Thursday 14 Oct. 2021 (all times UTC+2)

10:00–10:30: Katharina Kunter: Introduction

10:45–12:00: New primary sources and archives

Moderation: Stéphanie Roulin

- Eva Maurer: Does religion even matter? Religious actors and religious freedom in a Swiss anti-communist research centre. A look at the holdings of the Swiss Eastern Institute and the Swiss Library of Eastern Europe in Bern
- Anne-Emmanuelle Tankam : The WCC Archive Holdings
- Rüdiger Noll, The CEC Archive Holdings
- Marcela Zarubova, The CSCE / OSCE Documentation centre

12:00–13:30 Lunch break

13:30–15:30: Religious networks in support of the CSCE, Helsinki monitoring groups / Religious freedom and anti-communism

Moderation: Stefan Kube and Stéphanie Roulin

- Roland Cerny-Werner: Austria as (Catholic?) Hub in the CSCE Process
- Ville Jalovaara: Test of religious freedom in Finland during CSCE conference

Discussion

Break: 15 min.

- Nadezhda Beljakova: G2W in International Networks for Religious Freedom behind the Iron Curtain
- Irena Vaišvilaitė: Helsinki groups in Lithuania

Discussion

Friday 15 Oct. 2021

10:00–11:45: Religious actors and Helsinki monitoring groups and their perspectives (first-hand testimonies and retrospect assessments)

Moderation: Katharina Kunter and Stéphanie Roulin

Dr Marianne von Grünigen, retired Swiss Diplomat and former president of the Swiss Helsinki Association
Rev. Dwain Epps, retired director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) by the WCC executive committee

Break: 15 min.

12.00–12.45: Round Table Discussion: Feedback, how further on the way to Helsinki 2025, agreements for next steps.