ECOSY Young Leaders Conference in Lithuania, 7-9/11/2003

CONFERENCE FOR FUTURE EUROPEAN LEADERS - "FUTURE EUROPEAN POLICIES", 7-9 November 2003

ECOSY together with Willy Brand Program of PES Group and the Lithuanian SD Youth organised this conference and we invited the leaders of each mamber organisation.

Conference venue: Hotel – Baltpark (http://www.baltpark.lt)
Vilnius, Lithuania

Programme

7 November
11:00 - 15:00  arrival of participants
16:00 - 18:00  opening of the Conference
   welcome speeches by:
     Anders LINDBERG, ECOSY President
     Vytenis Andriukaitis, Vice-Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament of Lithuania, Chairman of the Committee of the European Affairs of the Parliament
     Gary Titley MEP, Vice-Chairman of PES Group responsible for Enlargement
     Randel LÄNTS, WBP
18:30 - 20:00  General panel discussion on "Future European Policies"
  ECOSY moderator: Manu CRETIN-MAGAND, ECOSY VP
     Gary Titley MEP, Vice-Chairman of PES Group responsible for Enlargement
     Linas JONAUSKAS, President of Lithuanian Social Democratic Youth
     Loes YPMA, President of JS in the PvdA
     Beatriz ARRAIZ, President of the Federal Committee of JSE
20:30 - 22:30  dinner
22:30 - ........  social evening

8 November
9:30 - 11:00  working group: Campaign Network
  ECOSY, moderator: Ief JANSSENS, EOCSY VP
     Laurent WINNOCK, President of Animo
     Mathias GEISTHARDT, JUSOS Bureau Meeting
     Katrin LUGINA, Board Member of SDY Estonia, responsible for the YES campaign during the referendum in Estonia
11:00 - 11:30  coffee break
11:30 - 13:30  discussion on "Challenges of Enlargement "
  ECOSY, moderator: Torstan ENGELAGE, EOCSY VP
     Vytenis Andriukaitis, Vice-Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament of Lithuania, Chairman of the Committee of the European Affairs of the Parliament
     Ulpu Iivari MEP from Finland
     Adrian ZANDBERG, President of FMUP
     Hristo HRISTEV, Vice President of BSY
13:30 - 14:45  lunch
15:00 - 16:30  Panel discussion on "Role of the Youth in the EU"
   ECOSY, moderator: Anders LINDBERG, ECOSY President
     Rimantas Vaitkus, Vice-Minister of Education and Science
     Karin SCHEELE, Austrian MEP
     Andrea BRUNNER, President of VSSTÖ
     Pantelis KAMAS, Secretary General of PASOK Youth
16:30 - 16:45  coffee break
16:45 - 18:45  Working Groups
    WG1: ECOSY Proposals for the Future European Policies
     Manu CRETIN-MAGAND
    WG2: ECOSY Proposals for the Future Youth Policies
      Damjana KARLO
19:00 - 21:00  dinner
21:00 - .......  social evening

9 November
09:00 - 11:00  Panel discussion on "European Social Model"
  ECOSY, moderator: Laura ROBLES CASTRO, ECOSY VP
     Birutė Vėsaitė MP, Head of the Lithuanian observers delegation to the European Parliament
     Antony Beumer, Secretary General of PES
     Ieke van den Burg, Dutch MEP
     Eric SUNDSTRÖM, President of SSF
     David LEBON, National Secretary of MJS France
11:00 - 12:30  Working Groups - Finalisation of the Proposals
12:30 - 13:30  presentation of the Conference outcome, evaluation and closure
      Ilias ANTONIOU, Secretary General of ECOSY
      Juras POZELA, Lithuanian Social Democratic Youth
14:00 - 15:30  lunch
15:30 onwards  departure 

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