Day 1 — Tuesday, May 22

10:00–11:00 — Plenary Session 1: A Dialogue on Youth Employment, Employability and Labor Markets

Chair: Gazmend Oketa, Deputy Prime Minister, Albania
Moderator: Piero Di Pasquale, Deputy Director, Rai International

• Fizuli Alekberov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan Republic
• Jose’ Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector, International Labor Organization
• Mamta Murthi, ECA Education Sector Manager and former Deputy Director of the World Bank World Development Report

11:30–12:30 — Discussion and Q&A

• Vladimir Curovic, Association of Employers of Montenegro
• Erion Veljaj, MJAFT, Albania
• Maninder Gill, ECA Social Development Sector Manager, The World Bank

Day 2 — Wednesday, May 23

09:15–11:00 — Plenary Session 2: Exercising Active Youth Citizenship

Chair: Giovanna Melandri, Minister of Youth and Sports, Italy
Moderator: Karoline Kende-Robb, Manager Social Development, the World Bank

• Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage and Youth and Sport, Council of Europe, “Lessons learned on National Youth Policies in CoE Member States”
• Eduardo Missoni, Secretary General WOSM, World Organization of the Scouts Movement
• Tatiana Margolina, Human Rights Commissioner Perm Region, Russian Federation

Discussion and Q&A:

• Karoly Borbely, President of the National Youth Authority of Romania
• Jan Zlatan Kulenovic, Executive Director, Youth Information Agency, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Georg Boldt, Deputy Chair-Person, Advisory Council on Youth, Council of Europe