How to support public authorities and political decision-makers in the realisation of political reforms and more effective initiatives in the field of youth?
How to encourage young people to actively and incisively participate in the European politics through digital devices?
We are glad to invite you to participate in the YouthMetre Final Conference that will be taking place at the EU Committee of the Regions in Brussels, on the 24th April 2018.
The event will bring together representatives of European institutions, regional and local authorities, civil society associations, universities and experts from different countries to exchange knowledge, experience and good practice to promote youth participation to European politics.
The initiative aims at supporting EU Member States, municipalities and regions in carrying out effective policy reforms in the field of Youth, in line with the indications provided by the EU Youth Strategy and according to the priorities perceived by its target population: young Europeans.
YouthMetre Final Conference
Structured Dialogue: the use of digital tools to foster
youth engagement in policy-making
24 April 2018 | h. 11.00
EU Committee of the Regions, Batiment Jacques Delors, Belliardstraat, Brussels (Belgium)
AGENDA
Morning Session
11.00 – 11.30 Registration of participants
11.30 – 11.45 Welcome speeches
11.45 – 13.30 Panel discussion: The Perspectives of the Institutional Stakeholders.
13.30 – 14.00 Debate & Remarks/Recommendations on the development of the youth e-participation and involvement of the policy makers in the process.
14.00 – 15-00 Networking Lunch
Afternoon Session
15.00 – 16.30 Panel discussion: the Practitioners Perspective.
16.30 – 17.00 Debate & Feedback from participants.
17.00 – 18.00 Networking cocktail
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The registration to the event is requested to access the CoR.
The registrations are opened until 5th April.
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The conference is part of the YouthMetre project, co-financed by the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 3 – Support for policy reform with the aim to support EU Member States, municipalities and regions in carrying out effective policy reforms in the field of Youth.
The project partnership holds together 6 organisations:
- EUROGEO – European Association of Geographers(Belgium, coordinator);
- UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA(Spain);
- EYP – European Youth Press – Network of young media makers e.V. (Germany):
- ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy(France);
- ARS for Progress(Belgium);
- CESIE (Italy).
Visit the YouthMetre website for the latest updates and follow YouthMetre on Facebook and Twitter.
For more information about the conference, contact Mihaela Onofras at mihaela.onofras@aldaintranet.org.
For further information on the project, please contact Caterina Impastato, caterina.impastato@cesie.org.
