Thursday, 22 October

09.30 :  Plenary Opening,

• Mr. Zorko Škvor, Undersecretary, Ministry of Education and Sport - Office for Youth of Republic of Slovenia
• Welcome words on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Sport - Office for Youth of Republic of Slovenia, Director, Mr. Peter Debeljak
• Importance of youth employment, Mr. Ulrich Bunjes, Deputy Director, Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe
• Introduction to the seminar context, aims, objectives and programme Presentations of the preparatory team and participants

11.15 : Social context of employment of young people in the region, Dr. Metka Kuhar, Faculty for Social Science, University of Ljubljana

Questions and discussion

12:00 : Measures and Programmes for better employability of youth, Ms. Mateja Sedej, Undersecretary, Head of Sector for Long Life Learning, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of Slovenia

14.30 :  Working groups: researchers, policy makers and practitioners - Sharing about youth employment realities in the countries of South East Europe

17.00 :  Sharing about youth employment realities in the SEE countries, continued

Friday, 23 October

09.30 : Plenary, Presentation of good practices in promoting youth employment and employability

• Non-formal recording booklet and portfolio, Alenka Blazinšek Mladinski ceh
• Project Learning for Young Adults - PLYA. Ministry Slovenia
• UNDP :  Active Labour Market Programme for Youth - Presentation of activities - 2005 -2009
  Youth employment and unemployment in Romania. Some answers to the questions
• Youth Policy and Youth Employment in Serbia. Zora Krnjaic, Special Advisor to the Minister. Ministry of Youth and Sport. Republic of Serbia
• “Youth (Un)employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Labor and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Youth Information Agency (OIA). Bosnia-Herzegovina. Jan Zlatan Kulenović, MA Executive Director
• Youth in Action 2007-2013 Cooperation with Neighbouring Partner. Activities of the Youth in Actions Programme of the European Commission and SALTO Resource Centre SEE, Ms Sonja Mitter
• B&H Youth in process of EU integration : Policies employment youth in B&H
• Examples of good practices programs for young people. Employment Agency of Montenegro. Branka Racković
• Analyse of youth position in BiH (in Bosnian only)

14.30 :  Elaborating initiatives for enhancing youth employment and employability in SEE

Saturday, 24 October

09.00 : Elaborating initiatives for enhancing youth employment and employability in SEE, continued

11.00 : Presentations of conclusions and outcomes of planning the initiatives 

• Taurus 2010 :  The role of NGO’s in the process of youth employability
• How to bring together relevant stakeholders for youth education and employment

12:00 : Concluding session

• Mr. Hanjo Schild, Head of Unit, Partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission in the field of Youth, Strasbourg
• Ms. Sonja Mitter, Coordinator, SALTO Resource Centre South-East Europe, Ljubljana
• Mr. Zorko Škvor, Ministry of Education and Sport - Office for Youth of Republic of Slovenia