Programme
FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
arrivals
20.30. Opening dinner
SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER DAY 1
9.30 Opening session – Moderator: Daniela Malec (EIYN Consultant)
9. 50 Opening remarks: The role of youth shaping the future of the global Religions for Peace - by rev. Kyoichi Sugino, Assistant Secretary General of Religions for Peace
10.00 Core Group and Daniela Malec
(10.00) Introduction by the participants, presentations of the organizations
(10.20) EIYN history; evaluation of achievements and work of EIYN since Paris 2010 Summit: Evaluation of Arms Down! campaign.
10.50 Cofee break
11.05 RfP youth on different continents: activities of Global Youth Network - Daniel Calder, Youth Program Officer of Religions for Peace (NY international secretariat)
11. 30 Launching a new campaign: “Restoring Dignity: Religious Youth Say NO To Violence Against Women.” - Daniel Calder and Daniela Malec
11.50 RfP’s work on cluster munitions and the critical role of youth in addressing the challenge - Stein Villumstad, Secretary General of ECRL
12.00 Lunch break
13.30 Session I: Advocacy training : choice of workshops – Moderator: Lama Azab (Core Team member)
Introduction to advocacy – Julia Maria Koszewska (Core Team member)
13.40 Workshops:
Workshop A: Lobbying politicians and policy makers – Karolina Guzda
Workshop B: Mass media advocacy techniques – Aleksandra Konopko
Workshop C: Social media and legal tools in interfaith advocacy – Daniel Barton (RfP International Youth Committee member)
15.10 Coffee break
15.30 Second round of workshops
17.00 Summary of each Workshop group
17.15 Coffee break
17.45 Session II – Interfaith advocacy, interfaith cooperation as an answer to challenges of multiculturalism and migration – Moderator: Daniel Barton
European perspective on multiculturalism and migration: Religions as a “missing link” to international relations, diplomacy (interfaith advocacy at governmental level) - Stein Villumstad, Secretary General of ECRL
18.05 Migration/refugees/homelesness – challenges for Europe in the face of Arabic Spring events - Konrad Pedziwiatr
18.30 Religions for Peace 9thWorld Assembly, ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Interfaith Dialogue, and European youth contribution to the World Assembly – rev. Kyoichi Sugino
18.40 Idea for multireligious joint youth project addressing issues of migration/multiculturalism; shaping the theme of the youth component of the 2012 RfP World Assembly – work in groups.
19. 20 Summary of the group works
19.40Dinner
Sunday 18 September
9.30 Session III – Setting up EIYN policy on reacting to critical issues troubling peace, welfare and interfaith and ethnic coexistence in Europe - Moderator: Julia Koszewska
Round table discussion
10.00 Preparing the declaration
10.45 Coffee break
Session IV – Mediation skills training – moderator: Benjamin Zagzag (Core Team member)
11.00 – 19.30 Mediation as a conflict solution/conflict prevention method in intercultural conflicts - trainer: Janusz Kazmierczak
lunch break between 12.30 – 14.00
Monday 19 September
9.30 Session V – Planning future of EIYN – moderator: Taoufik Hartit (Core Team member)
Revisiting the Road Map, planning a future 3 years, drafting the new Road Map
11.15 Coffee break
11.30 Revisiting the Core Group composition, European membership of IYC composition
12.00 Closing remarks
12.30 Lunch and departures
