Bringing together students, practitioners and experts – including a delegation of youth anti-corruption volunteers from the National Anticorruption Center of Moldova – the event will explore how technology can strengthen transparency and accountability, and how young people can act as agents of change.

The event is an initiative of the OSCE and Basel Institute on Governance, on the sidelines of the 6th International Collective Action Conference in Basel on 9–10 June. It is open to everyone and can be attended either in person or online. We particularly encourage students from the University of Basel to join us in person for the opportunity to engage directly with speakers and participants in an informal and interactive setting.

Agenda

13:30–14:15: Welcome

• The University of Basel as a democratic space – Til Hänggi, Chair, skuba (Student Union of the University of Basel)
• Introduction to the Anti-Corruption Volunteers Programme, National Anticorruption Center, Republic of Moldova

14:15–15:00: Technology and transparency

• Presentation: Digital dependencies and state capture: sovereignty, democracy and accountability in the digital age by Dorotea Avedisian, MLaw, PhD candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Basel; Co-Head Basel, foraus – Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy
• Discussion led by Francesco Bee, Co-Head Basel, foraus - Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy

15:00–16:00: Young people as agents of change

• Discussion on promoting integrity in the education sector led by Eva Moldovanyi, Programme Manager, Fondation Botnar

Details

• Date: 8 June 2026
• Time: 13:30–16:00 (CEST)
• Location: Seminar Room 103, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel
• Format: Hybrid (in person and online)