Programme

Welcome speech

• Elena-Alexandra Calistru, Vice-president of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Panel

The importance of involving youth in decision-making

• Katrīna Leitāne, Florian Marin and Pierre Bollon, members of the EESC ad-hoc group on Youth

The beginnings of the EU Youth Test within the ECO section

• Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, one of the rapporteurs of opinion Reform and investment proposals and their implementation in the Member States – what is the opinion of organised civil society? (2023-2024 European Semester cycle) (ECO/631), the first ECO opinion chosen to implement the Youth test

How can this test be implemented further within the ECO section: what are the key economic policies on which young people want to make their voices heard? 

• Anna Blackwell, EU manager, European Youth Forum.

Experiences from discussions at national level

• Anthony Efstathiadis and Vasilis Angelopoulos, representatives of the youth organisation Get Involved,  who took part in the round table in Greece organised as part of the consultation carried out in the context of opinion ECO/631.

Debate with ECO section members and audience

Conclusions

• Elena-Alexandra Calistru, Vice-president of the ECO Section, EESC

End of the debate