EUROPEAN MEETING CENTRE - NOWY STAW FOUNDATION


YEAR 2009 NEWS


22.10.-25.10.2009 Esposende, Portugal Nothing about youth without youth: The key role of youth in modern Europe European Meeting Centre – Nowy Staw Foundation

Already the second youth conference of European Centre for Workers` Questions (EZA) will take place in Portugal. The participants of the conference will be young workers from organizations associated in EZA. The conference will concern the most important issues related to the situation of young people on the labour market. One of the main points on the agenda will be the official creation of the Youth Platform which will function within EZA structure.

First youth conference took place in 2007 in Brussels. It was then decided that such conferences should take place every 2 years with the purpose to create a place for young workers of EZA organizations where they can discuss about the problems of young workers. This year the conference will concern 3 main issues: life long learning, mobility and migration on the labour market and active participation of youth in the social-political life. The discussions will take place mostly in form of working groups devoted to these topics.

During the conference the Platform for Young Workers of EZA will be officially created. Invited to participate in the Platform are all members and associated members of EZA.

European Meeting Centre – Nowy Staw Foundation is a member of the core group managing the Platform from the very beginning of the works on the Platform establishing and is also one of the organizers of the youth conference.