Youth Event 2008, Slovenia, 18 – 21 April 2008

(2008 04 22 15:28)

Young people from 38 countries were invited to participate in the event on „Promoting the Participation of Young People with Fewer Opportunities in the Society” in Ljubljana and Brdo pri Kranju. Participants from all European Union and EFTA Member States, Candidate Countries and the Western Balkan Countries discussed how to provide equal opportunities to all young people.

The main aim of the meeting was to give young people a chance to share opinions on possibilities for social inclusion of disadvantaged youth as well as to contribute to the implementation of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

On 19 and 20 April young people were able to take part in workshops and discussions concentrating on issues such as improving the mobility of young people with fewer opportunities, more and better employment for them, non-formal education and competence building with disadvantaged youth, their role in intercultural dialogue and their integration in society. They were also given an opportunity to present their conclusions during the meeting of the Directors-General responsible for the implementation of youth policy.

 

During the opening ceremony on 18 April Dr Milan Zver, Slovenian Minister of Education and Sport and current President of the EU Education and Youth Council, Mr Ján Figel', European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Mr Matjaž Štolfa, President of the National Youth Council of Slovenia, and Ms Bettina Schwarzmayer, European Youth Forum President gave inauguration speeches.

More information is available here.

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