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Benedikt Weingärtner

Alumni

Was Project Manager at ‚Das Progressive Zentrum‘. He studied in Regensburg, Clermont-Ferrand, Eichstätt, Lisbon, and Bruges. Benedikt holds a Bachelor’s degree in German-French Studies, a Master’s degree in International Relations and a post-graduate Master’s degree in EU International Relations & Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe. Expertise in EU and global trade affairs, Geo-economics as well as European Foreign and Security Policy. He gained practical experience at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, the Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Lisbon, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Casablanca as well as at the two Representations of the State of Bavaria in Brussels and Montréal. Benedikt was mainly involved in the operationalization of ‘Dialogue on Europe’ since the very beginning of the project but also worked on other European projects at ‘Das Progressive Zentrum’.


Contributions


Europe & the World Dialogue on Europe: Final results of the Thinking Labs published Civil society experts and practitioners wrote policy briefs on migration, populism, social cohesion and sustainable growth
23 March 2018 | Philipp Sälhoff | Benedikt Weingärtner | Tanya Shoshan

Over the course of the last two years, civil society experts and practitioners from across Europe gathered in four DIALOGUE ON EUROPE Thinking Labs to deliver fresh ideas and to independently elaborate concrete policy recommendations on four European key areas: Migration & Integration, Populism, Social Cohesion, and Sustainable Growth. Discover the summary of their proposals and the full-length policy briefs below.



Europe & the World Event #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Madrid Fifth stop of the Dialogue on Europe
Event Date: 16 June 2016 | Madrid, Spain
Philipp Sälhoff | Viktoria Bechstein | Benedikt Weingärtner | Alban Genty

After successful Town Hall Meetings in Athens, Lisbon, Rome and Marseilles the fifth and last event within the Dialogue on Europe took place in Madrid, on 16 June 2016. Once again representatives from civil society, NGOs, local initiatives, startups, think tanks, the cultural sector and from the media gathered to discuss the most pressing challenges Spain and Europe are currently facing and exchanged ideas about how to work towards a strengthened and progressive Europe.




Europe & the World Event #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Marseilles Fourth stop of the Dialogue on Europe
Event Date: 26 May 2016 | Marseille, Frankreich
Philipp Sälhoff | Alban Genty | Benedikt Weingärtner

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After successful Town Hall Meetings in Athens, Lisbon and Rome the fourth event within the Dialogue on Europe took place in Marseilles, on 26 May 2016. Once again representatives from civil society, NGOs, local initiatives, startups, think tanks, the cultural sector and from the media gathered to discuss the most pressing challenges France and Europe are currently facing and exchange ideas about how to work towards a strengthened and progressive Europe.




Europe & the World Event #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Lisbon Second stop of "Dialogue on Europe"
Event Date: 7 March 2016 | Lisbon, Portugal
Philipp Sälhoff | Alban Genty | Benedikt Weingärtner

After its successful start in Athens, the “Dialogue on Europe” made its second stop in Lisbon, where the second #EuropeanTownHall Meeting took place on 7 March 2016.



Europe & the World Event Towards a Progressive Europe First European parliamentary conference in Berlin
Event Date: 15 October 2015 - 16 October 2015 | Berlin
Benedikt Weingärtner | Alban Genty

The Euro-zone crisis and the protracted, month-long negotiations about a new Greek bailout have brought to the fore deep cracks in the European integration project. It also bought to light difference between Europe’s progressive parties. Now Europe seems to be faced with a choice: more Europe and closer integration, or a reversion to nation states and national interests? Faced with this choice, the parliamentary group of the SPD invited Social Democrat parliamentarians from across the EU to Berlin for the first inter-parliamentary conference, entitled “Towards a Progressive Europe”. Das Progressive Zentrum organised the conference on behalf of the group.