Building Networks for Rural Youth Opportunities (8th October 2021)

Event Date: 8th October 2021 Friday

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Location:Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje – Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje – Skopje, North Macedonia

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Time Description
12.00-12.10 Registration of participants
12.10-12.25 Opening of the CA18213 National Dissemination Meeting

–         Vjekoslav Tanaskovikj, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje

–         Aleksandar Tutnovski, COST National Contact Person, Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of North Macedonia

–        Goce Georgievski, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of Republic of North Macedonia

12.25-12.40 Introduction to COST: Western Balkans opportunities and challenges

–        Zoran Popovski, Full Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje and Member of Executive Board of COST

12.40-13.00 Experiences and Opportunities of involvement in COST Actions – Successful COST stories at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje

–         Dusica Santa, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje

–        Dimitar Nakov, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje

13.00-13.10 Introduction to CA18213 – Rural NEET Youth Network: Modelling the risks underlying rural NEETs social exclusion

–        Francisko Simoes, Chair of CA18213, Assistant Researcher at CIS-IUL

13.10-13.20 Coffee Break
13.20-13.40 Rural NEETs – Insights from CA18213 countries

–        Alen Mujcinovic, Leader of WG within CA18213, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo

13.40-13.50 Rural NEETs: Best practices across Southern and Eastern Europe

–        Claudia Petrescu, Leader of WG within CA18213, Researcher, Romanian Academy, Research Institute for Quality of Life

13.50-14.00 NEETs in North Macedonia – institutional framework

–         Daniela Bojadjieva, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics-Skopje

14.00-14.15 Rural NEETs in North Macedonia as a challenge for the agricultural and rural development policies

–         Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje

–        Emelj Tuna, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje

14.15-14.30 Open discussion on the challenges and the opportunities for rural NEETs in North Macedonia – building network

–        Representatives from the invited institutions

14.30 Closing of the national dissemination meeting

Target audience: Social workers, teachers, researchers, youth workers, NGOs, policy makers.