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Friday 19 March 2010 - 09:00-16:30
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09:00-09:45
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Opening - Hidden poverty and unemployment of Young Europeans
- Rebecca HARMS, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
- Csaba KÁNCZ, Cabinet Member of Commissioner Laszlo Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
- Laia ORTIZ, Vice-President of Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds and Chairwoman of Youth Committee of the Catalan Parliament
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09:45–11:45
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ES/EN/FR & passive CAT)
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Expert round - The situation of young people in Europe: access to employment, risk of exclusion, vulnerability and dependence?
Chair: Karima DELLI, Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
Facts on young people: poverty, unemployment and risk of exclusion: how to avoid a lost generation?
Speakers:
- Luca SCARPIELLO, European Youth Forum, Employment and Social Affairs
- Marie-Cécile RENOUX, ATD Quartmonde, www.endpoverty.eu
- Walter CERFEDA, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
- Mattias TESFAYE, former Chair 3F Youth, (Danish Trade Union)
- Alma JOENSEN, Social Affairs Committee Coordinator, European Student Union
- Lionel PRIMAULT, Génération Précaire / Jeudi Noir
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12:00–15:00
(no interpretation)
with lunch
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Workshops - Giving youth a voice, setting concerns related to:
- Education - Chair Raul ROMEVA, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
- Employment - Chair Marije CORNELISSEN, Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
- Poverty - Chair Elisabeth SCHROEDTER, Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
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15:00-16:30
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ES/EN/FR & passive CAT)
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Key round - Which solutions for youth unemployment and youth inclusion? What are the lessons to learn?
Co-Chairs: Philippe LAMBERTS and Emilie TURUNEN, Members of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP
- Education Workshop Rapporteur
- Employment Workshop Rapporteur
- Poverty Workshop Rapporteur
Conclusions by Emilie TURUNEN, Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP (Author of draft European Parliament report on "Promoting youth access to the labour market")
Closing - María del Mar SERNA, Labour Minister in the government of Catalonia
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