Youth and Sport activities

P2Pstudtours 41562

organised in co-operation with

The European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo1

Venue :

Name of meeting place:

Hotel AFA

Rr. Ali Kelmendi nr. 15

Pristina, 01 June - 03 June 2010

For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download

presentations of this event, please go to :

http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex.

1 Under UNSCR 1244/99

Aim of the meeting :

The P2P Programme intends to offer to civil society organisations from the

beneficiaries, among them also Kosovo, the possibility to familiarise themselves with

EU structures, policy making process, programmes, policies and best practices.

This seminar shall enhance the capacity of civil society organisations engaged in

youth, education, and sport activities in Kosovo.

More specifically, it shall present the possible EU programmes at the area of youth,

sport, culture and education.

It further intends to strengthen networking of CS organisations in Kosovo.

Nongovernmental organizations and other civil society actors shall learn how to

engage with national and international organisms to implement various youth

programmes at country level,

make outreach to remote areas and populations possible,

advocate issues relating to youth, education, employment, sport to a broad

audience.

Around 40 participants from civil society organisations in Kosovo will attend the

conference.

Some representatives of public authorities shall also take part at the event.

Day 1 : Tuesday 01 June 2010

Chair: - Ms Nurten Demiri,

European Commission Liaison Office

10:00 Arrival and registration of participants

Distribution of welcome package with the list of participants

10:30 Opening of the conference by

Mr. Kjartan Björnsson – Head of Operations Section, European

Commission Liaison Office in Pristina, Kosovo

10:45 Welcome speech by

Mr. Lutfi Haziri, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports

11:00 Presentation of the civil society facility

Ms Ardita Metaj-Dika, residential adviser in Kosovo, Technical

Assistance for civil society organisations TACSO (Technical Assistance

for Civil Society Organisations).

Ms Magdalena Kleim, DG Enlargement, D4, European Commission

11:15 Coffee break

11:30 EU approach to the Kosovo issues with focus on youth, culture, sport and

education

Ms Carole Poullaouec, ECLO, European Commission Kosovo

12:00 EU projects for Kosovo within short term technical assistance, TAIEX

Mr Conor Murray, DG ELARG, D4, European Commission

12:30 Questions and Answers

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Youth in Action Programme – general presentation of the EU programme

for young people and its availability to the Kosovo youth

Ms Michèle Grombeer, Programme Manager, Education, Audiovisual &

Culture Executive Agency, Unit P6 – Youth

Questions and answers

14:30 Young Kosovo, Kosovo Youth Strategy and Action Plan 2010-2012 –

Programme of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport,

Mr Fatmir Hoxha, Director of the Department of Youth, Ministry of

Culture, Youth & Sports

15:00 Fun Football summer school project,

Mr Iber Alaj, Director of the Department of Sport , Ministry of Culture,

Youth and Sports

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Kosovo Projects of the ECLO:

Culture for All - Promoting Youth Participation

Kids Festival in Kosovo

Ms Carole Poullaouec, ECLO, European Commission Kosovo

16:30 Questions and Answers

17:00 Visit to the Gallery of ART, Cocktail, Ministry of Culture

Day 2 : Wednesday 02 June 2010

Chair : - Ms Edis Agani,

European Commission Liaison Office

09:00 Arrival of participants

09:30 Introductory remarks on the employment situation in Kosovo

Ms Edis Agani, European Commission Liaison Office

09.45 Unemployment among the young generation – presentations followed by

debate

Moderation: Ms Edis Agani

Introduction to the national employment policy

Mr Nenad Rasic, Minsiter of Labour and Social Welfare, Kosovo

Education& Training as a crucial instrument for the development of

youth's employability that will increase their chance of first entry

and social inclusion

Ms Lida Kita, Operations Department, European Training Foundation,

Torino

Trends of unemployment in Europe: an input from the YFJ

Mr Luca Scarpiello, Board Member, European Youth Forum, Brussels

Employment, Youth and Local development Best practices in

Valencia Region (Spain)

Mr Miguel Mares Garces, Employment and Local Development,

Valencia Region, Brussels

11:00 Coffee break

11.30 Volunteering - a way through unemployment

Moderation: Ms Edis Agani

KOSOVO SPEAKER TBC!

Mr Domagoj Kovačić, Executive Director, South East European Youth

Network, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr Ibai Guirles López, REVE (Spanish Association of Ex-European

Volunteers), Valladolid, Spain

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Sport and social inclusion, equal opportunities and integration

Disabled youth

Ethnic minorities

Social imbalance

Sport at school

Youth centres

Ms Merita Berisha, Chief of Mother and Child Health Observatory,

Kosovo

Ms Vilma Venkovska-Milcev, Country Director, Search for Common

Ground Macedonia & Kosovo

Mr Miguel Mares Garces, Employment and Local Development, Valencia

Region, Brussels

15:30 Questions and Answers

16:00 Coffee break

16.15 Youth programmes

Mr Dren Rexha, Head of Youth Program, UNICEF Kosovo

16:45 Search for Common Ground – Project presentation

“Soccer-based soap opera for social change – The Team”

Mr Abou El Mahassine Fassi-Fihri, Europe Director, Search for

Common Ground, European Office, Brussels

17:00 Questions and Answers

Day 3 : Thursday 03 June 2010

Chair : Ms Sonja Mitter-Škulj

SALTO SEE

09:00 Arrival of participants

09:30 SALTO WORKSHOP about the Youth in Action Programme

Information sessions relating to:

Presentation of the Youth in Action Programme (objectives, priorities

and Actions open for the Neighbouring partner Countries incl.

Kosovo) and practical examples of its implementation;

Statistical and analytical overview on the use of the Youth in Action

Programme in Kosovo up to now;

Specific workshops on different Actions of the Programme open for

the Neighbouring Partner Countries (European Voluntary Service,

Youth Exchanges and Training and Networking Activities), during

which the participants have an opportunity to find links of how the

Programme could be integrated into their work;

Information about the support available in the frame of the Youth in

Action Programme in Kosovo, in particular by the SALTO South

East Europe Resource Centre;

Possibilities for support to participants after this event: support in

preparing project applications for Youth in Action projects

(possibilities for consultation), other possibilities for participation in

and learning more about the Programme.

Presentation by SALTO SEE trainers:

Ms Danijela Juric from Croatia and

Mr Dragan Atanasov from FYRo Macedonia

12:00 Questions and Answers and Discussion

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS

Guided by SALTO SEE trainers:

Ms Danijela Juric and Mr Dragan Atanasov

17:00 Questions and Answers

This meeting is being organised by the

Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument

of the European Commission

CHAR 03/149 , B - 1049 Brussels

Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07 , Fax: +32-2-296 76 94, Web site http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/