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Data: 27/05/2017
NR.: 175
DATA: 27.05.2017
TITOLO PROGETTO: "Connecting Youth - Moving Forward": EU - Western Balkans Forum on Youth organised in parallel to the Western Balkans 6 Summit
RICHIESTA PROVENIENTE DA: Sonja Mitter Škulj (Italia)
TIPOLOGIA: Seminar / Conference
ARGOMENTO: The forum aims to build on previous discussions among young people, youth workers, youth leaders and other relevant stakeholders involved in youth policy and further stimulate youth presence in the Western Balkans. The conference will stress the importance of youth to the European integration process.
PAESI PARTNER CHE HANNO GIÀ ADERITO: -
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Activity date: 11th - 12th of July 2017
Venue place, venue country: Trieste, Italy
Summary: The European Commission and the Government of the Italian Republic, supported by the European Youth Forum and SALTO SEE Resource Centre, organise a Western Balkans Forum on Youth "Connecting Youth – Moving Forward" in the framework of the WB Summit.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth Policy Makers.
For participants from: Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries; Western Balkan countries.
Group size: 60 participants
Details:
Background
The Positive Agenda for the Youth in the Western Balkans, which was created at the Brdo Summit in Slovenia in April 2015, introduced the youth dimension to the Western Balkans Berlin Process. The following year a Youth Conference was organised back-to-back to the Western Balkan Summit in Paris on 4 July 2016. There 150 young people from the Western Balkans and the EU Member States met to discuss education, mobility, employment, entrepreneurship, youth engagement, participation, and media. Consequently, a follow-up conference was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the end of September 2016, and the Action Plan for Youth Work and Youth Policy was developed. Following the success of the previous conferences, it is crucial to make the work to date more concrete. We are therefore delighted to announce a forum on youth again this year, alongside the Western Balkans Summit in Trieste on 11 and 12 July. "Connecting Youth – Moving Forward" will bring together 60 young people from the EU and Western Balkans countries, to discuss common challenges and work towards finding joint solutions.
Objective
"Connecting Youth – Moving Forward" aims to build on previous discussions among young people, youth workers, youth leaders and other relevant stakeholders involved in youth policy and further stimulate youth presence in the Western Balkans. The conference will stress the importance of youth to the European integration process. The forum will focus the discussion around four key themes identified as a priority in the region: Mobility/ Exchanges/ Broadening of Horizons; Social Inclusion/ Overcoming of Stereotypes; Entrepreneurship and Youth Participation. Debate will feed into the existing agenda of the WB6 Summit by passing on the main conclusions.
Participants will join forces in 4 parallel groups working on the following topics:
1) Mobility/ Exchanges/ Broadening of Horizons
Mobility is an important theme for the Western Balkan region because mobility improves the skill sets of young people, brings young people together, increases cultural understanding and facilitates exchange of best practices to tackle the common challenges young people are facing. The discussion will explore ways to increase access for everyone to various mobility opportunities and to remove obstacles for participation.
Questions to be tackled here include:
• How to reach young people with fewer opportunities?
• How to guarantee a fair share of participation?
• How to broaden the horizon for young persons?
2) Social Inclusion/ Overcoming of Stereotypes
Inclusion of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups is another important aspect of youth empowerment in the region. Young people with fewer opportunities have less social networks, are less active in political life and are more likely to be unemployed than others. These divides threaten to undermine the social fabric and sustainable long-term economic growth (see EU Youth Report 2015) . All young people deserve fair and equal treatment, but this demands long-term investments. We should decrease the number of socially excluded young people and promote equal chances for personal development and active participation in society.
Questions to be tackled here include:
• How to promote inclusion?
• How to familiarise policy makers and practitioners with the concept of social inclusion?
• How to remove obstacles to inclusion?
• How to avoid alienation from mainstream society and its values?
• Should there be limits on freedom of speech?
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