Following the 2022 European Year of Youth, the NPA Annual event will be focused on young people living in Europe’s Arctic and near-Arctic regions.
The title of the event is YOUTH IN THE NPA, including young people in making remote communities attractive, and it will look how young people can contribute to making remote communities in the NPA region more prosperous and attractive places where the next generations want to live, work, study, invest, and visit.
Speakers and participants from across the NPA are invited to join the event to:
• share how young people experience living in Europe’s northern and peripheral areas,
• how the needs of future generations can be better taken into account,
• how young people are and can be better included in local urban and spatial planning activities related with e.g. large-scale industrial projects in the region.
A detailed programme will be announced in early August. Registration will open in August.
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Venue: Ramsalt Hotel, Bodø
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome address
- Ms Kari Anne Bøkestad Andreassen, Mayor of Nordland County
- Ms Biliana Sirakova, EU Youth Coordinator, European Commission (participates online)
9:15 - 10:15 Life in Europe´s peripheral areas
Young people share their experience of living in remote areas and vision of prosperous and attractive communities in the future.
- Mr Nils Ánda Baer, young Saami reindeer herder, Sweden
- other speakers tbc
10:15 - 10:45 Inspiring young people from Arctic and near-Arctic regions
Speakers to tbc
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15 The Green Shift, turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities
Green transition brings new opportunities to remote areas in the Arctic and near-Arctic regions. How can small communities harness the opportunities arising from large-scale industries and build a sustainable future? What do young people have to say about future developments?
Opening remarks:
Ms Kjersti Bjørnstad, State Secretary at Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Norway
Panel discussion:
- Ms Linda Haukeland – County Councilor for Planning and Industry in Nordland County Council, Norway
- Ms Eimear Manning – Youth & Climate Justice Development Officer, National Youth Council of Ireland
- other speakers tbc
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 15:00 Future NPA
Using the Utopian workshop technique, participants will design concrete steps to move from vision to action.
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:30 Youth-friendly municipalities, from dream to reality
Examples of how municipalities and regions cooperate with young people, and what are the benefits of inclusive decisions-making processes.
- Mr Vegard Sem – Leader of Trondelag Youth Council, Norway
- Mr Adam Ulvang – Vefsn Municipality, Norway
- Ms Maliina Abelsen – Director of UNICEF Greenland
- other speaker tbc
16:30 - 17:00 Closing remarks
For more information and booking of the hotel, please contact lucia.brhlikova{at}interreg-npa.eu
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