Programme

Youth in the post-war reconstruction process

MODERATOR: Katrina Leitane, President of the EESC coordination group for the European Year of Youth

10 a.m. - Opening session

  • Welcome address and introductory statement by Mr Séamus Boland, President of Group III
  • Live poll with Slido

10:10 a.m. - Panel I: The dimension of the war in Ukraine and new youth realities

Ukrainian dimension 

  • Ms Natalia Shevchuk, chair of the Ukrainian Youth Council
  • Speaker from Ukrainian local/grassroots youth organization (tbc)
  • Ms Anzhelika Saldetskaya, 15-year-old girl from Odessa
  • Q&A

Institutional dimension 

  • Mr Martin Muehleck, Policy coordinator of the Support Group for Ukraine, DG NEAR
  • Ms Sabine Verheyen, Member of the European Parliament, European People’s Party (EPP)
  • Mr Jaroslav Kurfürst, Ambassador, Special Envoy for the Eastern Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
  • Q&A

European dimension

  • Ms Kinga Dziadowicz, Volunteer at the Polish NGO Fundacja Strefa Dorastania
  • Mr Horia Oniță, President of the National Alliance of Students Organizations in Romania (ANOSR) and member of the Romanian Economic and Social Committee  
  • Ms Monika Dreik, International Commissioner, Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP)
  • Ms Catriona Graham, Director, advocacy and partnerships, World Scout Bureau – European Support Centre.
  • Q&A 

11.40 a.m. - Panel II: What's next? Presenting proposals.

  • Ms Louise Grabo, EESC Member, Youth representative of National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations (LSU), President of Digital Transition and Single Market Observatory 
  • Mr Horia Oniță, President of the National Alliance of Students Organizations in Romania (ANOSR) and member of the Romanian Economic and Social Committee
  • Ms Natalia Shevchuk, chair of the Ukrainian Youth Council
  • Ms Catriona Graham, director, advocacy and partnerships, World Scout Bureau – European Support Centre
  • Slido: Voting on proposals

11.55 a.m. - Final remarks