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Read the Report SPRING 2017 EUROPEAN YOUNG LEADERS (EYL40) LEADERSHIP IN AN INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE WORLD LISBON SEMINAR The European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme led by Friends of Europe is a unique, inventive and multi-stakeholder programme that aims to promote a European identity by engaging the continent’s most promising talents in initiatives that will shape Europe’s future. With the support of SPRING 2017 EUROPEAN YOUNG LEADERS (EYL40) LEADERSHIP IN AN INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE WORLD LISBON SEMINAR Report of the three-day seminar EUROPEAN young L EADERS This report reflects the seminar rapporteur’s understanding of the views expressed by participants. These views are not necessarily those of the organisations that participants represent, nor of Friends of Europe, its board of trustees, members or partners. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted, provided that full credit is given to Friends of Europe, and that any such reproduction, whether in whole or in part, is not sold unless incorporated in other works. Rapporteur: Paul Ames Publisher: Geert Cami Director: Nathalie Furrer Events Manager: Laetitia Garcia Moreno Programme Manager: Jean-Yves Stenuick Photographer: François de Ribaucourt Design: Elza Lőw © Friends of Europe - May 2017 This report is printed on responsibly produced paper TABLE OF CONTENTS About the programme 7 About Friends of Europe 8 The 2017 class 10 EYL40 participants 12 EYL40 Lisbon seminar 28 Executive summary 29 The leadership gap: Style or substance? 33 Responses to populism 45 Anglophone angst 57 Seeking solutions 66 Digital economy 66 Education 68 Migration 70 Climate and energy 72 Up close and personal 75 Agenda 82 Acknowledgements 94 About the programme | Spring 2017 7 ABOUT THE PROGRAMME EYL40.org /EYL40 @EYL40 The European Young Leaders (EYL40) The relaxed tone and out-of-the-box nature programme led by Friends of Europe is a of the European Young Leaders (EYL40) unique, inventive and multi-stakeholder programme have brought about salient programme that aims to promote a European and open discussions that have facilitated identity by engaging the continent’s most the development of a strong network of promising talents in initiatives that will shape committed Europeans. Europe’s future. Every year, they meet during two 3-day The European Young Leaders represent seminars that take place in symbolic a promising European leadership from all European cities, joined by decision-makers, over the continent and with a wide variety stakeholders and key European actors, of backgrounds including politics, business, to discuss issues of common concern civil society, academia, arts, science and the and develop concrete proposals and media. recommendations to tackle the challenges facing Europe and its citizens. From trailblazing biochemists to budding political leaders, and from dot.com From two meetings a year to a year-round entrepreneurs to NGO ‘stars’ who are engagement, this programme also turns shaping the social and environmental ideas into actions. That means ongoing policies of tomorrow, the European Young interactions between young leaders, alumni Leaders are a unique community that crafts and outside participants to boost innovative innovative responses to European challenges ideas and have a bigger impact on the and positively affects the lives of future European stage by forwarding projects that generations. matter to the community. 8 European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme - Lisbon seminar ABOUT FRIENDS OF EUROPE friendsofeurope.org /friendsofeurope.foe @friendsofeurope Friends of Europe is a leading think tank that DEBATE connects people, stimulates debate and triggers change to create a more inclusive, We foster open, insightful and provocative sustainable and forward-looking Europe. debates to stimulate fresh ideas and creative thinking. CONNECT Our portfolio of events and reports means that Friends of Europe is an independent think Friends of Europe contributes ideas and leads tank with a difference – we believe innovation the debate on a wide range of EU-related is a mindset, behaviour and action. We aim to issues, including: be catalysts for change and believe that real solutions come from transforming mindsets Energy and Climate | Health and Wellbeing through the confrontation of ideas and the Asia, Africa and Emerging Economies breaking down of silos between politicians, Peace, Security and Defence | International businesses and civil society. Development | Education and Skills | Migration and Integration | New Economic Models | Believing that change is achieved through Citizens’ Europe. inclusive policies and action, we reach out to and work with a wide network of Our European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme policymakers, international organisations, civil connects Europe’s most promising talents, society representatives, business leaders, and our Board of Trustees brings together academics, the media and citizens across the knowledge and experience of European Europe and beyond. leaders who include Presidents, Prime Ministers, European Commissioners and We have no national or party political bias and Presidents of the European Parliament. ensure that all viewpoints are represented in our activities and publications. About Friends of Europe | Spring 2017 9 The Development Policy Forum (DPF), the our debates, conferences, working groups, Asia programme and the Europe-China Forum reports and recommendations we provide build bridges to foster global partnerships. bold and ambitious but practical solutions for a more inclusive, sustainable and Europe’s World, our policy journal, is the forward-looking Europe. only pan-European publication which offers a unique insight into the views of leading FRIENDS OF EUROPE IN FIGURES: policymakers and opinion-makers on European and global challenges. • 5000+ senior participants and speakers Our online platform Debating Europe • 60 events, 50 publications and over 200 encourages citizen-led debates with op-eds every year policymakers. In less than five years, it has built up a 1.6m-strong community of citizens • 2m unique visitors to its websites across Europe and over 240,000 social media followers who put their questions to • 330,000-strong Facebook and Twitter high-profile decision makers. community CHANGE • 80,000+ database of contacts including senior decision-makers from the EU, We offer Europe’s citizens an opportunity national governments and international to take an active transformational role in institutions, NGOs, think tanks, shaping their environment. We use ground- universities, business and the media breaking online brainstorms to bring different stakeholder groups together from all over the world and constantly innovate in how we convene and shape discussions. Through EUROPEAN YOUNG LEADERS THE 2017 CLASS Eleni Antoniadou Ciara Clancy Muna Duzdar Co-Founder of Transplants CEO of Beats Medical, Ireland Secretary of State for without Donors, Greece Diversity, Public Service and Silvia Console Battilana Digitalisation, Austria Andreas Araouzos Co-Founder & CEO of Actor, Director and Producer, Auctionomics, Italy Colum Eastwood Cyprus Leader of Northern Ireland’s Manuel Costescu Social Democratic and Inés Arrimadas García Secretary of State for Labour Party (SDLP), United Leader of the Opposition in Foreign Investments and Kingdom the Catalan Parliament, Spain Public-Private Partnerships (2016-2017), Romania Adil El Arbi Eneko Atxa Film Director and Chef at three-Michelin-starred Xavier Damman Screenwriter, Belgium restaurant Azurmendi, Spain Founder & CEO of OpenCollective and Aaron Farrugia Marguerite Bérard-Andrieu Co-Founder of Storify, CEO of Malta Freeport CEO for Finance, Legal Affairs Belgium Corporation, Malta and Strategy at Groupe BPCE, France Carole Dieschbourg Myriam François Minister of the Environment, International News Kirsten Brosbøl Luxembourg Correspondent for TRT Member of Parliament, World, United Kingdom Denmark Xavier Duportet CEO & Chairman of Eligo Markus Freiburg Edoardo Camilli Bioscience, France Founder & Managing Director Co-Founder & CEO of Hozint, of FASE, Germany Italy 11 Mehdi Hasan Katarzyna Anna Nawrot Lara Rouyres Broadcaster, Journalist and Assistant Professor at Founder & CEO of Presenter at Al Jazeera the Poznan University of Selectionnist, France International, United Kingdom Economics, Poland Agnija Šeiko Owen Jones Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin Choreographer, Lithuania Columnist for the Guardian, Lecturer at the University United Kingdom College Dublin School of Michal Štencl Mathematics and Statistics, Founder & CEO of Sygic, Kaja Kallas Ireland Slovakia Member of the European Matina Stevis Parliament, Estonia Julia Obermeier Member of Parliament, Africa Correspondent for the Zanda Kalnina-Lukaševica Germany Wall Street Journal, Greece Parliamentary State Secretary Ewa Szmidt-Belcarz for European Affairs, Latvia Sébastien Pilard President of the Management Member of the Pays de Board of Empik, Poland Neža Kogovšek Šalamon la Loire Regional Council, Director of the Peace France Cezary Tomczyk Institute, Slovenia Eduardo Portal Martin Member of Parliament, Poland Eva Maydell Conductor and Founder of Davor Tremac Member of the European Antares Ensemble, Spain General Manager for Parliament, Bulgaria Southeast Europe at Uber, Virginia Raggi Croatia Fatima Moreira de Melo Mayor of Rome, Italy Olympic gold medal-winning Ozan Yanar Hockey Player, Member of Parliament, Finland The Netherlands EYL40 LISBON PARTICIPANTS EYL40 Lisbon participants | Spring 2017 13 EYL 2017 ELENI ANTONIADOU Greece ·
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