THE PROJECT

1s​t​ Youth Conference on ASEAN & ITALY – Partnership for Development

The “1st Youth Conference on ASEAN & Italy – Partnership for Development” will take place between the end of February and the beginning of April. It will be divided in two phases:

1. The first part will be entirely dedicated to the preparation and training of the young delegates, through a series of webinars held by international experts and institutions’ officials. The meetings will take place in the 4 weeks prior to the conference. During the last week, two Youth inspiring events are also planned, which will see the participation as speakers of young people who actively dedicate themselves to the creation and dissemination of opportunities for change and growth in their territories.
2. The second phase will see the organization of an International Conference, from 7 to 8 April 2021. During the Conference, the young delegates from Italy and ASEAN countries will work together, virtually, on the drafting of concrete solutions and youth-oriented recommendations, aimed at strengthening the cooperation between Italy and the ASEAN countries in the 3 main areas of the conference. The delegates will elaborate a final communiqué which will then be delivered to the institutions and partners involved.

PROGRAM OF THE PREPARATION PHASE

First Meeting – Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TOPIC​: Interactive Q&A between Speakers and Students on the importance of the Development Partnership between ASEAN and Italy.

WHO​: Joint meeting Italian and ASEAN students: ​Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – South-East Asia Division

WHEN​: ​Wednesday, 10th March 2021, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (CET)

Second Meeting – ASEAN Committee in Rome (ACR) and ASEAN Secretariat

TOPIC​: Interactive Q&A between Speakers and Students on ASEAN, its objectives, main fields of action.

WHO​:

• For Italian students: ​ASEAN Committee in Rome (ACR) – Friday, 13th March 2021, at 4:00 p.m. (CET)
• For ASEAN students: ​Officer from ASEAN​

Third Meeting –​ Meet the Expert!

TOPIC​: Meeting with experts, one for each topic of the conference.

WHO​: Italian students and ASEAN students will both participate jointly, divided in the working committees they applied for.

WHEN:

• Tuesday, 16th March 2021, 10:00 a.m. (CET) – ​Education and Innovation​: Associazione Italia-ASEAN – ​Mr.​ ​Valerio Bordonaro
• Thursday, 18th March 2021, 10:00 a.m. (CET)​: Ensuring Sustainability and Resilient Future:​ Ce. ​S.I. – ​Ms Francesca Manenti
• Health & Covid-19 Response: ​Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Fourth Meeting – Youth-Oriented Meetings (22-26 March)

Meeting 1: ​Youth as an active driving force of good social change

WHO​: Joint meeting italian and ASEAN students with the ​ASEAN Youth Organization – ​Mr​. Teo Jayren (President), Mr. Michael Nugraha Budiarto

Meeting 2: ​Entrepreneurship and cultural diplomacy

WHO​: Joint meeting italian and ASEAN students with the ​UNDIKNAS Studies Centre – Universitas Pendidikan Nasional, Bali

PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE (7-8 April)

Day 1 – 7th April 2021

9:00 (CET) Opening Ceremony

10:00 – 13:00 (CET) Begin works in committees

Day 2 – 8th April 2021

8:30 – 12:30 (CET) Working Session in the 3 working groups

12:30 (CET) ​Start of the Closing Ceremony

THE ROLE OF THE SELECTED DELEGATE

As a young delegate you will represent the youth of your country and you will have to:

• Participate in the preparatory meetings held by selected international experts before the conference
• Develop specific policy proposals on the areas mentioned above, in cooperation with the other delegates from ASEAN countries and Italy
• Create policy proposals that will stregthen and enlarge the cooperation between Italy and ASEAN for young people
• Set a short final document with your working group proposals to be shared with Italian institutions and ASEAN institutions

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