PROGRAM
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12.11.2025
Registration and welcome coffee
Conference moderator
Government Office's Public Sector Innovation Team / SpeakSmart
Opening remarks and greetings
Minister of Culture
Director of the Integration Foundation
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Bridging Borders: Fostering Impact and Connection through Cultural Collaboration – a British Council Perspective
Country Director for British Council Ireland
Panel discussion:
The resilience of democracy – a dream or societal choice?
What ensures the resilience of a democratic society at a time when societies are becoming increasingly polarised or distancing themselves from democratic principles under the pressure of both internal political polarisation and geopolitical threats? What role does increasing migration play in this context? What lessons learned from integration can help us strengthen democracy if applied more broadly across society?
Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Nationalism and Democracy Studies in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University (Canada)
Associate Professor of European Studies at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu (Estonia/Italy)
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Moderator :
Citizen OS / SpeakSmart
Lunch
Lecture:
‘What is Democratic Resilience and how can we strengthen it?’
Berlin Social Science Centre
Political debate of Estonian parliamentary parties
Moderator:
Government Office's Public Sector Innovation Team / SpeakSmart
Coffee break
Integration Foundation’s 2025 studies and surveys
Panel discussion:
‘Sense of belonging and social cohesion – what comes first?’
What creates a sense of belonging in society, and what everyday choices make it stronger? Who decides who is and who is not ‘one of us’ – or is it everyone’s decision to belong, which forms the basis of social cohesion? What is the role of information space here?
Senior Specialist at the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare
Professor of Affective Psychology, University of Tartu
Institute of Resilience & Reconstruction, (UK/Ukraine)
Institute of Baltic Studies, Programme Manager
Moderator :
Head of Tallinn Northern Star Basic School
/ SpeakSmart
Summaries and closing remarks
Evening reception at the National Library of Estonia
Address: Tõnismägi 2, 10122 TallinnInfo
Integration Conference
12.11.2025
Hilton Tallinn Park
Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi 23, Tallinn