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Conference-debate "Europe for young people" and award ceremony of the competition "Become European citizens"

TUESDAY 14 MAY
Conference-debate EUROPE FOR YOUTH and
"BECOME EUROPEAN CITIZENS" award ceremony
9.30-13.00 Auditorium Metropolitan City of Venice
Via Forte Marghera 191, Mestre
Free entry until exhaustion

Tuesday 14 May 2019 from 9.00 to 13.00 at the Auditorium of the Metropolitan City of Venice, via Forte Marghera 191 Mestre, was held the Conference-debate "Europe for young people" organized by Europe Direct-Eurodesk of the Municipality of Venice, in collaboration with MFE European Federalist Movement, EURES, Veneto Lavoro, the European Parliament and the Metropolitan City of Venice.

The themes of the conference were: the job opportunities abroad made available by the European Union, transnational youth mobility and active European citizenship.

Afterwards there was the award ceremony of the Competition "Become European citizens" for high schools in Veneto in collaboration with the MFE European Federalist Movement.

The official plaque delivery ceremony for the School of Ambassador of the European Parliament was also programmed with the delivery of a parchment to the junior and senior ambassadors of the Ambassador School Programme project at Stefanini high school of Mestre-Venezia.

The multimedia presentation realised with the Junior Ambassadors of the Stefanini high school in Mestre was presented. The work is distributed with Creative Commons License Attribution and will be visible until 26 May 2019, date of the European elections.

Information services and European networks useful to young people who want to have a transnational mobility experience have been presented:

- Europe Direct
- Eurodesk
- EURES

- Veneto Lavoro
- SVE - Servizio Volontario Europeo e Corpo Europeo di Solidarietà

PROGRAMME:
Registration

Introduction and greetings from the authorities

Ermelinda Damiano, President of the city council of Venice

Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, Director of the Venetian office of the Council of Europe

Francesca Favino, MIUR - Veneto Regional Education Department

I SESSION: Conference-debate "Europe for young people"

- Network for young people in the territory

Francesca Vianello, Europe Direct del Comune di Venezia (slides attached below)

Mauro Mazzetto - Eurodesk Comune di Venezia

- Jobs in Europe

Roberta Scarpa, EURES – Veneto Lavoro (slides attached below)

- Transnational youth mobility and active European citizenship
Mauro Mazzetto, Europe Direct-Eurodesk Comune di Venezia (slides attached below)

- Erasmus experiences

Nunzia Di Francesco e Isabella Milto, ESN Erasmus Student Network Venezia

- Stavoltavoto.eu

Barbara Forni, European Parliament Information Office in Milan

Coffee break

II SESSION: Ambassador School Programme Final Ceremony

III SESSION: Award ceremony of the Competition "Become European citizens"
Giorgio Anselmi, President of MFE
Experience from a member of the GFE Gioventù Federalista Europea Venezia

Closing cerimony

Useful links:

What Europe does for me

Stavoltavoto.eu

European elections 2019

MFE European Federalist Movement

Video "Europe is now"

Photos of the event: