The Azores 2023 Conference and Workshop
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
A guide for NEET social inclusion: Contributions from researchers, policy-makers and institutions
24th May 2023
| TIME | PROGRAM |
| 09:00 to 09:30 | Registration |
| 09.30 to 10.00 | OPENING 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 11:00 | THE 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 11:30 | Coffee-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 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 to 15.45 | RURAL 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 16.00 | Coffee-break |
| 16.00 to 16.15 | WHAT IS COST AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO OFFER? Oral presentation: Carmencita Malimban | COST Association |
| 16.15 to 16.30 | THE 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 |
