Description of the event. The discussion addressed the erosion of democracy by capturing informal power means in Central Eastern Europe.

Keynote speakers:

• Edit Zgut, Keynote speaker. Rethink.CEE fellow at the The German Marshall Fund of the United States, DemocraCE fellow at Visegrad Insight
• Dumitrita Holdis, Keynote speaker. Project Officer, CEU Democracy Institute’s Center for Media, Data and Society’s (CMDS)
• Oana Baluta, Keynote speaker. Associate Professor for the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Bucharest
• Liliana Popescu, Keynote speaker. Vice-Rector of SNSPA, Bucharest

Moderator: Alina Achim-Inayeh, Director, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Partners: Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation & True Story Project