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    This document provides the draft program for the Eastern Partnership Youth Conference organized by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum from November 8-9, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. The conference will focus on youth entrepreneurship and feature panel discussions, workshops, case studies, and a business idea competition for youth from Eastern Partnership countries. The goal is to support the development of entrepreneurship skills and provide opportunities for youth to network, gain feedback, and find potential partners or investors for their ideas.

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    YOUTH FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    Eastern Partnership Youth Conference


    organised by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF)

    8-9 November 2018


    Austria Center Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1

    Vienna, Austria

    Draft Programme

    7 November 2018, Wednesday

    all day Arrival and registration of participants (hotels)


    Welcome dinner/cocktail
    Opening words: Thomas Buchsbaum, Special Envoy on EaP, Austria,
    Alexandra Kalatozishvili, EaP CSF Steering Committee Co-chair,
    Nikolaos Gavalakis, Director, Regional Office “Dialogue Eastern
    Europe”, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Jeroen Willems, DG NEAR, European
    Commission

    8 November 2018, Thursday

    8:30-9:00 Registration of participants, coffee and tea

    9:00-10:00 Opening ceremony


    • Video address by Alexander Van der Bellen, President of the
    Republic of Austria
    • Video address by Johannes Hahn, Commissioner, European
    Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, tbc
    • Ms Juliane Bogner-Strauß, Federal Minister for Women, Family
    and Youth, Austria
    • Alexandra Kalatozishvili, EaP CSF Steering Committee Co-
    chair
    Screening of the video from the EaP Youth Conference 2016 “Youth for
    rights” in Bratislava
    Announcement of the Day
    Facilitators: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan
    10:00-11:30 Panel Discussion: State of youth entrepreneurship in the Eastern
    Partnership
    • Dovile Sukyte, EaP CSF WG2, Eastern Europe Studies Centre
    (EESC), Lithuania
    • Goda Neverauskaite, EaP CSF WG5, European Trade Union
    Confederation, Belgium
    • Jeroen Willems, DG NEAR, European Commission
    • Hovsep Khurshudyan, EaP CSF WG4, NGO Free Citizen,
    Armenia
    Facilitators: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan

    11:30-11:45 Coffee break

    11:45-13:00 Thematic workshops


    • The Entrepreneur in me! Three competences for success –
    Kristien Van den Eynde, European Training Foundation
    • Green approach to business – sustainability through cost
    savings, consumer driving, and overall environmental good -
    Roman Zinchenko, Co-Founder and Chairman in the
    Greencubator NGO, Ukraine
    • Digital tools for entrepreneurship - Viktor Gurskiy, Founder
    and Head of Board in the SocialBoost, partner in the 1991 Open
    Data Incubator, Ukraine
    • Investment frameworks, fundraising and European programs
    of support for the EaP countries, EU, Russia and Turkey -
    Olga Afanasieva, CEO in the Ukrainian Venture Capital and
    Private Equity Association, Ukraine
    Facilitators: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan

    13:00-14:00 Networking lunch

    14:00-15:00 TEDx-type case studies - EU and national programmes for youth


    entrepreneurship
    • Case study 1: Katerina Nejdlova, Team Leader, Erasmus for
    Young Entrepreneurs
    • Case Study 2: Christiane Holzinger, Board-Member of the
    Junior Chamber Austria, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
    • Case study 3: EU4Youth, tbc
    Facilitators: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan
    15:00-15:15 Coffee break

    15:15-17:30 Meeting the mentors and facilitators


    TEDx-type inspirational case studies from five mentors
    • Case study 1: Iryna Solovey, Bigidea/Spilnokosht, co-investor in
    URBAN 500, Ukraine
    • Case study 2: Yauhen Klishevich, Social entrepreneur, founder
    of TALAKA platform, Belarus
    • Case Study 3: Sergiu Gurau, Eco_Razeni Association, Moldova
    • Case study 4: Aram Jivanyan, Founding CEO of Skycryptor,
    Armenia
    • Case study 5: Teona Dalakishvili, Creative Development
    Centre, Georgia
    Facilitators: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan

    Transfer to the hotel

    18.00-20.00 Networking fair and dinner


    Opened by Hovsep Khurshudyan, EaP CSF WG4 and Andriy
    Pavlovych, SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource Centre
    (SALTO EECA)

    Facilitators: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan

    9 November 2018, Friday

    9:00- 9:30 Kick-off of team work sessions


    Getting to know each other/Icebreakers
    Meeting the mentors and facilitators
    Introduction to workshops and competition

    Facilitator: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan

    9:30-10:45 Step 1 – Learn how to present your project: Idea pitching


    workshops with mentors and facilitators

    10:45-11:00 Coffee break


    11:00-12:00 Preparation for the competition

    12:00-13.00 Networking/team building lunch (preparation for the competition


    continues)

    13.00-15.00 Step 2 – Get feedback: Pitching competition in the plenary


    Jury: Goda Neverauskaite, EaP CSF, Dovile Sukyte, EaP CSF, Nikolaos
    Gavalakis, FES, Marta Wytrykowska, EEAS, Ludovica Fabri/Jeroen
    Willems, DG NEAR, European Commission

    15.00-15.30 Coffee break

    15:30-16:30 Step 3 – Find partners and investors: “Big Fish” roundtable


    networking meetings with stakeholders - youth entrepreneurship
    support agencies, entrepreneurs and project managers
    Olga Afanasieva, Executive Director, Ukrainian Venture Capital and
    Private Equity Association Board
    Mate Gabitsinashvili, Deputy Director, LEPL Children and Youth
    Development Fund under the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and
    Sport of Georgia
    Prof. (FH) Dr. Armin Kammel, LL.M. (London), MBA (CLU)
    Ehrenprofessor (Danube University Krems)
    Viktor Gurskiy, Founder and Head of Board, SocialBoost, partner in the
    1991 Open Data Incubator
    Saida Ibrahimava, Co-founder, Youth for youth initiative, expert on
    youth entrepreneurship in Russia
    Gabriela Svarovska, Deputy Director, Igor Blazevic, Director of
    Learning & Exchange Programme, Prague Civil Society Centre
    Mehru Aygul, General Manager, Turkish Entrepreneurship Foundation

    Jury discussions in parallel

    16:30-17:30 Awards ceremony - Jury announces the best three business ideas
    Closing remarks by the organisers
    Mariia Symonova, Sasha Kuzmich, EaP CSF WG4, members of the
    conference preparatory team
    Facilitator: Ana Indoitu, Artur Ghazaryan
    Free time

    10 November 2018, Saturday

    All day Departure of participants

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