Relations Between NGOs/Civil Society and States in Times of COVID-19An Interdisciplinary WorkshopOrganizers: Omri Grinberg, Katharina Konarek and Deborah Shmueli, June 23, 28 and 30, 2021 |
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Day I - June 23 (Wednesday) |
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| 16:00 Israel time |
Opening comments: Stefan Ihrig, Director of the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES), Department of General History at the University of Haifa |
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| 16:10 - 17:40 | Round table: COVID-19 and NGOs/Civil Society | |
| Chair: Michal Almog-Bar, Head of the Institute for the Study of Civil Society and Philanthropy in Israel, at the School of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | ||
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Participants: Steffen Hagemann, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Tel Aviv |
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| 18:00 - 19:30 |
Panel A: Dynamics of Scale in State and NGO/Civil Society Responses to COVID-19: A 4-Continent Comparative Perspective |
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Chair: Katharina Konarek, HCGES |
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Participants: Natalia Bueno, George Avelino, Ciro Biderman, Daniel da Mata, and Leonardo R. L. Bueno, Getulio Vargas Foundation: Can we work together during times of need? Evidence from an experiment in slum settlements in Brazil Hillel Schmid: No Love Story: Relations Between the Government and Civil Society Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel Piergiuseppe Parisi and Marynka Marquez: Co-Produced Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the City of York Alice Robinson, Naomi Pendle and Peter Hakim Justin: South Sudanese NGO and local government responses to COVID-19 |
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| Discussant: Alissa Bellotti, HCGES | ||
| Link to Opening and round table recording Link to Panel A recording |
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DAY II- June 28th (Monday) |
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| 18:00-19:30 | Panel B: State Regulation (Legislation and Bureaucracy) During COVID-19: Macro Perspectives | |
| Chair: Deborah Shmueli, National Knowledge and Research Center for Emergency Readiness and the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions | ||
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Participants: Katharina Konarek: COVID 19 and European Solidarity - A make it or break moment for the European Union Anthony DeMatte: Civil Society Laws in East Africa: A Comparative and Institutional Analysis Reut Marciano: Consulting firms’ role in policy formulation - conceptualization and evidence from Canada and the COVID19 pandemic Suparna Chaudhry and Andrew Heiss: Derogations and Democratic Backsliding: Exploring the pandemic’s effects on civic spaces |
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| Discussant: Amanda Reinke, Kennesaw State University | ||
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DAY III - June 30 (Wednesday) |
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| 18:00-19:30 | Panel C: From Publics to Civil Society: Changes in Collective Cohesion During COVID-19 | |
| Chair: Omri Grinberg, Post-doc fellow, The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions | ||
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Participants Hannah Mayne: Orthodox synagogue practice and public space during the COVID-19 pandemic Ela Drazkiewicz: Political critique, political trust, conspiracy theories and civil organisations: understanding state-non-state relations at the time of Covid-19 pandemic Guy Shalev: Doctors on the Frontlines: When COVID-19 became Israel’s New Enemy, Palestinian Physicians were Called for Duty |
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| Discussant: Amalia Saar, Associate professor at the anthropology department, the University of Haifa | ||
| 19:30-19:45 |
Conference closing comments: Eli Salzberger, Head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions |
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| Link to Panel C and closing remarks recording | ||