PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

THURSDAY, 9 October

09h30 Meeting of Senior Officials
Arrival of Delegations (afternoon and evening). Registration

16h00-17h00:meeting of the Sub-Committee on Youth and Sport of the Parliamentary Assembly

18h00 Welcome concert

19h00 Welcome dinner hosted by the Ukrainian government

FRIDAY, 10 October

09h30 Opening of the Conference and morning session (in the plenary room):

Opening of the Conference by Ms. Maud DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Welcome address by the Governance of Ukraine
Address by Ms. Maud DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Conference
Adoption of the agenda
Address by Ms. Nyamko SABUNI, Minister of Integration and Gender Equality of Sweden, representing the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Address by Mr. Andre SCHNEIDER, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Youth and Sport of the Parliamentary Assembly
Address by Mr. Yavuz MILDON, President of the Congress of Local and regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Address by Mr. Pierre MAIRESSE, Director for Youth, Sport and relations to the Citizens/DG Education & Culture - European Commission
Presentation of the results of the youth event by Ms. Bettina SCHWARZMAYR, President of the European Youth Forum

11h00 Press conference given by the Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Ukraine for Family, Youth and Sport and the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

11h30 Keynote address on the theme of the Conference by Prof. Vladimir FILIPPOV, Rector of the People’s Friendship University of Russia

12h15 Presentation of the background document “The future of the Council of Europe youth policy: Agenda 2020” by Dr. Gavan TITLEY, Centre for Media Studies, the National University of Ireland

12h30 Luncheon hosted by the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe for the Ministers and Heads of Delegations.

14h30 Afternoon session (Panel discussions in four different working rooms)
Panel 1: “Youth policy measures to promote equal opportunities for girls and boys/young women and young men” (interpretation in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish passive and Ukrainian)
Moderator: Prof. Carol HAGEMANN-WHITE, Faculty of General Pedagogy and Gender Studies, University of Osnabruck, Germany
Rapporteur: Mr. Etienne GENET (Advisory Council on Youth)

Panel 2: “Youth policy measures to empower young people to promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue and its religious dimension” (interpretation in English, French and German)
Moderator: Mr. Davide CAPECCHI (Secretary General of the European Youth Information and counselling Agency/ERYICA
Rapporteur: Ms. Basak SARAL (Advisory Council on Youth)

Panel 3: “Youth policy measures to support young people’s access to social rights” (interpretation in English, French, Italian and Russian)
Moderator: Dr. Howard WILLIAMSON, Professor of European Youth Policy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Wales – United-Kingdom
Rapporteur: Ms. Agnes VON MARAVIC (Council of Europe)

Panel 4: “Youth policy measures to promote intergenerational dialogue and solidarity” (no interpretation – English only)
Moderator: Ms. Antje ROTHEMUND, Executive Director of the European Youth Centre Budapest – Council of Europe
Rapporteur: Mr. Tine RADINJA (European Youth Forum)

17h00 End of afternoon session. Ministers will be provided with the necessary facilities for bilateral contacts and discussions.

19h30 Protocol event on the behalf of Mayor of the city of Kyiv Leonid M. Chernovetsky, for all the participants of the Conference

SATURDAY, 11 October (plenary session)

10h00 Final session:

Presentation of the conclusions of the Panels by the Rapporteurs
Presentation draft Declaration by Mr. Jan VANHEE, Chairman of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and Mr. Georg BOLDT, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ)
Adoption of the Declaration
Closing addresses by:

The Ukrainian government
Mr. Georg BOLDT, Chairman of the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ)
Ms. Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport (DG4) – Council of Europe

Departure

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