YOUNG P EOPLE IN E ASTERN E UROPE AND C ENTRAL ASIA: F ROM P OLICY T O ACTION May 2125, 2007 Radisson Hotel, Rome AGENDA 1 DRAFT
May 15, 2007 Monday, May 21 15:00 20:00
Pr ess Confer ence at Associazione Stampa Estera, Via dell’Umiltà 83.c Opening Remarks and Reception at Terrazza Caffarelli, Campidoglio H.E. Romano Prodi, President of the Council of Ministers, Italy H.E. Gazmend Oketa , Deputy Prime Minister, Albania Shigeo Katsu, Europe and Central Asia Vice President, The World Bank Jose’ Manuel SalazarXirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector International Labor Organization
DAY 1 Tuesday, May 22 09:009:20
Welcome by Famiano Crucianelli, Undersecretary Relations with Europe, the Caucasus and CIS countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
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Challenges for Investing in Youth in ECA: Conference Objectives Gloria La Cava, ECA Youth Coordinator, The World Bank Pierre Mairesse, Director of Youth, Sports and Citizenship Department, DG Education and Culture, European Commission Paola Viero, Senior Expert Children and Youth Policies, Development Cooperation, “Italy’s Development Cooperation’s work in advancing young people’s rights” Bettina Schwarzmayr , President European Youth Forum
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Please note that not all speakers and presenters have confirmed their participation as indicated in the agenda (tbd, tbc)
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10:0011:00 Plenary Session 1: A Dialogue on Youth Employment, Employability and Labor Markets Chair: Gazmend Oketa , Deputy Prime Minister, Albania Moderator: Piero Di Pasquale, Deputy Director, Rai International Fizuli Alekberov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan Republic Jose’ Manuel SalazarXirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector, International Labor Organization, Mamta Murthi, ECA Education Sector Manager and former Deputy Director of the World Bank World Development Report, 15 m
11:0011:30 Coffee Break 11:3012:30
Discussion and Q&A Vladimir Curovic, Association of Employers of Montenegro Erion Veljaj, MJAFT, Albania Maninder Gill, ECA Social Development Sector Manager, The World Bank
12.4513:45 Lunch with Umberto Paolucci, Senior Chairman, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa 13:4515:15 Thematic Breakout Sessions I · Formal Education and Youth Employment (coord. World Bank) · Nonformal education and youth employability (coord. World Scouts) · Second chance programs to integrate or reintegrate disadvantaged youth into the labor market (coord. by ILO/WB); · Youth Entrepreneurship and Access to Financing (coord. WB/Youth Employment Network) · The role of the private sector in the promotion of youth employment (coord. ILO); · Youth Employment Policy and Action Plans (coord. ILO) 15:1516:00 Coffee Break 16:0017:15 Report back from Thematic Sessions and General Discussion 17:1517:30 Wrapup and Conclusions
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· Next steps · Objectives of Day 2 18:3020:00 Launch of the MultiMedia Ar t Exhibit, Complesso S. Michele Inbetweeness: Balkans, Metaphors of Change Danielle Mazzonis, Undersecretary, Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage Elio Menzione, Vice Director General for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ludovico Pratesi, Curator DAY 2 Wednesday, May 23 09:1511:00 Plenary Session 2: Exercising Active Youth Citizenship Chair: Giovanna Melandri, Minister of Youth and Sports, Italy
Moderator: Caroline KendeRobb, Manager Social Development, the World Bank Gabriella BattainiDragoni, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Council of Europe, “Lessons learned on National Youth Policies in CoE Member States” Eduardo Missoni, Secretary General WOSM, World Organization of the Scouts Movement Tatiana Margolina, Human Rights Commissioner Perm Region, Russian Federation Discussion and Q&A:
Karoly Borbely, President of the National Youth Authority of Romania Jan Zlatan Kulenovic, Executive Director, Youth Information Agency, Bosnia Herzegovina Georg Boldt, Deputy ChairPerson, Advisory Council on Youth, Council of Europe 11:0011:45 Coffee Break 11.4513.15
Thematic Breakout Session II · Schools and Active Youth Citizenship (coord. World Bank) · Citizenship development and nonformal education system: Lessons from ECA (coord. YMCA) · National Youth Policy Development with Youth Participation (coord. European Youth Forum)
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· Local youth policies development: European Charter on Youth Participation in Local and Municipal Life (coord. Glocal Forum); · Promoting Social Inclusion and Cohesion: Youth media and youth engagement in accessible IT (coord. World Bank/RAI International) 13.1514:15 Lunch
14:1515:45 Thematic Breakout Session III · Development of Inclusive Policies for Youth from Ethnic and Religious Minorities (coord. World Bank/Roma Education Fund) · Development of Policies Pertaining to Youth with Disabilities (coord. World Bank) · Youthcentered Peace and Tolerance Programs (coord. World Bank) · Youth and Justice (coord. World Bank) · Youth migrants, integration and citizenship (City of Rome, Italian Development Cooperation, IOM) · Art and Culture as a Tool for Youth development (coord. by Nokia) 15:4516:30 Coffee Break 16:3018.00 Repor t back fr om BreakOut Sessions and General Discussion 18:0018:15 Wrapup and Conclusions · Next steps · Objectives of Day 3 DAY 3 Thur sday, May 24 Investing in youth at countr y level: Options and challenges Chair: Klaus Rohland, Country Director for Russian Federation, WB 9:3010:00
A Conver sation on Investing in Youth at Countr y Level
Klaus Rohland, Country Director for Russian Federation Nadir Mohammed, Albania Country Manager 10:0010:30 Coffee Break 10:3012:00
SubRegional Discussions on Conference theme 1: Transition to Employment 4
· What are the major youth employment related issues that you need to
address in your country · What kind of resources does your country need to successfully respond to
these issues (eg. financial, human, institutional) · What kind of interventions have so far been employed? What kind of interventions would you like to see developed in the future? Subregional groups: Gr oup 1 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia Gr oup 2 Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Turkey Gr oup 3 Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro Gr oup 4 Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine Gr oup 5 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan In parallel
Meeting of Selection Committee of the 2007 ECA Youth Conference Innovation Grants
12:0013:30 Lunch 13:3015:00
SubRegional Discussions on Conference Theme 2: Exercising Youth Citizenship The objective of these country level discussions, organized in subregional groups, is to enable countries to define priorities, tradeoffs and modalities of investment in exercising active youth citizenship. Subregional groups: Gr oup 1 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia Gr oup 2 Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Turkey 5
Gr oup 3 Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro Gr oup 4 Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine Gr oup 5 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 15.0015.30 Coffee break 15:3016:45 Consolidated Reports from Country Discussions 16:4517:30 Joy Phumaphi, VicePresident, Human Development Network, The World Bank “Global Perspectives on Youth Policy and Initiatives” 17:3018:00
Announcement of grant winners Martin Sandelin , Vice President CSR and Community Involvement Nokia Shigeo Katsu , Vice President, Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank
18:3019:00 Revisiting the Objectives and F inal Conference Statement on the Implications for Investing in Youth Development in ECA Marta Dassu’, Advisor to Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Shigeo Katsu , Vice President, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank 20:00
Closing Reception
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