31/08/2021 TUESDAY
THE BIRTH OF SOLIDARNOŚĆ
41st ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE AUGUST AGREEMENTS
10.00 am / Gate No. 2 / free admission
GATE NO. 2 / OPENING
speeches / Lech Wałęsa, Mieczysław Struk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Bogdan Lis, Bożena Rybicka-Grzywaczewska, Basil Kerski
hosted by / Lech Parell
11.00 am / ECS winter garden / free admission
EUROPEAN HERITAGE AWARD / EUROPA NOSTRA AWARD / AWARD CEREMONY
12.00 am / ECS auditorium / free admission
ETHICS OF SOLIDARITY
REFLECTION UPON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE AUGUST AGREEMENTS
LECTURE
ZHANNA NEMTSOVA
/ Russian journalist and social activist who chose political exile after numerous threats on social media
/ daughter of Boris Nemtsov - politician, democracy activist, human rights defender, supporter of liberal economic reforms and opponent of the annexation of Crimea by Russia, shot dead in the centre of Moscow by unknown assasins
INTRODUCTION
Basil Kerski, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Věra Jourová
DISCUSSION
Zhanna Nemtsova, Věra Jourová, Basil Kerski
MUSIC
Cappella Gedanensis conducted by Rafał Kłoczko
4.00 pm / ECS permanent exhibition / admission: online reservation + ticket available at the ticket office
STRIKE! The ECS permanent exhibition tours with the ECS certified guides
5.00 pm / ECS permanent exhibition, room G, 1st floor / free admission
BESTOWING OF THE MEDAL OF GRATITUDE
Laureates:
Richard Adams | USA
Wolfgang Eichwede | Germany
Carl Gershman | USA
Bernard Guetta | France
Georges Mink | France
Shana Penn | USA
Javier Perez de Cuellar | Peru
Martin Pollack | Austria
Rita Süssmuth | Germany
Melanie Tatur | Germany
Lev Zakharchyshyn | Ukraine
MUSIC
Cappella Gedanensis conducted by Rafał Kłoczko
6.00 pm
UNDERSTANDING 2021
MARCH FROM THE JAN III SOBIESKI MONUMENT TO THE HISTORICAL SHIPYARD GATE NO. 2
MARCH INITIATORS: SIGNATORIES OF THE GDANSK AGREEMENT
7.00 pm / Gate No. 2, Solidarności Square / free admission
RALLY FOR EUROPE. WE DEEPLY FEEL THE COMMUNITY OF OUR FATES
speakers / Medal of Gratitude winners, Zhanna Nemtsova, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Jacek Karnowski, Adam Bodnar, Bożena Rybicka-Grzywaczewska, representatives of migrant communities from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia