Rural young people: Alternative futures for more hopeful rural societies
(Final conference of the COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network)
Venue:
European Committee of Regions
Batiment Jacques Delors, Rue Belliard 99/101, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
12th March 2024
Event moderator: Mariano Soler (University of Málaga, Spain; Communication officer of the Rural NEET Youth Network)
| Time | What |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10.00-10.30 | Opening ceremony Radim Sršeň | European Committee of Regions (NAT Commission) Ronald de Bruin | Director of the COST Association Maria das Dores Guerreiro | Iscte, vice-rector for internationalization Francisco Simões | Chair of the Rural NEET Youth Network, Iscte, Portugal |
| 10.30 –11:20 | Young people’s future in the peripheries of Europe: What’s next? Keynote speakers Rosario Scandurra | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Sofia Marques da Silva | University of Porto, Portugal |
| 11:20-11:45 | Coffee-break |
| 11.45-12.45 | Education & Employment: Contributions from the Rural NEET Youth Network Roundtable Heidi Paabort | Ministry on Economic Affairs and Communications and University of Tartu, Estonia Claudia Petrescu | Research Institute for Quality of Life; University of Bucharest, Romania Comment: Beatrice Rinaldi | DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch (lunch break includes the video session “Members voice” starting at 13.30 |
| 14.00-15.00 | Social Inclusion & Sustainability: Contributions from the Rural NEET Youth Network Roundtable Maria Fernandes-Jesus | University of Sussex, United Kingdom Alen Mujcinovic | University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Comment: Elena Marta | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milano/Brescia |
| 15.00-16.00 | Becoming NEETer: Young people as the next rural resource Roundtable co-organized with the EU Rural Pact Wallis Vandebrock-Goellen | DG Regio, European Commission Anastasia Costantini | Diesis Network Spyros Papadatos | Rural Youth Europe |
| 16.00-16.20 | Coffee-break |
| 16.20-17.00 | Wrap-up: The contribution from the European Rural Youth Observatory for the future of rural young people Oral presentation & Comment Francisco Simões | Chair of the Rural NEET Youth Network, Iscte, Portugal Comment: Charalampos Papaioannou | DG EAC, European Commission |
