MeYouMe - Mediterranean Youth Meeting

October 23-26, 2008

Me-You-Me is a meeting for young people from all the Mediterranean countries. It has places for about 350 young people from 18 to 26. About half will be offered to members of Italian and Calabrian organisations, and the other half to people from other parts of the Mediterranean area (about 6 participants for each Country).
Participants will be selected from the leaders of youth and student associations, with the assistance of local Italian embassies.

 

General Purposes of the Meeting
• Developing an attitude towards dialogue among young people living in different cultural, religious, economic and political contexts of the Mediterranean area;
• Promoting the role of young people in the creation of policies concerning education, professional training, work, culture, international dialogue, economic development, environment, human rights;
• Helping the creation of common projects among youth organizations from different countries;
• Building a public Mediterranean space for an open and methodical exchange between young people and youth organizations;
• Urging the people in charge of national and local governments of the Mediterranean area, as well as international bodies, to a more conscious promotion of youth policies.

 

Click here for a short report of edition 2008.

 

The initiative was agreed by:

- International Youth Forum (it has offered its cooperation for the sensitization of 60 adhering organizations and for the thematic working groups);
- Csv.net (National coordination of the Service Centres for Voluntary work) (it has offered its cooperation to develop the topic about “Young people and social commitment”);
- National coordination for the Policoro Project of the Italian Church.

The Italian Delegation of the European Commission have also offered their cooperation.
The Senate of the Italian Republic and the Chamber of Deputies have granted their patronage.

Official languages of Me-Me-You are Italian, English and French.
Title of 2008 edition is “Young protagonists in a Mediterranean public space”.
Associazioni partecipanti
Egypt
Egyptian ass. of Junior Scientist
Egyptian Medical Student’s Ass.
Jordan
Jes - Jordan Environment Society
Israel
YIFC - Young Israel Forum of Cooperation
Tor Ha Midbar non profit org
The open apartments program
STW - Stand With Us (fellowship)
Libya
Leaders of tomorrow
Malta
Mosta Youth Empowerment Centre
ZAC - Zghazagh Azzioni KattoliKa
YouthCom - Youth and Community Studies Students’ Organisation
MAY - Maltese Association of Youth Workers
Malta University Historical Society
KDZ - Diocesan Youth Commision
ZHN (Young Christian Workers)
MZPN (Christian Democratic Political organisation)
Morocco
Association les batisseurs
Espagna
EcodeSarollo
Palestine
Alternative Information Center
Tunisia
Centre national de recyclage et de la formation continue La Marsa
Jeunes Costitutionnels Democrate
Slovenia
DRUSTVO SKAM -COMMUNITY OF CATHOLIC YOUTH
Algeria
UJM - Union de la Jeunesse Maghrébine
Italy
Forum Nazionale dei Giovani
Esperanto Radikala Asocio
Anolf
YAP - Youth Action for Peace-Italy
UGL-Giovani
ARCIRAGAZZI
AICS
Comitato Giovani Sordi Italiano
ENS (Ente Nazionale Sordi)
Movimento Studenti Cattolici
Federazione nazionale dei Cemea
Servizio Civile Nazionale
A ruota libera Onlus
Forum Giovanile Comune di Striano
Forum Giovanile Comune San Gennaro Vesuviano
ACSV/ASS. MARAJA’ (Biella)
Erasmus Siena
Erasmus Roma
Erasmus Genova
Erasmus Italia
Ordine ingegneri giovani Bari
Consulta Giovani di Belvedere Marittimo - CGR Calabria
Comitato Giovani Corigliano Calabro

N.B. Thanks to all invited associations interested in the meeting that were not be able to participate for many different reasons.

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The program of events

 

Wednesday 22nd October
In the evening, after the arrivals, welcome and institutional greetings

Thursday 23rd October
9.00am - 13:30pm
Piazza Matteotti - Rende
Participants present their organisations and activities to thousands of Calabrian secondary school students within !I Care. Young European citizens”

Thursday 23rd October
3.00pm - 7:00pm
Università della Calabria - Aula Caldora
Starting meeting
Chairman: Pier Giorgio LICHERI, ConVol Chairman
Welcome
Institutional greetings
Presentation of the Meeting: Cristian CARRARA, National Youth Forum Spokesperson
Speeches introducing:

• International dialogue in the mediterranean area
  Nava ELIASHAR, Activist from “Bat Shalom” and “Women in black Jerusalem”
• Educational and training paths to get ready to work
  Noemi RUZZI, ILO (International Labour Organization)
• Human rights and discrimination in Mediterranean countries
  Gianni NOVELLO
• Yooth leading role and participation
  Maria Enrica BRAGA, Vicepresident of the Commission “Partecipazione e Territorio” of the Youth National Forum and CSVnet youth area coordinator
• Social cohesion and local development in the Mediterranean area
  Prof. Tonino PERNA, Professor of Economic Sociology at University of Messina

Introduction to the participants’ countries

Friday 24th October
Università della Calabria - Aule Polifunzionale
9.30-11.00
Thematic workshop

1. International dialogue and peace
2. Education, training and work
3. Human rights and discrimination
4. Youth leading role and participation
5. Social cohesion and local development

Friday 24th October
11.30
Break

Friday 24th October
12.00-13.00
Chat rooms
Chat rooms to discuss and work to Exchange projects and partnerships, aimed at creating common plans.

Friday 24th October
2.30pm-8.00pm
Piazza Matteotti - Rende
friday 24th october 2008
Sports and play time
Games and sport activity aimed at encouraging informal exchange of experiences and interpersonal acquaintance.

Saturday 25th October
9:00 am- 1:30pm
Università della Calabria - Aula Caldora
Plenary assembly
SCENARI MEDITERRANEI PER I GIOVANI
Chairman: Vilma MAZZOCCO, Third Sector Forum spokesman
Institutional greetings

Introducing person: Cristian CARRARA, National Youth Forum Spokesperson
Introducing speech

• The frame. The Mediterranean area as old an new crossroads
  Prof. Alberto VENTURA, Professor of History of the Islamic Countries at University of Calabria
• Speeches on: “Mediterranean, youth, and its challenges”
  Calabria as a bridge between Europe and Mediterranean area
  Sandro PRINCIPE, Councilman of Regione Calabria
• European Union, Mediterranean and youth
  Pier Virgilio DASTOLI, Director of the Representation of the European Commission in Italy
• To build peace paths
  Nava ELIASHAR, Activist from “Bat Shalom” and “Women in black Jerusalem”
• Youth and voluntary work
  Riccardo BRESCIANI, Manager of the Voluntary Work Service Center in Biella
• Dialogue with 2008 youth
  Abdelkhalek EZZAHI, Tunisian Youth Minister delegate
• Younf palestinians and dialogue
  Musa ABU ZEID, youth and sports minister delegate - National Palestinian Authority

Conclusion
Saturday 25th October
3.00pm - 5:00pm
Università della Calabria - Aule Polifunzionale
Workgroup (according to linguistic criteria)
Participants sum up the challenger that have been indicated during the Meeting and debate on them.

Saturday 25th October
5.30pm-7.00pm
Università della Calabria - Aula Caldora
Plenary assembly
Presentation of the final declaration and voting
Participants approve a final declaration to be presented to governments and civil society of their countries and to the people responsible for the international community .

Sunday 26th October
9.00-13.00
Greetings

 

 

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