YOUTH EMPLOYMENT EVENT - One Year After – BUILDING a SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT EVENT - One Year After – BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Rome, 12-14 November 2014 Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers

DRAFT AGENDA

1. BACKGROUND

The European Youth Forum (YFJ) and the National Youth Council of Italy (FNG) will organise an event on youth employment as a follow-up to the one held in Paris in November 2013.

The Youth Event will be part of the institutional programme of the Italian Presidency. It will take place between the European Council meetings of 23 October and 18 December and the EPSCO meetings of 16 October and 1 December 2014.

2. EXPECTED OUTCOME

The event will be an opportunity to come up with a series of recommendations for the new European Commission, the new European Parliament and EU Member States in the field of employment.

The recommendations will aim to impact the agenda of the new European Commission, so that it is focused on ensuring that Europe invests in creating employment opportunities for youth.

As the Event is an official part of the Italian Presidency agenda, the recommendations will also feed into the handover report which will be delivered by the Italian Presidency to the Latvian Presidency with the aim of impacting the upcoming Presidency to put sustainable growth and job creation at the heart of their programme.

DRAFT PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER VENUE – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers) – Sala Polifunzionale – Via Santa Maria in Via, 37b – Roma

17:00 – 18:30: High-level welcome and opening What has happened since last year?

- Calogero Mauceri , Head of Italian Youth Department - Giuseppe Failla , President, Forum Nazionale Giovani - Lloyd Russel-Moyle , Vice President, European Youth Forum - Moderation: FNG

- Social Partner input - Salvatore Marra , ETUC Youth - Marco Gabriele Gay , Confindustria TBC

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 09.30 – 13:00: Parallel workshops

Workshop 1: European labour market policies Active and passive labour market policies: targeted measures for youth VENUE – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers) – Sala 32 “Andrea Moneta” – Via della Mercede, 9 – Roma

Experts : Massimiliano Mascherini, Research Manager, Eurofound Thannaletchimy Thanagopal, International Organisation of Employers National Youth Council inputs Moderator : European Youth Forum Rapporteur : FNG

Workshop 2: Investing in Sustainable growth and job creation The green economy; redistribution systems; European fiscal and macro-structural challenges: how far can European governance go? VENUE – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers) – Sala Polifunzionale – Via Santa Maria in Via, 37b – Roma

Experts : Gianni Rosas, Coordinator Youth Employment, ILO; National Youth Council inputs Moderator: FNG Rapporteur : European Youth Forum

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00: Parallel Workshops continued

13:00 – 14:30: Lunch

14:30 – 15:30: Wrap-up plenary session and conclusions Rapporteurs present conclusions of each workshop, followed by discussion from plenary to feed into final inputs for recommendations

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Round Table: Labour Market Policies VENUE – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers) – Sala Polifunzionale – Via Santa Maria in Via, 37b – Roma

Keynote speakers:

- Luigi Bobba, Undersecretary of State for Youth Policies TBC - Pavel Trantina , Rapporteur on Youth Policies and Vice-chair of Group III, European Economic and Social Committee - On. Cesare Damiano, Chair of the Employment Committee, Chamber of Deputies , Italian Parliament - Sen. Maurizio Sacconi, Chair of the Employment Committee, Senate of the Republic , Italian Parliament - Gianni Rosas, Coordinator, Youth Employment Coordinator, Employment Sector, ILO - Annemarie Muntz, President, Ciett and EuroCiett

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER VENUE – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers) – Sala Monumentale – Largo Chigi, 19 – Roma

10:00 – 12:30: Panel debate “Growth and jobs in Europe: where next?”

Presentation of conclusions from workshops: European Youth Forum and FNG

Keynote speaker: - Giuliano Poletti , Labour Minister of Italy TBC

Presentation of European Youth Forum Report “Youth and the Crisis: what went wrong ”: Allan Pall , Secretary General, European Youth Forum

Panel debate: - Iyanatul Islam , ILO, Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch - Francesco Saraceno , Senior Economist, French Observatory on Economic Conditions - Anthony Gooch , OECD, Director of Public Affairs and Communications - Moderation European Youth Forum

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30: Departure of participants