Forum `Eastern Dimension of Volunteering`

Forum `Eastern Dimension of Volunteering`

Forum ‘Eastern Dimension of Volunteering’
5-7 December 2011, Warsaw
PROGRAMME
Day 1 | Monday, 5 December 2011
12:00 - 15:00
Registration
Foyer, first floor
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
Restaurant,
ground floor
Official opening:
 Tomasz Bratek, Deputy General Director of the
Foundation for the Development of the Education
System
15:00 - 16:30
 prof. Zbigniew Marciniak, Undersecretary of State,
Ministry of Science and Higher Education
 Mirosław Sielatycki, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of
National Education
Bruksela room,
first floor
Presentation of the EVS Impact Survey Results

16:30 - 17:00
PhD Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene, University of
Warsaw
Cofee/Tea break

Foyer, first floor
Polish Aid Volunteering Programme
Agata Czaplińska, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

17:00 - 19:00
Role of Volunteerism in Local Development: Peace
Corps in Ukraine Experience
Marat Kurchevskyy, Peace Corps Ukraine

Bruksela room,
first floor
United Nations Volunteers – global context of local
dimension
Oksana Olifirovych, UNV/UNHCR
19:00

Ceremonial opening of the EVS Photo Exhibition

Celebration of the International Volunteer Day
Foyer, first floor
Restaurant,
ground floor
Day 2 | Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Case studies of NGO’s capacity development in the field of
volunteering in Eastern Europe and Caucasus
9:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30

Natalia Nikitina, SFERA - interregional youth social
movement of support of voluntary initiatives

Oksana Yuryk, All-Ukrainian Association for Youth
Cooperation "Alternative-V"
Coffee/Tea break
Bruksela room,
first floor
Foyer, first floor
Parallel sessions
International and
National Volunteering
Programmes
11:30 - 12:30

Anna Dymitra
Slawczewa,
Angelus Silesius
House
Bruksela room, first floor
International Sport
Volunteering


International
volunteering in rural
communities
Andrzej Kostek,
UEFA EURO 2012
 Natalia Hnatyuk,
Stara Volyn NGO
Vugar Rustamli,
AFFA - Association
of Football
Federations of
Azerbaijan
 Michał Żelazko,
Center for Training and
Consultancy Georgia
Haga room, ground floor
Nicea room, first floor
Parallel sessions
OPEN AGENDA
12:30 - 13:30
Local Impact of
Volunteering
Professional
Volunteering

Anahit Minassian,
ICIRLD
 Marat Kurchevskyy,
Peace Corps Ukraine

Rusudan Kalichava,
NGO ATINATI

Haykuhi Margaryan,
World Independent Youth
Union
Ieva Grundsteine,
Anna Lindth EuroMed
Foudation

Bruksela room, first floor
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
Nicea room, first floor
Haga room, ground floor
Restaurant,
first floor
Case studies of the volunteer’s individual capacity
development
15:00 - 16:30

Wendy Shapiro, International Outreach Coalition

Liene Bekere, NGO “Georgian Youth for Europe

Marisha Korzh, Youth Education Centre “Fialta”
Bruksela room,
first floor
Parallel sessions
Recognition of
international
volunteering – role of
research
 Marta Mędlinska,
EU-CoE Partnership
16:30 - 18:30
 PhD Kateryna
Shalayeva, Pool of
the European Youth
Researchers
 PhD Rouzanna
Ivanyan, NGO Youth
Information Centre
Learning in Volunteering
 Michael Kimmig,
LEXICON training &
coaching

Maja Brandt, Youth
Initiative Centre
Gyumri

Anna Yeghoyan, Youth
Initiative Centre
Gyumri
Support structure for
international
volunteering
 Giorgi Kakulia,
Academy for Peace
and Development
 Natalia Gudakovska,
Participation for all
 Fouad Achiba, French
National Agency of the
Youth in Action
Programme
 Andriy Donets, Donetsk
Debate Centre
 PhD Renata
MieńkowskaNorkiene, University
of Warsaw
Haga room, ground floor
Bruksela room, first floor
Nicea room, first floor
18:30 – 19:30
Dinner
Restaurant, first
floor
19:30
CITY TOUR
Reception, first
floor
Day 3 | Wednesday, 7 December 2011

AEGEE Eastern Partnership Working Group
Daryna Skryl, AEGEE

Eastern Partnership Youth Window
Sophie Lemel and Ruta Moskute-Stumpf, Education,
Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European
Commission
9:00 - 10:30

Bruksela room,
first floor
Overview of the youth work realities in Eastern
Europe and Caucasus countries
Areg Tadevosyan, Researcher and Correspondent of
European Knowledge Center for Youth Policy, Armenian
National Council on Youth Affairs of the Prime Minister
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee/Tea break
Foyer, first floor
Parallel workshops
11:00 - 12:00
International
volunteering in
Eastern Europe:
challenges and
opportunities
Bruksela room, first floor
12:00 - 13:00
International
volunteering in Russia:
challenges and
opportunities
Nicea room, first floor
Joint conclusions: Next steps and practical
recommendations on how to improve international
volunteering in Eastern Europe and Caucasus
International
volunteering in Caucasus
region: challenges and
opportunities
Haga room, ground floor
Bruksela room,
first floor
Closure of the forum
13:00
Lunch
Restaurant, first
floor