Program – The Azores 2023 Conference and Workshop

The Azores 2023 Conference and Workshop

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
A guide for NEET social inclusion: Contributions from researchers, policy-makers and institutions

24th May 2023

TIMEPROGRAM
09:00 to 09:30Registration
09.30 to 10.00OPENING CEREMONY
Maria Joao Carreiro | Regional Secretary of Youth, professional Quialification and Employment from The Azores Government
Álamo Meneses | President of the Municipality of Angra do Heroísmo*
– Francisco Simões | Chair of the Rural NEET Youth Network, Iscte, Portugal
10.00 to 11:00THE FUTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPEAN ISLANDS
Moderator: Tatiana Ferreira | Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal   
Keynote speakers:
Francisco Maduro-Dias | Peripheries and centers from an islander perspective
– Giorgios Chatzchristos | Aegean University, Greece  – Beyond “youth guarantees”: Insights from the activation of NEETs on the Greek islands
11:00 to 11:30Coffee-break
11.30 to 12.30  THE FUTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPEAN RURAL AREAS
Moderator: Mariano Soler-Porta, University of Málaga, Spain  
Roundtable:
Luca Koltai | HÉFTA Research Institute and Center for Social and Economic Analyses, Hungary
– Heidi Paabort | University of Tartu, Estonia
– Alen Mujcinovic | University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
12.30 to 14.30Lunch
14.30 to 15.45RURAL NEET YOUTH NETWORK: AVENUES FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN PERIPHERIES
Moderator: Federica Pizzolante, Pathernope University of Naples, Italy
Panel presentation:
Maria Fernandes-Jesus | University of York St. John, UK
– Paul Flynn | University of Galway, Ireland
– Claudia Petrescu | Research Institute for Quality Of Life; University Of Bucharest, Romania
Stefan Bojnec | University of Primorska, Slovenia
15.45 to 16.00Coffee-break
16.00 to 16.15WHAT IS COST AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO OFFER?
Oral presentation:
Carmencita Malimban | COST Association
16.15 to 16.30THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EUROPEAN RURAL YOUTH OBSERVATORY FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPEAN PERIPHERIES: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Oral presentation:
Francisco Simões | Chair of the Rural NEET Youth Network, Iscte, Portugal

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