Arrival of participants

18:00   Registration at European Youth Centre Strasbourg (until 22:00)

19:00   Dinner

20:30   Welcome evening and drinks (dinning area)

8:00     Registration of participants (dinning area)

9:30     Official opening of the conference with:

• Ragnhildur Arnljótsdóttir, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe and Chair of the Committee of Ministers
• Matjaž Gruden, Director of Democratic Participation, Council of Europe (tbc)
• Spyros Papadatos, Chair of the Advisory Council on Youth
• Véronique Bertholle, Deputy to the Mayor of Strasbourg

9:50   Introduction to the context of the conference, its aim, objectives and programme

10:15   Exploring the experiences and expectations of the participants (working groups)

11:00   Break 

11:30   Working groups continued

12:15   Presentations of the working group results in plenary

13:00   Lunch

14:30   Presentation of the results of the study on the implementation of the Democracy Here | Democracy Now youth campaign by Silvia Volpi, consultant

15:00   Recalling the Call for Action launched by the participants in the Youth Action Week

            Working groups on the implementation of the Call for action:

1. Access to rights                                          
2. Meaningful youth participation               
3. Digitalisation                                               
4. Youth peace                                                

16:00   Break

16:30   Working groups continued

17:15   Presentation of the results of the working groups

19:00   Dinner

20:30   Networking and sharing evening

  9:30   Democracy now: how can we support young people to revitalise democracy? with

• Ambassador Jutta Frasch, Permanent Representative of Germany (tbc)
• Ambassador Breifne O'Reilly, Permanent Representative of Ireland (tbc)
• Thomas Andersson, Chair of the Committee on Current Affairs, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (tbc)
• Véronique Bertholle, Deputy to the Mayor of Strasbourg
• Iordanis Chorozoglou, Conference of INGOs
• María Rodríguez Alcázar, President of the European Youth Forum

11:00   Break

11:30   Building a common vision on revitalising democracy

13:00   Lunch

14:30   Workshops for learning from different initiatives aimed at revitalising democracy:

• Preparing youth to stand in elections, with Massimo Rotunno, Fantapolitica!
• Training and accompanying young voters, with Alexandra Chatzimimikou, Youth Empowerment Centre
• Let’s get political! Advocating political change on youth issues, with Caroline Vogt, German Federal Youth Council
• Developing the capacity of municipalities for youth participation, with Gianluca Rossino, Europiamo and Amal Hamich, Bureau International Jeunesse
• Young people and democracy in times of war, with Olga Donets and Olena Glazkova, Donetsk Youth Debate Centre
• Campaigning for democracy in non-democratic environments, with Marharyta Voryhava and Dzmitry Herylovich, Belarusian national youth council RADA
• Youth democratic activism for the climate
• Online tools for democracy, with Nils-Eyk Zimmermann, DARE Network

Read workshop descriptions HERE. 

16:30   Break

17:00   Open space networking, sharing and partnership-building

18:00   Closure of the day

Self organised dinner and free evening

9:30   The follow-up to the Democracy Here | Democracy Now youth campaign: aim, objectives and activities foreseen

10:15   Working groups on follow-up work at national and regional level

11:00   Break

11:30   Working groups continued

12:15   Presentations of the working group results

13:00   Lunch

14:30   Further defining the follow-up activities at European level in 2023:

1. Training and capacity building
2. Common action days
3. Advocacy at national and international level
4. Communication and visibility

…

16:00   Break

16:30   Presentation of the results of the working group

17:15   Next steps in the project

            Closing speeches with:

• Ambassador Fakhraddin Ismayilov, Permanent representative of Azerbaijan and Chair of the Rapporteur Group (GR-C) of the Committee of Ministers on Education, Culture, Sport, Youth and Environment (tbc)
• Dāvids Garšva, European Steering Committee for Youth
• Antje Rothemund, Head of the Youth Department, Council of Europe

18:30   Apero          

19:00   Festive dinner

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

Departures of participants