Live Event: International Youth Forum Oct 9-10
Podcast host Emelie Weski speaks at the International Youth Forum “Brussels Dialogue-2020”. "Shared history and common future. 75 years responsibility for peace"
«Brussels Dialogue» is an international youth dialogue platform, created in 2019 by the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Brussels.
The first forum took place on 26 October 2019 and gathered more than 300 participants. The event aroused great interest among European and Belgian youth. Topics covered included: academic diplomacy, public diplomacy, economic future, new technologies.
In 2020, in the year of the 75th anniversary of Victory and the end of the Second World War and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the second forum "Brussels Dialogue" it is planned to be held on 9-10 October 2020 (in online/ "hybrid" format). The Forum will be dedicated to the preservation of historical memory, as well as to the role of international cooperation within the UN and the Council of Europe and the role of youth in the 21st century to ensure and develop world peace established after World War II.
The main goal of the Forum is to promote dialogue between young people from Russia and European countries, and creation of a common cultural, scientific, information and educational space, inviting the youth of European countries to cooperate with peers from Russia.
12.30-14.00 CET on Saturday 10th of October, 2020.
“The role of youth in peace-building: yesterday, today, tomorrow”Panelists:
Expert from the UN Youth Sector: Emelie Weski, Representative of the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth Global Focal Point SDG 16, Vice-President of the National Youth Council of Sweden
Expert from Belgium: Jan Vanhee, European and International Youth Policy - EU Youth affairs attaché of the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU
Expert from the UN youth sector: Lina Achour, representative of UN Youth Delegate Programme from Belgium
Expert from Russia: Ivan Timofeev the director of programs of the Russian International Affairs Council
Expert from the youth sector of the Council of Europe: Pegah Maysa Moulana, member of the Advisory Council on Youth of Council of Europe
Expert from the European Youth Forum: Jovana Majstorovic, Board Member of the European Youth Forum
Moderator:
Konstantin Kolpakov, Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation