Youth participation in democratic processes

5th Eastern Partnership Youth Forum

23-24 November 2021 | 9.15 - 14.30 CET | online event

 
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Draft Agenda

 

 

DAY 1 - Tuesday, 23 November 2021 (CET timezone)

09h05 Opening of the Virtual Plenary Room
09h15

livestream

Welcome Address & Introductory Remarks

  • Mr  Anže LOGAR, Minister of Foreign Affairs Slovenia
  • Mr Mitja SLAVINEC, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia
  • Mr Lawrence MEREDITH, Director for the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood & Institution Building, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission
09h30

livestream

Impressions from Past EaP Youth Fora
Presentation of the main outcomes and developments

  • Ms Anahit MINASSIAN, EU4Youth Coordination and Support

Contributors:

  • Mr Michał PIETRZAK, the head of the European Institute of Outsourcing
  • Ms Anastasia ESANU, Young European Ambassadors Communication Coordinator
  • Mr Artur NAJARYAN, President of the Youth Initiative Center, Armenia
10h15

livestream

Panel Session: Youth Participation in the Eastern Partnership
State-of-Play and Future Prospects

  • Mr Nika BAKHSOLIANI, Bureau member, Council of Europe Advisory Council on Youth
  • Ms Shorena TSITSAGI, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, Acting Head of International Relations Department, Georgia
  • Mr Farhad HAJIYEV, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport, Azerbaijan 
  • Ms Dolores KORES, Director, Governmental Office for Youth, Slovenia
  • Mr Lawrence MEREDITH, Director for the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood & Institution Building, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission
  • Ms Maryna POPATENKO, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Ukraine
  • Mr Miha ZUPANČIČ, President of Slovenian National Youth Council

Moderators

  • Mr Max FRAS, Poland/UK
  • Ms Anna YEGHOYAN, Armenia
11h45  Break
12h00

Workshops

WORKSHOP 1 - Building bridges: Space and participation for all in EU and EaP countries

WORKSHOP 2 - The Future of Youth Policy in the Eastern Partnership
13h45

Plenary Session

14h15 Lunch Break
16h00 Networking Session
17h00 End of the 1st Day
  

 

 

DAY 2 - Wednesday, 24 November 2021  (CET timezone)

08h50 Opening of the Virtual Plenary Room
09h00

livestream

Opening of the Day 2

09h10

livestream

Panel Session: the Role of Youth in Upholding European Values & Democracy

  • Mr Nicolai BOYSEN, Board Member, European Youth Forum
  • Ms Petra GOMBALOVA KYSLINGEROVA, Head of division, Eastern Partnership, Regional Cooperation and OSCE, EEAS
  • Mr Artur MARTIROSYAN, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, culture and Sports, Armenia 
  • Ms Maria Pia NAPOLETANO, Coordinator of the Young European Ambassadors network in the European Union 
  • Mr Marian STAN, State Secretary for Youth and Sport, Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, Republic of Moldova
  • Ms Marharyta VORYKHAVA, Chairperson of the Belarusian National Youth Council RADA, Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

Moderators

  • Mr Marius ULOZAS, Lithuania
  • Ms Anna YEGHOYAN, Armenia
10h40 Break
11h00

Workshops

WORKSHOP 3 - Political participation of youth as means to upholding European values & democracy

WORKSHOP 4 - Conditions for meaningful youth participation
12h45 Plenary Session
14h00

livestream

Closing Ceremony
 

Presentation of the main outcomes and recommendations

  • Mr Arsen SIMONYAN, Lead Rapporteur

 

Closing Remarks

  • Mr David CULLEN, Head of Unit, DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, C.2 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus & Eastern Partnership, European Commission
  • Ms Dolores KORES, Director, Governmental Office for Youth, Slovenia
  • Mr Stanislav RAŠČAN, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
14h30 Official End of the Event