27.10.2022 Meeting "Europe for Youth, Youth for Europe"

On October 27, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Meeting "Europe for Youth, Youth for Europe" was held at the Candiani Cultural Center in Mestre-Venice on the occasion of the European Year of Youth 2022.

The year 2022 has been proclaimed by the European Parliament as the European Year of Young People, a year in which local, regional and national institutions, together with associations, cooperatives, schools and universities, are called upon to organize events, initiatives and activities aimed at young people and giving them the opportunity to learn about the European context, of which our state is a part.

Coordination CSEV (Coordinamento Spontaneo di Enti e Volontari del Veneto) together with Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the Municipality of Venice and Europe Direct Padova of the Municipality of Padua proposed the event "Youth for Europe, Europe for Youth" with the intention of acquainting the youth group with the initiatives in the area that have an impact on Europe and to raise awareness of the citizenship's belonging to the European dimension.

The meeting was a proposal dedicated to young people from Veneto, particularly from the Civil Service to raise awareness of European initiatives related to international mobility, democratic participation and active citizenship. 

Admission was free while places lasted after registering at the following link

On the occasion of this meeting, a questionnaire on the European Union for young people was proposed to gather initial useful information about young people's experience of the European Union, and to share it with the guests at the meeting "Europe for Youth, Youth for Europe" on October 27, 2022. It was possible to fill out the questionnaire by October 23. 

It is possible to see the results of the data collected in the following link 

WATCH THE RECORD OF THE MEETING on the YouTube channel of Europe Direct of the Municipality of Venice 

WATCH THE RECORD OF THE EUROPE DIRECT VENEZIA VENETO VIDEO AND THE CIVIL SERVICE 2022 VIDEO that were screened during the meeting

PROGRAM:

Institutional Greetings
- Andrea Tomaello, Deputy Mayor of the City of Venice
- Laura Massoli, Director of the Office for Universal Civil Service
- Pasquale Borsellino, Director of the Family, Minors, Youth and Civil Service Organizational Unit of the Veneto Region

Youth and the European Union
- Young people and Conference on the Future of Europe - Massimo Gaudina, Head of the Representation in Milan of the European Commission
- Europe Direct Network - Francesca Vianello, Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the City of Venice
- Questionnaire presentation and Coordinamento Spontaneo Enti e Volontari di Servizio Civile del Veneto (CSEV) - Angela Terranova, CSEV spokesperson

Youth and European mobility
- European youth mobility - Xena, Center for Intercultural Exchange and Dynamics
- Testimonies from international youth volunteers, ESN, Erasmus Student, European Solidarity Corps and Universal Civil Service abroad 

Youth and Participation
- Democratic participation and active citizenship, City of Venice 
- Youth testimonies, former volunteer civil service workers in Bosnian territory, members of the European Youth Council, Ambassadors of the European Year of Youth 2022 for Veneto and Civil Peace Corps

Visit the large portal dedicated to the European Year of Youth here!
In particular, find here all the initiatives for European Youth