European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation

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European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation
European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation
Project UCYVROK - Uniting for Citizenship and Participation
Place Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus
Date(s) 8 November, 2008
Number of participants 49
Total Duration 6 hours



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