Commissioner Vassiliou participates in official opening of the EU Youth Conference, Rome
Androulla Vassiliou, European Commission for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, is one of the main speakers at the EU Youth Conference taking place in Rome on Monday, 13 October.
The event, organised by the Italian Presidency of the EU, will launch the latest cycle of the 'Structured Dialogue', which enables young people to have their say on EU decision-making regarding youth issues. The latest round of the dialogue with youth representatives will focus on youth empowerment, including access to rights, political participation and active citizenship.
A new approach for conducting the Structured Dialogue was endorsed by EU Youth Ministers in May. The idea is to put greater emphasis on a single theme for the consultation during the 18-month cycle.
The Youth Conference gathers some 200 youth representatives and officials from national youth ministries from all EU Member States. They will establish a 'guiding framework' for the upcoming consultation and discuss young people's access to rights.
