11-12/07/2017 - Συνέδριο: Connecting Youth - Moving Forward (Ιταλία)

"Connecting Youth - Moving Forward": EU - Western Balkans Forum on Youth organised in parallel to the Western Balkans 6 Summit, Seminar / Conference, 11-12 July 2017 | Trieste, Italy

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.

"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: 1) Mobility/ Exchanges/ Broadening of Horizons ; 2) Social Inclusion/ Overcoming of Stereotypes; 3) Entrepreneurship and 4)Youth Participation.

Debate will feed into the existing agenda of the WB6 Summit by passing on the main conclusions.

The European Commission will make the necessary travel and accommodation arrangements for selected participants. Please refrain from making any specific individual travel or accommodation arrangements. Catering will be provided during the Conference.

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