Giovanni Zagni
Executive Board
Milan
Biography
Giovanni Zagni, PhD, is a journalist based in Milan, Italy, and the Director of the fact-checking projects Pagella Politica and Facta.news. He is a member of the Executive board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and Chair of its Task Force for the 2024 European Elections, as well as a member of the MSI-INF Committee of Experts on the Integrity of Online Information established in 2022 by the Council of Europe. He took part as expert in the Monitoring Unit on Disinformation around Covid-19 established by the Italian government in 2020.
Organisation
EDMO
Speaker session
Session 10 : Best practices for ensuring electoral rights for people with disabilities
- Public web-streamed session
- Public web-streamed session
TOPIC: EU citizens with disabilities continue to face barriers when exercising their electoral rights, for example in terms of insufficient accessibility, such as the limited accessibility of voting premises and ballots or insufficiently accessible information on candidates and debates. The Commission is preparing a good practice guide in this area. Exchanges will focus on the issues at stake, necessary measures and best practices to enable all persons with all types of disabilities to enjoy their right to vote and stand for elections, including by providing accessible communication and facilities.
SPEAKERS:
- Andreas Accardo, Head for Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- Gunta Anca, Vice-President of the European Disability Forum
- Christophe Lefèvre, President of the Permanent Study Group on disability rights at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
MODERATOR: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumer
Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections
Andreas Accardo
Head of Institutional Cooperation & Networks Unit
VIENNA
Biography
Organisation
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Speaker session
Session 10 : Best practices for ensuring electoral rights for people with disabilities
- Public web-streamed session
- Public web-streamed session
TOPIC: EU citizens with disabilities continue to face barriers when exercising their electoral rights, for example in terms of insufficient accessibility, such as the limited accessibility of voting premises and ballots or insufficiently accessible information on candidates and debates. The Commission is preparing a good practice guide in this area. Exchanges will focus on the issues at stake, necessary measures and best practices to enable all persons with all types of disabilities to enjoy their right to vote and stand for elections, including by providing accessible communication and facilities.
SPEAKERS:
- Andreas Accardo, Head for Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- Gunta Anca, Vice-President of the European Disability Forum
- Christophe Lefèvre, President of the Permanent Study Group on disability rights at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
MODERATOR: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumer
Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections
Carlos Aguilar Paredes
Member of the Board
Barcelona
Biography
Place and date of birth Barcelona, 1972
Studies, degrees, and honors
2018 Master in Political Analysis. Open University of Catalunya 2012 PhD in Audiovisual Communication. University of Barcelona.
2008 Advanced Studies Diploma. University of Barcelona. 2002 Postgraduate in Systems Administration. IL3. University of Barcelona.
1998 Degree in Physical Sciences. University of Barcelona
Professional Experience
2023.01.01 Vice Chair of ERGA 2020 -
2022 Member of the Board in the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) 2018 - 2020 Vice Dean at Information and Audiovisual
2018 - 2020 Professor of Economics Applied to the Media.
2010 - 2020 Professor of Audiovisual System Structure.
2003 - 2011 IT Services Coordinator / Staff member at School of Cinema and Audiovisual Media of Catalunya
Organisation
Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC)
Speaker session
Session 10 : Best practices for ensuring electoral rights for people with disabilities
- Public web-streamed session
- Public web-streamed session
TOPIC: EU citizens with disabilities continue to face barriers when exercising their electoral rights, for example in terms of insufficient accessibility, such as the limited accessibility of voting premises and ballots or insufficiently accessible information on candidates and debates. The Commission is preparing a good practice guide in this area. Exchanges will focus on the issues at stake, necessary measures and best practices to enable all persons with all types of disabilities to enjoy their right to vote and stand for elections, including by providing accessible communication and facilities.
SPEAKERS:
- Andreas Accardo, Head for Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- Gunta Anca, Vice-President of the European Disability Forum
- Christophe Lefèvre, President of the Permanent Study Group on disability rights at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
MODERATOR: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumer
Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections