European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation
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Executive Summary
The conference congregated 3 participants per country (representing the 3 different stakeholder groups A, B and C) plus 3 members of the Human Rights Education Youth Network and another 5 youth experts, representatives and policy makers from the EU region in order to
- present the outputs of the regional SDDP co-laboratories and good practice examples from all 12 countries
- present the results of the international youth survey
- allow for discussions and debate among stakeholders, experts, and policy makers
- draft a joint declaration on citizenship and participation which will be disseminated to regional, national and European youth policy stakeholders
- discuss possible follow-up activities.
Conference Programme
9:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Welcoming Remarks
10:15 – 11:15 Presentation of Project Results:(Chair: Mr. Larry Fergeson)
An ideal society that is culturally diverse and inclusive – workshop reports from Cyprus, Italy and Romania
Discussion
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:30 Challenges of Active Youth Participation in Europe (Chair: Mr. Yiannis Laouris)
- Mr. Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, MEP Cyprus - Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left
- Mr. Panayiotis Demetriou, MEP - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
- Ms. Ruxandra Pandea, Human Rights Education Youth Network
- Ms. Elena Aristodemou: Presentation of Preliminary Data Analysis of UCYVROK Youth Survey
Discussion of a Joint Action Plan for a European Youth Environment based on Diversity, Human Rights, Social Inclusion and Active Citizenship
13:30 – 14:30 Light Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Best Practices – Successful Initiatives on Youth Inclusion (Ms. Kerstin Wittig)
- Mr. Jaco Cilliers, UNDP-ACT
- Mr. Ali Yaman, Cyprus Network for Youth Development
- Mr. Kyriacos Theodotou, Cyprus Youth Board
- UCYVROK partners
Discussion
16:00 – 16:10 Closing Remarks
