Friday 19 March 2010 - 09:00-16:30

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

09:45–11:45

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

12:00–15:00 

with lunch

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

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