federal Republic in 1949. local and Mediterranean dishes. The President of the Bundestag holds the second- highest office of state in Germany, after the Federal President, Wolfgang Schäuble is holding the position of President of the Bundestag since 2017. Meet the Hosts of the 200th Executive Committee German Group was the very first representation of Liberal International and full member within the globally organised liberal community since World War II. The DGLI The FDP supports and promotes the idea of : individual liberty rights, the rule of law, equal opportunities and social . The association is non-partisan and welcomes all liberal minded people who care about an open and democratic society. Its current chairman is Dr. Jürgen Martens MP elected April 2018.

The DGLI pursues the promotion of an international and European conviction and advocates tolerance in all spheres of culture as well as the idea of understanding among nations. The group works towards a society that is based on individual Established 70 years ago, and joining Liberal responsibility and the rule of law, and relies on the International shortly afterwards, the Freie support of a democratic state and civil engagement. Demokratische Partei (FDP) is one of LI’s oldest Another focus lies on the creation of a united member parties, with leading party representatives Europe, which is democratic and constitutional. having played an active role in the growth and Last but not least, the DGLI supports activities development of LI throughout the years. Although addressing the realisation of human rights as well as the party crashed out of the German parliament the emergence of democratic forms of government at the 2013 elections the FDP subsequently in all parts of the world through peaceful means. undertook a comprehensive review and rebounded 4 years later. Among their new priorities under the leadership of Christian Lindner, the FDP called Important Information about the Executive for fundamental turnarounds in German politics. Committee Meeting By targeting six essential goals, FDP campaigned on a staunch liberal agenda focussing on liberal Registration of Participants values such as self-determination, freedom, and promoting human rights worldwide. In 2017 the The registration desk will be situated at the liberals recorded one of their best-ever results by entrance of FDP HQ Atrium. securing 80 Members of Parliament. The registration hours are as follows:

Friday 22nd June 2018 07:30 – 09:30 The German Group of Liberal International e. V. (DGLI) Saturday 23rd June 2018 08:30 – 09:30

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LI Constitution

The Constitution, as amended and adopted by the Liberal International Congress in Manila, June 2011, is the document that formally regulates the workings of Liberal International. Objects DGLI was founded in August 1947 as the German branch of the Liberal World Union (LWU). Even 1. The Liberal International is an association of before the foundation of the German FDP and the parties, groups, cooperating organisations and Friedrich Naumann Foundation (founded 1958) the individuals from countries throughout the world who support Liberal principles and who accept the Bureau, shall be accepted. This decision shall the Liberal Manifesto of 1947, the Declaration of be reported for confirmation to the next following Oxford of 1967 and the Liberal Appeal of Rome of meeting of the Congress, for which confirmation of a 1981, hereafter called the basic documents of the two-thirds majority of the votes cast is required. Liberal International. 9. The Executive Committee shall have power, by 2. Its purpose is to win general acceptance of a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, Liberal principles which are international in their to suspend from 1 to a maximum of 3 years, any nature throughout the world, and to foster the member organisation which it considers does not growth of a free society based on personal liberty, adequately represent Liberal opinion in its country personal responsibility and social justice, and to or which has lost the electoral support and political provide the means of co-operation and interchange relevance required to be a meaningful representative of information between the member organisations, of Liberal opinion. The Secretary General will report and between men and women of all countries who to the Bureau and the Executive Committee if such a accept these principles. situation appears to exist. The Executive Committee shall decide the conditions of the suspension.

Organization The Executive Committee can with the same procedure disaffiliate a member organisation. Such 3. The following will constitute the a procedure can also be started during a suspension executive bodies of the Liberal International: period. At least two months’ notice of intention to propose disaffiliation shall be given to the member The Congress organisation concerned. This decision shall come into The Executive Committee effect immediately on a provisional basis and shall The Bureau be reported for confirmation to the next following meeting of the Congress. The same procedures should apply for any member organisation which Membership by October 1st of the current year has not paid its A. Member Organisations subscription for the current year and for the year before. If a party has ceased to exist or has resigned 4. Membership shall be open to national political its status, disaffiliation will be automatically enforced parties that accept the basic documents of Liberal by the Bureau subject to ratification by the Executive International. Membership shall also be open to Committee by a simple majority. recognised international organisations of Liberal parliamentarians, to an international liberal youth 10. When a country is already represented by organisation and to an international women’s a national political party a second member organisation which accept the basic documents. In organisation from that country may not be affiliated special circumstances membership can be granted except with the written consent of that national to groups that are not political parties, provided political party. When such consent is not given, they accept the basic documents; however an the Executive Committee can decide by a three- affiliated party that ceases to operate as a political quarters majority of those present and voting party and becomes a group has to re-apply. whether or not this application for affiliation should be accepted. This decision shall be reported for 5. Membership of the Liberal International is confirmation to the next following meeting of incompatible with membership of other political the Congress, for which confirmation of a three- internationals. In special circumstances regional quarters majority of the votes is required. branches of such political parties can apply for membership as a group, as in paragraph 4. 11. The affiliation of the second member organisation from any country will entitle that 6. It is desirable that in each country where there member organisation to representation on the is a political party recognised by the Liberal Executive Committee and Congress based on the International any member organisation in that allotment of votes under 18b. country should maintain a close relationship with it. 12. A third, and further member organisation from 7. Each member organisation shall file a copy of its any one country may be affiliated on the same constitution with the Permanent Secretariat. terms as a second member organisation.

8. The Executive Committee shall by a two-thirds B. Individual Membership majority of those present and voting decide whether or not an application for affiliation, proposed by 13. In extraordinary circumstances individual members, proposed by the Bureau, may join the Abstentions shall not be taken into account and, in Liberal International on the following terms: the case of a written vote, blank and invalid votes shall not be counted in the votes cast. In the case of (a) The minimum annual subscription shall be fixed a tie vote, the decision will be rejected. Split votes by the Executive Committee; are admissible. (b) Individual members shall be entitled to attend the annual Congress as non-voting delegates. 17. The Congress shall meet at least once every two They shall not be entitled to vote unless they are years. appointed as delegates by a member organisation; (c) Individual members shall receive free of charge 18. The Congress shall consist of: all regular publications of the organisation and shall (a) The Officers, who shall be: share in any services which the organisation may provide for members of member organisations, The President(s) of Honour (d) No Individual member shall be enrolled without The President the consent of the member organisation of the The Deputy President same country and of the Executive Committee. The immediate Past President Vice Presidents Up to two Treasurers C. Observer Organisations Each full member party, group or cooperating 14. A political party or other organisation that organisation has the right to nominate one vice- is in sympathy with the principles of the basic president documents may be granted observer status for a period of three years. Before the end of two (b) A maximum number of voting delegates equal to consecutive three year periods the observer their amount of votes nominated by each member organisation should have applied for Membership. organisation. If this does not happen the affiliation of the organisation ceases immediately. In special Votes per party or group delegation as follows: circumstances observer status can be granted to (i) a basic number of five votes; groups that are not political parties, provided they (ii) in addition, one vote for each 100.000 votes accept the basic documents; however an affiliated or a major part thereof, cast for that party at the party that ceases to operate as a political party and last general election, up to a maximum number becomes a group has to re-apply. The procedure of of 20 additional votes the total number of votes articles 7-9 applies. If the consent of the national is subject to the agreement on the amount of the political party is not given, the procedure of article supplementary sum the party will annually pay as a 10 applies. Observer organisations have the right of membership fee, as per article 42. representation but in no case the right to vote. Observer organisations will each have up to a maximum of 3 non-voting delegates. D. Cooperating Organisations (c) Up to ten delegates nominated by the 15. Political Institutes or other organisations that do international liberal youth organisation, having a not operate as a political party can join the Liberal total number of twenty votes International as Co-operating organisation. This status can be granted, on proposal by the Bureau, (d) Up to ten delegates nominated by each by the Executive Committee by a two-thirds recognised international organisation of Liberal majority of those present and voting. Co-operating parliamentarians, each organisation having ten organisations have the right of representation but votes. in no case the right to vote. (e) Up to ten delegates nominated by the international Liberal women’s organisation, having The Congress a total number of twenty votes

16. The Congress: 19. In order to qualify for representation any (a) Shall be the prime legislative body of the organisation above must have paid its subscription organisation, and shall have the power to direct the for the current year and the previous year. policy of the organisation. (b) Unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of 20. Standing orders for the conduct of the Congress the Constitution, decisions of the Congress shall shall be prepared by the Executive Committee and be taken with a simple majority of the votes cast. approved by the Congress. 21. The President shall be elected by the Congress 30. The Executive Committee shall: for the period until the next Congress, and shall (a) Be responsible for the supervision of the work of be eligible for re-election except that no President the organisation between meetings of the Congress shall serve for more than three consecutive terms and shall be entitled to pass policy resolutions and unless no other candidate shall be proposed for the to initiate fresh activities. It will also be responsible office of President. The same procedure applies for for all financial matters. the election and term of the Deputy President. (b) Unless otherwise provided for in the Articles 22. The Vice Presidents and the Treasurers shall of the Constitution, decisions of the Executive be elected by the Congress for the period until the Committee shall be taken with a simple majority of next Congress, and shall be eligible for re-election. the votes cast. Abstentions shall not be taken into No Treasurer or Vice President on the Bureau account and, in the case of a written vote, blank shall serve in that capacity for more than three and invalid votes shall not be counted in the votes consecutive terms. cast. In the case of a tie vote, the decision will be rejected. Split votes are admissible. 23. In the event of any of the above Officers retiring during his/her term of office the vacancy shall be 31. The Executive Committee can appoint special filled by election by the Congress immediately sub-committees for dealing with problems of its following. When the Executive Committee feels it is organisation, the planning of its activities or for required it can appoint an above mentioned officer treating political subjects of common interest to the on a temporarily basis until the next Congress. Liberal International member parties. The chairman and members of such sub-committees shall be appointed by the Executive Committee and they The Executive Committee shall report back to the Executive Committee.

24. The Executive Committee shall consist of: 32. The Executive Committee shall adopt its own (a) the Officers as described in 18(a); rules of procedure and those for the Bureau, the (b) one delegate per member organisation, plus one Treasurers and the permanent secretariat. additional delegate for parties that were entitled to 15 votes or more at the most recent Congress; (c) two delegates nominated by the international The Bureau Liberal youth organisation; (d) one delegate for each recognised international 33. The Bureau shall consist of: organisation of Liberal parliamentarians – The President(s) of Honour; (e) two delegates nominated by the international – The President; Liberal women’s organisation. * The immediate Past President; – The Deputy President; 25. On invitation by the Executive Committee – Up to six of the Vice Presidents elected by the each observer or cooperating organisation can be Congress for the period until the next Congress; represented by one delegate, who will have the – The Secretary-General; right to speak but not to vote. – The Treasurers.

26. The Chairman of the Executive Committee shall If after elections to the Bureau at least one member be the President or, if he/she is unable to attend the of the Bureau (not including the Secretary General) Deputy President or, one of the Vice-Presidents. does not come from each of the following regions – Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, 27. The delegates enumerated under article 24(b) to Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America (e) shall be appointed by the member organisations – the Executive Committee may, after consultation for one year. Member organisations may appoint with the member parties in that region, invite a deputy delegates. If the deputy replaces the non-voting observer from a member party in the delegate at the meeting prior notice of this should region to attend meetings of the Bureau. be given to the Secretariat. 34. The Bureau shall: 28. The Executive Committee may co-opt up to two (a) Be responsible for all administrative and Liberals of international reputation who have not financial matters, and shall report on them and been appointed by any member organisation. present them for confirmation to the Executive Committee at least once a year. 29. The Executive Committee shall meet at least two times a year. So far as possible no two succeeding (b) Unless otherwise provided for in the Articles meetings should be held in any one country. of the Constitution, decisions of the Bureau shall be taken with a simple majority of the votes cast. 40. The Secretary-General shall appoint his/her Abstentions shall not be taken into account and, in own staff with the consent of the Bureau. the case of a written vote, blank and invalid votes shall not be counted in the votes cast. In the case of 41. The Headquarters of the organisation shall be in a tie vote, the decision will be rejected. the country selected by the Executive Committee. It is desirable that it should not be moved from one 35. The Bureau shall be responsible for all country to another at less than five year intervals. political matters arising between meetings of the Executive Committee. The Bureau can make public 42. The Secretary-General shall present a report statements on political matters if in its opinion this on the activities of the Liberal International to the is necessary. It will submit a written report of its Congress. meeting within 30 days to the Executive Committee. This report will be discussed for approval in the next meeting of the Executive Committee. Finance

43. The minimum annual subscription of any President of Honour member organisation and of any observer organisation shall be fixed by the Executive 36. The Bureau can, on the proposal of the member Committee. Each member organisation and parties and the members of the Bureau, award LI observer organisation will pay a supplementary Decoration ‘Medal of Liberalism’ to persons who sum in accordance with its size. The amount of have been dedicated to promoting Liberalism the supplementary sum will be decided annually on local, national, regional or international level by agreement with the member organisation and for a long time. The Bureau reports back to the observer organisation concerned. The annual Executive Committee on its decision to award LI subscription is due on the first of January of each Decoration. year.

37. The Congress can, on the proposal of the 44. The organisation may open banking accounts Executive Committee, appoint a former President in all affiliated countries. Its main account shall of very outstanding merits to Liberalism and to the be held in the country in which the Permanent Liberal International as a President of Honour. Secretariat is located. Any two of the following shall be entitled to operate or delegate to any Officer or to the Secretary-General the right to operate Patrons accounts: the Treasurers and the Secretary- General. 38. The Congress can, on the proposal of the Executive Committee, appoint persons who have 45. The financial year of the organisation shall been for a long time active in thought and deed run from January 1st to December 31st. Accounts in Liberalism and in the Liberal International as shall be audited by a Chartered Accountant at the patrons. Patrons have the right to be present and end of each financial year and shall be presented speak at the meetings of the Executive Committee for approval to the next following meeting of the and of the Congress. At the Congress they have the Executive Committee. personal right to vote.

Alterations The Permanent Secretariat 46. Amendments to this Constitution shall be made 39. The head of the Permanent Secretariat shall be by the Congress on the proposal of: the Bureau to the Secretary-General, who shall be the employee the Executive Committee, which will decide by a of the organisation. He/she shall on proposal by the simple majority; or any member organisation. A Bureau be appointed by the Executive Committee, two-thirds majority of those present and voting and his /her appointment shall be confirmed by shall be necessary. the Congress at its next meeting for the period until the next Congress. He shall be eligible for re- 47. At least 10 weeks notice of intention to propose appointment by the Congress, based on proposal of such an amendment must be given to the member the Bureau, except that no Secretary General shall organisations. Debate and voting on proposals for serve for more than three consecutive terms unless amendments should be held in the Administrative no other candidate shall be proposed for the post Session and changes to the constitution become of Secretary General. operative immediately after the Congress. Standing Orders should be no longer than 400 words, with the exception of “The World Today” resolution. The rules and procedures for activity at LI statutory events, as revised by the 196th Executive Committee The Bureau shall decide, after consultation with meeting on 21 May 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia. the proposers, whether resolutions shall be consolidated with others or, where a single country is concerned, whether it should be included in a Composition summarised form in the World Today Resolution.

Membership of the Congress is as prescribed in the Resolutions which repeat and do not add to Constitution. previously adopted resolutions shall be referred Individuals and organisations specifically invited by back to the proposers by the Secretariat, appending the Bureau may attend the Congress as guests. the text of the earlier resolution. In the event of any member organisation being unable to send its full quota of delegates, a The President shall be entitled to authorise the delegate of that member organisation can enjoy submission of an emergency resolution to the more than one vote, provided however, that the Congress by 10.00 am on the day before the start total number of votes shall not exceed the full of the Congress (local time at the Congress venue). quota of that member organisation as specified in Emergency resolutions can be no longer than 200 article 18(b) of the Constitution. words. In any case, emergency resolutions can only be considered as such if its observations, political statements made and actions demanded all and Order of Business & Theme of the Congress exclusively relate to events after the 10 (ten) week deadline mentioned above. The Chairmen and Rapporteurs of the Congress sessions shall be appointed by the President. The EC should follow the same procedure for dealing The date and place of the Congress shall be decided with resolutions under deadlines decided by the Bureau. by the Executive Committee at the proposal of the Bureau. The agenda for the Congress shall be proposed by Amendments to Resolutions the Bureau and determined by the Congress itself. Amendments to the resolutions may be submitted The theme of the Congress shall be decided by the until 5 (five) weeks before the start of the Congress Bureau in consultation with the host party. The by any organisation with full member status. Such Bureau shall appoint a Rapporteur on the theme. amendments should be delivered to the Secretariat The Bureau shall jointly propose a draft theme of Liberal International in London in writing, resolution and an explanatory memorandum at preferably in electronic form. the initiative of the Rapporteur no later than 15 The text of all resolutions and amendments shall (fifteen) weeks before the Congress. A debate on be circulated no later than 3 (three) weeks before this draft shall be organised at the earliest possible the Congress to the affiliated parties as well as to meeting of the Executive Committee after which all the Congress participants whose names and the Rapporteur shall update the draft resolution. addresses are known by the Secretariat at that time. Amendments cannot be proposed after the Alternative resolutions to the theme resolution deadline or during the Congress. can only be proposed before the deadline of 10 (ten) weeks before the Congress as a resolution. An alternative theme resolution cannot be Working Commissions proposed as an amendment. The Bureau shall be entitled to refuse alternative resolutions. Congress The resolutions and amendments will first be shall appoint a minimum of three Scrutineers debated by a working commission. The President charged with counting votes at elections. shall decide about the number of working Resolutions commissions and the division of work among them. Draft resolutions may be proposed by the Bureau, Any Congress participant can take part in any of the the Executive Committee and any organisation working commissions. with full member status. Draft resolutions have to be filed with the Secretariat not later than 10 The President shall appoint a Chair and Rapporteur (ten) weeks before the start of the Congress. The for each working commission. The Chair shall come texts of the draft resolutions shall be circulated to from among the delegates of the full member all member organisations at least 8 (eight) weeks parties, whereas the Secretary-General may before the opening of the Congress. Resolutions nominate a member of the Staff as Rapporteur. There can be no votes in the working commissions. • Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative. However, the Chair can determine support for • Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or an amendment or a resolution in broad terms by harassing behaviour. asking for a show of hands of the principals of the • Be mindful of your surroundings and of your delegations represented. fellow participants. • Alert event organisers if you witness In the Working Commission, amendments can be unacceptable behaviour. altered. An update of resolutions or amendments where the facts have altered since the deadline for its submission can be introduced. Several Unacceptable Behaviour amendments of the same substance can be merged into one. In either case, acceptance of new • Unacceptable behaviour includes intimidating, amendments is at the discretion of the Chair. If the harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory alteration is not accepted by the proposer of the or demeaning conduct. resolution or amendment, it has to be confirmed by • Harassment is a course of vexatious comment decision of the Congress. or unwelcome conduct. • Harassment includes offensive oral or written remarks, gestures, display of images or other Voting at the Executive Committee conduct that demeans, belittles, insults, derides or humiliates an individual or group, Each party or organisation has a fixed number of or that perpetuates or reinforces pejorative delegates, as established by the LI Constitution. stereotypes. Each delegation can distribute the votes among • Sexual harassment is vexatious comment or the members as they prefer. The delegations will unwelcome conduct because of sex, sexual be called to vote on membership applications, orientation, gender identity or expression. resolutions, election of officials, changes to the • Sexual harassment includes unnecessary constitution and standing orders. physical contact, unwanted touching, intrusive sexual questions, comments of a sexual nature, comments about bodies or appearance, and Political Documents unwelcome sexual solicitations or advances.

The International Officers of the LI member parties have received all the political documents for this What to do if you are Subject to or Witness Executive Committee, including resolutions and Unacceptable Behaviour amendments. • Please notify an event organiser immediately. They will help contact the appropriate officials Code of Conduct with Liberal International, security, or law enforcement; they can help arrange to safely Liberal International is committed to providing a escort you or others if needed, or they can safe, respectful and welcoming environment for all, otherwise assist you with the situation at hand. regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, Event organisers can be identified by their Staff religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual Badge. orientation, age or mental or physical disability. This Code of Conduct identifies the standard of behaviour expected of all event participants, as well Consequences of Unacceptable Behaviour as the consequences of unacceptable behaviour. It applies to all events and event-related activities. All • Unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated. event participants, including registrants, speakers, Event organisers may take any action they staff, volunteers, observers, guests, media and deem appropriate, including expulsion without others, are expected to help us maintain a positive refund, and potential involvement of law event experience for everyone. enforcement officials.

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Participants must conduct themselves at all times in a manner consistent with the values of Liberal International. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PROGRAMME

Here you will find an extensive guide to the Executive Committee programme.

Thursday, 21st June Friday, 22nd June

LI Human Rights Committee Strategy Session Executive Committee Opening (by invitation only) Friday, 22nd June 09:00 – 10:00 Thursday, 21st June 10:00 – 13:30 Speakers: The LI Human Rights Committee Strategy Session is an internal session of Human Rights Committee Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell which will see its 24 members debate and adopt a new strategy and plan of work for its current 18 months mandate. LI HRC members will also discuss and evaluate the work of the committee from the last LI Executive Committee Meeting in Johannesburg up until now and agree on key projects and campaigns moving forward.

LI Human Rights Committee Study Visit: Visit to the Federal Commission for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR (by invitation only) Thursday, 21st June 16:00 – 17:30

From Europe to Asia, authoritarianism and illiberal governments are hitting headlines around the world today in ways not experienced for many decades. How do liberals respond? Foto: Mitchell Aleman Liberal International Human Rights Committee (LI HRC) members will visit the Federal Commission for the Records of the State Security Service of the Dr. Juli Minoves was elected as the 13th president Former German Democratic Republic and meet of Liberal International at the 59th Congress with the Federal Commissioner, Roland Jahn, who is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. An Andorran responsible for overseeing the Stasi Archives. politician and the country’s longest serving foreign minister he is now an academic; the LI president In identifying and understanding the tools utilised has taken Liberal International on a journey of ideas by authoritarian regimes, Committee members will that culminated in The Liberal Manifesto for the discuss how to make democracy more resilient to Twenty-first Century, adopted in 2017 – the first encroaching populism and so-called ‘hard-liners.’ ever adopted outside of Oxford, UK. Commissioner Jahn will draw on his experiences Starting his professional life as a diplomat, Dr. as a former human rights activist in Minoves served his country in many Ambassadorial at the time on the Cold War to highlight strategies posts, including to the United Nations, the United for (re)building democracy and promoting liberal States of America, United Kingdom, Spain, and the values in hostile conditions. World Trade Organisation. Among his political feats, he is one of the signatories of the Rome Statutes LI Bureau meeting (by invitation only) that founded the International Criminal Court. Thursday, 21st June 16:00 – 18:30

Bureau working dinner hosted by the German Group of LI (by invitation only) Thursday, 21st June 20:00 Christian Lindner MP Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt

Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt is the Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and former minister of state. In 1970 Dr. Gerhardt graduated educational studies, German studies and Politics from the University of Marburg and attained a PhD. He worked as a personal advisor to the Hesse minister of state for the interior. 1978 he was elected as an MP of the Hesse federal state parliament and was political group chairman for the FDP between 1983 and 1987 as well as between 1991 and 1994. From 1987 until 1991 Dr. Gerhardt served as deputy prime minister and Hesse minister for sciences and art. In 1994 he was elected as an MP into the German national parliament for the FDP and served as their chairman from 1998 until 2006. From 1995 until 2001 he was federal chairman of the FDP. On 20 May 2017 Dr. Gerhardt Foto: Mitchell Aleman was elected patron of Liberal International.

Christian Lindner, born on the 7th of January 1979, is a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) and head of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary group. Lindner was elected party leader of the Free Democrats in December 2013. After four years of being part of the extra- parliamentary opposition, he led the FDP back into the German Bundestag in the 2017 elections.

Lindner joined the FDP in 1995. He was elected as a member of the federal state parliament in North- Rhine-Westphalia for the first time in 2000. Between 2012 and 2017 Lindner served as parliamentary leader of the FDP group in North- Rhine-Westphalia.

Lindner grew up in Wermelskirchen near Cologne. Foto: Mitchell Aleman He studied political science, philosophy and public law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn. Between 1997 and 2004 he owned an advertising agency and was co-founder of an IT- business. Lindner is a captain in the German Air Forces reserve. Dr. Jürgen Martens MP Friday, 22nd June

Dr. Jürgen Martens is a member of the German Launch of the publication of Parliament, the Bundestag, and President of the the Andorra Manifesto Friday, German Group of Liberal International. In 1976 22nd June 10:00 – 10:30 he joined the Deutsche Jungdemokraten (German Young Democrats) and in 1983 he became a Speakers: member of the Junge Liberale (Young Liberals). Since 2007 he is Vice-Chairman of the FDP-Saxony Dr. Juli Minoves (see above) and from 2004 until 2014 he served as Member of Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué Parliament at the Regional Parliament of Saxony. From 2009 until 2014 Dr. Martens was Minister of Justice and Europe in Saxony and a member of European Committee of the regions. Since 2016 he is the President of the European Liberal Forum in Brussels and in September 2017 he got elected as MP for the German Parliament. Dr. Martens is a member of the Committee for Justice and Consumer Protection and the President of Liberal International (DGLI) since April 2018. Foto: Mitchell Aleman

Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué is vice-chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) and a German academic specialising in economics. He was elected vice- president at LI’s 70th-anniversary congress in Andorra in 2017. Professor Paqué is a member of the German Liberal Party, FDP’s federal board Foto: Mitchell Aleman (Bundesvorstand) and in 2014 he was elected vice chairman of the executive board of FNF, the German liberal political foundation. Between 2002 and 2006 he was minister of finance of the state of Saxony-Anhalt; from 2006 to 2008 he was chairman of the Liberal caucus in the Saxony- Anhalt parliament.

Karl-Heinz Paqué studied economics at the Universities of Saarbrücken, Kiel and British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). After completing his PhD at the University of Kiel he worked as professor, research director, and department head Party (FDP). In 2017, she was elected Member of at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy from the German Parliament for Frankfurt am Main. 1991-1996. Today, he is the Chair of International Economics at the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Nicola Beer is an active member of the German and Dean of the faculty of economics Academic Scholarship Foundation, the Deutsch- and management Französischen Juristenvereinigung, the German- Israeli Association and the Johanniter Unfallhilfe. Nicola Beer is also a member of the board of Friday, 22nd June trustees at the Verband der Privaten Hochschulen, Museum für Weltkulturen, World Vision A conversation with Nicola Beer MP Friday, Deutschland, Deutsche Stiftung Frauengesundheit 22nd June 10:30 – 11:30 and VDMA Impuls-Stiftung.

Nicola Beer MP Astrid Thors Nicola Beer is Member of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag), former Minister of State and Astrid Thors is a lawyer, a Finnish politician and the General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). former Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) High Commissioner on National Minorities (2013-2016). She was elected vice- president at LI’s 70th-anniversary congress in Andorra in 2017. Ms Thors has extensive experience in international politics and human rights. She served parliamentary terms in the European Parliament (1996-20004) and in the Finnish Parliament (2004-2013), where she was the Finnish Minister of Migration and European Affairs (2007-11). Astrid Thors was vice chair of the Swedish People’s Party of Finland (SFP) between 1992-2000 and the Foto: Mitchell Aleman

After studying law, Nicola Beer worked as a lawyer in Frankfurt am Main. She has been a member of the State Parliament of Hesse until 2017 and has served the State government of Hesse as State Secretary for European affairs between 2009 and 2012 as well as education minister between 2012 and 2014. Since 2004 she has been a member of the German federal Assembly and between 2009 and 2012 she was a member of the European Committee of the Regions. Since 2013 Nicola Beer Foto: Mitchell Aleman serves as General Secretary of the Free Democratic chair of the youth branch of the party 1981-83. She Speakers: was also elected vice-president of ELDR (now ALDE) 2011-13. Markus Löning

A lawyer by education, Ms Thors has held numerous high-level positions related to justice and human rights – including as the chair of the National Committee of Unicef Finland 2000-05 and as an advisor to ministers of justice, defence and European affairs. She has also chaired the Advisory Board on Human Rights of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and the Refugee Advisory Council.

Friday, 22nd June

Human Rights Committee political session Business and Human Rights – The Liberal Perspective Friday, 22nd June 14:30 – 16:00

Why should companies do business ethically? Foto: Mitchell Aleman Liberal International last debated this topic in Abidjan, Côte d‘Ivoire, 6 years ago. In Berlin delegates will come together to build on the Markus Löning founded „Löning – Human Rights outcomes and identify what steps can be taken to & Responsible Business“ in the beginning of 2014. strengthen the sustainable development agenda. Him and his team are working as a think tank and management consultancy on the topic of the • Why are the UN guiding principles for business economy’s responsibility for the respect of human and human rights important and (how) should rights within a globalised world. liberals help advance their implementation? Between 2010 and 2013 he was the Federal • Do we need an all-encompassing international Government’s Commissioner for Human Rights, legislation on business and human rights - is this between 2002 and 2009 a Member of the enough to prevent human rights abuses in supply Bundestag, the German Parliament, with a focus chains? on European and development policies. He is honorary chairman of the human rights committee • How should companies and the state in of Liberal International, vice-president of the which they operate share their respective Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe responsibilities to ensure compliance with ethical Party (ALDE Party) and volunteers for UNICEF as and responsible business principles? well as the German Institute for Human Rights. Prior to his time as professional politician, Löning These are some of the questions which participants was self-employed for 15 years and worked in the will answer to form a liberal policy for balancing advertisement sector. responsible business and investments with prevention and elimination of labour exploitation and illegal migrant worker trafficking. Dr. Ching-Yin Lin MP worked for the consultancy Beratungsgesellschaft Erfinderdienst mbH based in Hamburg. From July Dr. Ching-Yi Lin is a legislator and the previous 2002 until August 2008, he served on the board Director of Women’s Development Department of of directors of Swisscanto Funds Management AG Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan. In addition, as sustainability expert in international market Dr. Lin is the Director of Taiwan Health Corps (NGO), structure and development. From 1999 to 2002 as well as the Director of Taiwan’s Women’s Link. he worked in leadership positions at DekaBank, Dr. Lin earned a Masters in Genetic Counseling at Frankfurt a. M., and the WestLB Group. There the National Taiwan University, as well as Doctor of he mainly focused on the areas of market Medicine and another Masters at the Chung-Shan development, customer relationship management Medical University. She is a consultant at various and capacity building. From 1992 to 1998 Mr. Weber advised savings banks in the areas of employee training, development of distribution units, as well as implementations of customer loyalty programs. The topics included balance sheet analysis, technical analysis and securities business. For the East German Savings Banks and Giro-Association (Ostdeutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverband) he was primarily active in the fields of monetary and capital investments, as well as education and training. His career started in 1988 at the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, where he worked in the areas of banking supervision, stock exchange and balance sheet analysis. He had successfully completed his studies in business administration at the technical college (Fachhochschule) of Deutsche Bundesbank. Foto: Mitchell Aleman

medical centres, and a physician and lecturer at her alma mater. Dr. Lin is the newly elected Legislative Yuan in Taiwan, and plays an essential role in the advocacy of rights for women and girls, LGBTI rights, marriage equality and health care reform.

Volker Weber

Volker Weber serves since September 2007 as Chairman of the Board for the Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG), the Sustainable Investment Forum of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MAMA Sustainable Incubation AG based in Berlin. Between September 2008 and November 2009 he Deniz Utlu session will also provide an overview of the work performed by the LI Bureau and LI Secretariat from LI’s Executive Committee Meeting in Johannesburg up until now.

Friday, 22nd June

Liberal Youth Foundation Fundraiser Friday, 22nd June 20:00

The Liberal Youth Foundation was established in 2014 and provides a fundraising platform to support young liberals globally.

IFLRY would like to ask their guests to pay a participation fee of (at least) 40 EUR to cover the cost of hosting the event as well as a small contribution to the Liberal Youth Foundation Foto: Mitchell Aleman to advance its aim in supporting young liberals globally.

Deniz Utlu is Policy Adviser for Business and Speakers: Human Rights in the International Human Rights Policy department of the German Institute for Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell (see above) Human Rights, Germanys National Human Rights Sir Graham Watson Institution. His work at the Institute focuses on impacts and risks of economic and business Sir Graham Watson – former leader of the ALDE activity and policy on society, especially concerning Party, a secretary general of IFLRY, and five-times extractive industries, export promotion and elected a Liberal Democrat (UK) Member of the economic policy such as austerity. Before joining European Parliament – was awarded the medal of the Institute he was Lecturer in Economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) and an academic staff member at the Berlin Migrant Qualification Network (BQN). He regularly publishes political essays in German newspapers, such as FAZ and Tagesspiegel.

Friday, 22nd June

Executive Committee administrative session (part I) Friday, 22nd June 16:00 – 19:00

The Executive Committee Meeting administrative session will see LI EC delegates discuss the internal workings of the organisation with the possibility to vote and adopt LI’s budget, various new membership applications and resolutions. The Foto: Mitchell Aleman liberalism in Bulgaria, in the presence of delegates Saturday, 23rd June to the ALDE party council meeting. Sir Graham has, since 1979, worked to advance liberal values in his Competition and Innovation – Liberal Answers to home country, across Europe and around the world. the Economic Challenges of Climate Change Saturday, 23rd June 10:45 – 12:15

Saturday, 23rd June Why are liberals lagging behind on developing a narrative of their own on environmental matters? Liberal Conference on Climate Change and The new international framework regulation – the Sustainability – Opening Paris Climate Agreement, the New Urban Agenda Saturday, 23rd June and the Sustainable Development Goals – and its implementation on an international, national Dr. Hakima el Haité and local level offers the opportunity to reinforce our position, basing it on core liberal principles - LI deputy president, Hakima el Haité, is a Moroccan individual freedom, freedom of choice and rule of law. politician and climate scientist who serves as Minister delegate in charge of the environment. As Speakers: Morocco’s Minister of Environment in 2016, Ms El Haité was the host of the United Nations Climate Dr. Hakima el Haité (see above) Change Summit, COP22. She was elected deputy Dr. Lukas Köhler MP president at LI’s 70th-anniversary congress in Andorra in 2017.

Dr. Lukas Köhler is a first-term FDP member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag, and was elected Holding two PhD’s related to the environment on FDP party list in Bavaria. After having studied and environmental engineering, Dr. El Haité philosophy in Munich, Manila and London, Dr. was responsible for the enshrining of public Köhler completed his PhD in Political Philosophy in environmental policies in Morocco’s constitution, Munich. He was a member of the Institute for Social ensuring that every public policy has to include a and Development Studies, a staff member of the component on sustainable development. Institute of Social Policy and tutor of environmental studies at the Munich School of Philosophy as well as a CEO at the Center for Environmental Ethics and Sven Gerst Development. Dr. Köhler is assigned to the Bundestag committee on Environment, Nature Conservation Sven Gerst is a PhD student in Political Philosophy and Nuclear Safety and is currently serving as FDP at the Department of Political Economy at King‘s spokesperson on Climate Policy. College London His research mainly focuses on matters of global justice, democratic responsibility, and individual accountability. At King‘s College Dr. Harsha de Silva MP London, Sven also teaches courses on political and economic philosophy, environmental economics, meta-ethics, and contemporary issues in applied ethics. He holds a M.Sc. in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as well as a M.Sc. in Management from the University of Mannheim. Previously, he also studied and worked at Harvard University, Duke University, St. Petersburg State University, and National Taiwan University. In March 2018, Sven has been elected as the Secretary General of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY).

Born on 30th August 1964, Dr. Harsha de Silva is a Sri Lankan economist and politician. He serves as a Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka, as the State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs and served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also the Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Development in the 100-day government. He has gained lime light as a media personality hosting several talk shows relating to development and international matters. In recent years he voiced his opposition to the economic policies of the previous government. Educated at Royal College Colombo, he gained his BS in Business Management from Truman State University in 1988 and went on to complete his MA and PhD in Economics at the University of Missouri in 1993. He has also participated for an executive programme on evaluating social programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 as an Eisenhower Fellow. Saturday, 23rd June 1986 she completed a programme on Instructions of Lawyers – International Law and Taxation at Climate Change and COP – A delegate guide Harvard University School of Law. She began her Organised by the International Federation of political career in 1988 when running for Vice Liberal Youth Governor of Occidental Mindoro and served in this Saturday, 23rd June 13:00 – 14:00 position until 1992. The same year, she was elected Governor of Oksi, a position which she held for Due to its global effects, climate change advocacy three consecutive terms. Ms Sato was then elected is not limited to lobbying local and national Oksi’s Lone District Representative to the House parliaments and decision makers, but also reaches of Representatives and served a three-year term to intergovernmental bodies on an international as Congresswoman. In 2004, she again served as level. During this fringe session, the IFLRY Climate Governor of Occidental Mindoro from 2004 to Change Programme will share their experience 2013. Today, she again represents the people of with COP and UNFCC and give practical insights Oksi as their Lone District Representative to the into giving best usage of these platforms and how House of Representatives. to promote liberal ideas in the efforts to combat climate change. Ms Sato is the Secretary General and Treasurer of the Liberal Party of the Philippines which she represents as a member of the Commission on Saturday, 23rd June Appointments. During her term as Governor, Ms Sato actively promoted and supported the Sustainable Cities – Environmental Policies that conservation of endangered wildlife and their Change People’s Lives habitat and took measures to ensure biodiversity in Saturday, 23rd June 14:00 – 15:30 legislation.

Cities and regional institutions are first in-line service providers to citizens, who are demanding a change in policies to guarantee and improve their health conditions and quality of living. These institutions are also called to play a role in implementing international agreements to fight climate change. How is the role of these institutions changing and how can we lead as liberals in delivering successful practices?

Speakers:

Josephine Sato MP

Josephine Y. Ramirez Sato is a Filipino politician and Congresswoman of Occidental Mindoro. She has an academic background in Business Administration and Political Science as well as a Bachelors of Law degree from the University of the Philippines. In Diéne Farba Sarr Marek Szolc

Current minister of urban renewal, housing and living environment, Diène Farba Sarr was formerly Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Macky Sall, responsible for infrastructure. He was minister of investment promotion and partnerships in the government of Aminata Touré. Previously he was the Director General of the National Agency for Investment Promotion and Major Projects (APIX) replacing Aminata Niane. Farba Sarr is a business management specialist. In Tunis he obtained his graduate degree in management. He was the administrative head of the Financial Services Division at the Ministry of Health. After this, Diène Farba devoted himself to writing and is the author of „Macky Sall, a fight for the Republic“, book published by „Sentinels“ in 2011. The minister coordinates all activities of the Alliance for the Republic of the Kaolack region.

Marek Szolc is a regional secretary of the Nowoczesna Party (ALDE) in Warsaw, an environmental lawyer and a clean air activist. He advises the party on environmental issues. Before joining Nowoczesna he worked for ClientEarth, a leading international NGO acting on legal opportunities to protect the environment. He is focused in particular on sustainable development, progressive urban policies and mobility transformation.

Danijela Božanić

Danijela Božanić is Head of Climate Change Unit in the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. As the UNFCCC FP she was involved in the negotiations for the Paris Agreement and international transparency obligations, including global stocktake and transparency framework. Ms Božanić is responsible for the establishment of the legal and institutional integration of renewables into South Africa’s framework for Monitoring, Reporting and energy mix and refining DA energy policy to adjust Verification (MRV) in Serbia as prescribed by the EU to the increasing decentralisation of electricity acquis. She is also responsible for the development production. He is also one of only three MPs deployed by his Party to lead policy discussions with international banks, institutional investors and international governmental organisations.

As of 1 January 2018, Gordon took over as the Acting Secretary General of Liberal International – the global federation of liberal political parties. Before standing for Parliament, Gordon worked for the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in New York in the Office of Emergency Programmes – with a specific focus on peacebuilding and recovery in post conflict settings. Gordon holds a Masters degree in International Studies from the University of London, an Honours degree in Development Economics (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg, a post-graduate Diploma in Humanitarian Studies (cum laude) from the School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool and professional qualifications in energy economics from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.

of Climate change strategy and Action plan, that identifies possibilities for the GHG emission reduction in energy, industry, transportation, waste, agriculture and forestry sector. Ms Božanić is in charge for cooperation with and support to local communities in identification of climate change related possibilities.

Gordon Mackay

Gordon Mackay, LI Acting Secretary-General, Former Shadow Minister – South Africa is a former Member of South African Parliament and has served as the Democratic Alliance’s Shadow Minister for Energy for the past three years. In this capacity he has been instrumental in blocking the highly contentious nuclear deal, promoting greater Saturday, 23rd June Württemberg State (Land) branch of the Liberal Women’s Association since 2013. She was also Present and Future of the Energy Market deputy chairwoman of the Baden-Württemberg Saturday, 23rd June 16:00 – 17:30 State branch of the FDP from 2013 to 2014 and has been secretary-general of the Baden-Württemberg It is now widely accepted that dependence on State chapter of the FDP since 2014. Ms Skudelny fossil fuels should be reduced, while the share of is a member of Leinfelden-Echterdingen municipal renewable energy options and services should council since 2004 and a member of Amnesty increase. In order to achieve the diversification International. of energy sources, should we advocate for public subsidies or rely on lower costs attained through Judith Skudelny has been a member of the German competition and technological developments? Bundestag from 2009 to 2013 and since 2017. She Informed individuals also play a role in shaping the has also been a member of the Study Commission marked with their decisions. on Growth, Wellbeing and Quality of Life from 2010 to 2013 and of the Committee on the Environment, Speakers: Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

Judith Skudelny MP Stefan Kapferer

Stefan Kapferer is the Chairman of the Federal Association of the Energies and Water Industries BDEW. After studying management sciences at the University of Konstanz, Mr Kapferer worked for the Lower Saxony Regional Association of

Judith Skudelny is the Spokeswoman on environmental policy for the FDP parliamentary group. She studied law at the University of Tübingen and has practised as a lawyer since 2001. She is partner in the insolvency administration firm Rüdisühli Insolvenzverwalter GbR in Stuttgart since 2009. the FDP in Hannover. From 1999, he worked in Ms Skudelny is member of the FDP since 1998, the FDP parliamentary party for their chairman, treasurer of the Stuttgart Region district branch of Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, who appointed him as the FDP since 2013 and chairwoman of the Baden- head of the strategy and campaigns division in the national office in August 1999. In August Urízar´s contribution to Guatemala’s energy politics 2003, Mr Kapferer became department head in in the year 2007 was crucial, since this brought the Lower Saxony State Chancellery. In October about a transformation of the electricity matrix of 2008 he was appointed as State Secretary of the the entire country and brought electricity prices Ministry for Economics, Labour and Transport back to a competitive level. in Hannover and served as chairman of the supervisory board of N-Bank, the development Ms Urízar is also the author of two publications bank of Lower Saxony and of the Jade-Weserport- on the energy markets in Guatemala and Mexico Realisierungsgesellschaft. In 2009, Mr Kapferer was together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation appointed State Secretary for the German Federal for Freedom. Ministry of Health before switching to the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in 2011. Dr. Mounir Rached

Between 2014 and 2016 Mr Kapferer was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Since May 2016, Mr Kapferer has been the Chairman of the General Executive Management Board of BDEW.

Carmen Urízar

Dr. Mounir Rached is the President of the Lebanese Economic Association and Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance in Lebanon. Dr. Rached holds a M.A. in Economics of the University of Arizona and obtained his PhD in International Finance, Monetary/Fiscal Policies and Econometrics. From 2971 to 1975 Dr. Rached worked as an economist in the planning and Development Department at the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), before working in the Credit Carmen Urízar Hernandez is the Former Ministry of and operations Department at the Arab Monetary Energy and Mines of Guatemala, Former Electricity Fund until 1983. From 1983 to 2007 he worked for Regulator and currently Director of Energy and the International Monetary Fund as an economist, Infrastructure Analysis Centre- Guatemala. Prior in an IMF Resident Representative in Mali and Haiti her career, she was also president of the National as well as a Senior Economist at the IMF Institute. Commission for Electricity (CNEE) in Guatemala. Ms Here, Dr. Rached focused on evaluating capacity building programmes. From 2008 until present, Dr. Rached has worked as consultant for numerous renowned institutions, among them the UNDP, the IMF and the World Bank MOF.

Dr. Rached is the author of numerous publications on the topics of finance, financial reform and financial management and programming with a focus on the Middle East and especially Lebanon.

Saturday, 23rd June

Executive Committee administrative session (part II) and Closing session Saturday, 23rd June 17:30 – 19:00

Speakers:

Diène Farba Sarr (see above)

Dr. Hakima el Haité (see above)

Sven Gerst (see above)

Judith Skudelny MP (see above)

Saturday, 23rd June

Farewell dinner hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Saturday, 23rd June 19:30

Speakers:

Dr. Juli Minoves Triquell (see above)

Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué (see above)

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