Forum Eastern Dimension of Volunteering

5-7 December 2011, Warsaw

http://www.salto-youth.net/activitieseeca/edv/

DRAFT PROGRAMME
Venue: Best Western Hotel Felix, ul. Omulewska 24, 04-128 Warszawa, http://www.bwfelix.pl Objectives: o Analysing current practice and resources of different programmes of international volunteering available for beneficiaries from Eastern Europe and Caucasus o Reflecting and discussing different understandings of the international volunteering o Exploring the impact of the international volunteering on the different stakeholders involved o Highliting challenges for international of the Eastern Europe and Caucasus volunteering specific for the region

o Defining the opportunities of development of international volunteering in the Eastern Europe and Caucasus region Working language: English Day 1 | Monday, 5 December 2011 12:00 - 15:00 Registration 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch 15:00 - 16:30 Official opening of the Forum short welcome speech of FDES: Deputy Director General Tomasz Bratek, short welcome speeches of representative of the Polish Ministry of Education: tbc short welcome speeches of representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: tbc Presentation of EVS Impact Survey Results PhD Renata Miekowska-Norkiene (Warsaw University) 16:30 - 17:00 Cofee/Tea break 17:00 - 18:00 Role of Volunteerism in Local Development: Peace Corps in Ukraine Experience Marat Kurchevskyy (Peace Corps Ukraine) 18:00 - 19:00 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

Day 2 | Tuesday, 6 December 2011 10:00 - 11:30 Case studies of NGOs capacity development in the field of volunteering in Eastern Europe and Caucasus SFERA - interregional youth social movement of support of voluntary initiatives Natalia Nikitina All-Ukrainian Association for Youth Cooperation "Alternative-V" Oksana Yuryk 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 13:30 Coffee/Tea break 3 parallel sessions International Sport Volunteering Andrzej Kostek (UEFA EURO 2012) Vugar Rustamli (AFFA - Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan) 12:30 - 13:30 OPEN AGENDA 3 parallel sessions Local Impact Volunteering of Professional Volunteering Marat Kurchevskyy Corps Ukraine) (Peace International volunteering in rural communities Natalia Hnatyuk (Stara Volyn NGO) Micha elazko (Center for Training and Consultancy Georgia)

Polish Aid Volunteering Programme Anna Dymitra Slawczewa (Angelus Silesius House)

Anahit Minassian (ICIRLD) Rusudan Kalichava (NGO ATINATI)

Haykuhi Margaryan (World Independent Youth Union) Ieva Grundsteine (Anna Lindth EuroMed Foudation)

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch 15:00-16:30 Case studies of the volunteers individual capacity development Wendy Shapiro (International Outreach Coalition) Liene Bekere (NGO Georgian Youth for Europe) Marisha Korzh (Youth Education Centre Fialta) 16:30 - 17:00 Cofee/Tea break

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3 parallel sessions Learning in Volunteering Support structure for international volunteering

Recognition of international volunteering role of research Marta Mdlinska (EU-CoE Partnership) PhD Kateryna Shalayeva (Pool of the European Youth Researchers) PhD Rouzanna Ivanyan (NGO Youth Information Centre) PhD Renata MiekowskaNorkiene (Warsaw University) 19:00 Dinner 20:00 CITY TOUR

Michael Kimmig (LEXICON training & coaching) Giorgi Kakulia (Academy for Peace and Development) Maja Brandt (Youth Initiative Centre Gyumri) Natalia Gudakovska Anna Yeghoyan (Youth (Participation for all) Initiative Centre Gyumri) Fouad Achiba (French National Agency of the Youth in Action Programme) Andriy Donets Debate Centre) (Donetsk

Day 3 | Wednesday, 7 December 2011 9:00 - 10:30 AEGEE Eastern Partnership Working Group Daryna Skryl (AEGEE) Eastern Partnership Youth Window Sophie Lemel, Rita Moskute-Stumpf (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission) 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 11:00 - 12:00 Coffee/Tea break 3 parallel workshops International volunteering in Russia: challenges and opportunities International volunteering in Caucasus region: challenges and opportunities

International volunteering in Eastern Europe: challenges and opportunities

12:00 - 13:00 Joint conclusions: Next steps and practical recommendations on how to improve international volunteering in Eastern Europe and Caucasus Closure of the forum 13:00 Lunch