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3. apr. 2018
On behalf of Estonian National Youth Council we are pleased to invite you to participate on international seminar dedicated to topic of lowering the voting age.
Wednesday, 17 of April from 11.30 to 17.30 in Parliament of Estonia Conference Hall (Lossi Plats 1a, Tallinn)
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Thursday, 18 of April from 9.00 to 15.30 in Club of Different Rooms (Telliskivi Creative Hub, Tallinn)
You can follow broadcast of the seminar:
Background of initiative
In May 2018 Estonian National Youth Council in cooperation with Children’s Voice Association from Finland organised thematic seminar in Parliament of Estonia dedicated to Estonian experience in lowering the voting age for local government elections. Due to high interest from participants and partners we decided to organise second-phase of the event which will focus to possibility of lowering the voting age in European Parliament elections which has been one of the recommendations from the Parliament to memberstates of EU.
The seminar aims to share arguments in favour or against the topic over all, investigate practices, data and impact of European countries which already have lowered the voting age and to initiate dialogue between youth and decision-makers about each expectations and cooperation outlooks. Due to upcoming European Parliament elections it will be one of the scope areas of the seminar.
The seminar is funded by Erasmus+ programme through Estonian National Youth Agency and Republic of Estonia Ministry of Education and Research.
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Agenda for the seminar |
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Wednesday, 17th of April 2019 |
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11.30 |
Arrival and registration of participants |
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12.00 |
Opening remarks |
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12.30 |
1st session: Why is it Important to Empower Youth? Airi-Alina Allaste (Tallinn University) Expected outcome: better overview which challenges youth might challenge, which impact empowering the youth through Vote@16 might have and why this topic should be priority in “youth-agenda”. |
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13.50 |
Lunch |
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14.45 |
2nd session: How the Society Can Benefit from Vote@16? Petar Markovic (European Citizens’ rights, Involvement and Trust Foundation) Expected outcome: better overview about positive and negative arguments how Vote@16 affects society as whole. How it could support or reduce position of other age groups? |
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16.15 |
Coffee-break |
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16.30 |
3rd session: By Which Strategies Can We Achieve Our Goal? Michael Piccinino (European Youth Forum) Expected outcome: better overview about different strategies, methods, practices and their impact in different contexts. |
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17.30 |
Conclusion of 1st day |
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19.00 |
Networking dinner and Imagine Europe contest finale in Restaurant Emmeline&Otto (Toompuiestee 23, Tallinn) |
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Thursday, 18th of April 2019 |
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9.00 |
Arrival and registration of participants |
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9.30 |
(4th) Parallel sessions |
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For future decision-makers: Kadri Salamäe (European Parliament Directorate-General for Communication Liaison Office in Estonia) For current decision-makers: Eili Lepik (Government Office of Estonia Strategy Unit) |
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Expected outcome: better overview about already existing youth inclusing and EU “mainstreaming” mechanisms and their impact. |
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11.30 |
Coffee-break |
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11.50 |
5th session: By Which Measures Can We Advance Youth Participation in Society? Expected outcome: an understanding about different perspectives about the topic (either positive or negative (side-) efects. Also new convincing arguments for planning lobby-process in participant’s home region and understanding how youth and decision-makers could cooperate in that process. |
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13.20 |
Lunch |
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14.00 |
6th session: “an Afternoon Tea with MEP” Marina Kaljurand (Social Democratic Party) Expected outcome: an understanding which might be good arguments for initiating lowering the voting age discussions in participant’s home region. |
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15.15 |
Conclusion of the seminar |
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15.30 |
End of the seminar and departure of participants |
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