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Thursday 31st March
13.00 – 13.45
- Icebreaker
- Introductory meeting and exchange with students
- Group photo on screen
13.45 – 14.15 Opening Session – webstreaming on 
Moderated by Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice-President
- Opening speech by Christa Schweng, EESC President
- Ruurd Oosterwoud, founder of DROG
- Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, journalist and founder of Lie Detectors
- Qs & As
14.15 – 14.30 Short Break
14.30 – 15.45 Game "Under Pressure" in breakout groups (I)
15.45 – 16.00 Short Break
16.00 – 17.00 Game "Under Pressure" in breakout groups (II) (cont.)
17.00 – 17.15 Check-out of first day for Students
Friday 1st April
09.30 – 11.00 Workshop I in breakout groups (first part)
11.00 – 11.15 Break
11.15 – 12.30 Workshop I in breakout groups (second part)
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch break
13.00 – 13.45 Fake News: The Musical! – Interactive cultural event
13.45 – 15.15 Workshop II in breakout groups
15.15 – 15.45 Break / Preparatory & Coordination break for the Closing Youth Plenary
15.45 – 16.45 Closing Session – webstreaming on
Chaired by Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice-President
- Keynote speaker: Ms Věra Jourová, European Commission Vice-President and European Commissioner for Values & Transparency
- Presentation of the proposals to the EU Commissioner by the students
- Concluding remarks
16.45 – 17.15 YEYS After-party
Virtual Edition – Teachers' Programme
Thursday 31st March
13.00 – 13.45
- Icebreaker by moderator
- Introductory meeting and exchange with students
- Group photo on screen
13.45 – 14.15 Opening Session – webstreaming on
- Moderated by Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice-President
- Opening speech by Christa Schweng, EESC President
- Ruurd Oosterwoud, founder of DROG
- Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, journalist and founder of Lie Detectors
- Qs & As
14.15 – 14.30 Coffee Break
14.15 – 14.30 YEYS TEAM welcoming teachers (EESC)
- Short introductory address by EESC Vice-President, Cillian Lohan
15.00 – 16.00 House of European History (European Parliament)
- Presentation of the concept of 'Fake' as a common thread throughout history
- Provide ready-to-use exercises in order to successfully teach Media Literacy to students aged 12 to 18
- Forgery Quiz hosted by the famous forger, Han Van Meegeren
- Explore, Practise & Reflect on disinformation and on your own Snap Judgement
- Raise awareness about how facts, techniques and emotions may be blended to influence our worldviews, in the past and present.
16.00 – 16.15 Short Break
16.15 – 17.30 Council of the European Union
- Civic education package (quizzes/games/video)
Friday 1st April
10.00 – 11.00
- Welcome by Biliana Sirakova, EU Youth Coordinator within the European Commission
11.00 – 12.30 European Commission
Learning corner – Teaching the EU at school
- Presentation EU Learning Corner
Directorate General for Communication – Disinformation response team
- Presentation Spot and fight disinformation
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch break
13.00 – 14.00 European Committee of the Regions
- Introduction to the CoR
- Presentation of the 'Back to School' activities
- CoR summit of Marseille
14.00 – 15.00 European Parliament Ambassador School programme
- Check-in
- EPAS:
- The programme
- Learning resources: media literacy materials
- Together.eu and educators
- Brainstorming: What could help you to bring the EU into your classroom?
- Check-out
15.00 – 15.45 Break
15.45 – 16.45 Closing Session – webstreaming on
Chaired by Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice-President
- Keynote speaker: Ms Věra Jourová, European Commission Vice-President and European Commissioner for Values & Transparency
- Presentation of the proposals to the EU Commissioner by the students
- Concluding remarks