Rio+20 Portal

Place: Headquarters of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium

Date: May 14-15-16, 2012

Duration: 3 days

Topic

Main theme: Sustainable schools and cities (for more information, read the Step by Step Guide, in the ‘Resource’ section)

Subtopics: Natural Resources, Energy, Consumption, Solidarity, Health, Transports, Biodiversity

Other topical approaches are proposed here (per type of action, or in reference to the 2010 International Youth Charter)

Participants

Youth

• 70 to 80 young delegates aged 13-16
• 12 to 15 facilitators aged 18-29 (co-facilitation of the workshops and national delegations’ referents)
• 10 organizors (logistics)

Adults

• 20 to 25 chaperons
• 10 facilitators
• 10 guests and speakers

European countries: 10 to 17

Confirmed: Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey

To be confirmed: Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden

Programme

Planned activities:

• topical workshops: debates on differents identified topics
• workshops on a collective production: writing of an open letter to the political decision-makers and creative workshops (communication tools, posters, radio, video, happening, music…)
• Awareness raising Workshops
• Field Visits in Brussels, related with the conference topic
• Dialogue with the political representatives (European Deputies, Regions representatives, etc).

More details available in the Draft Programme.

You can also consult a general outline of the planned activities.

Expected Results

Co-writing by the youth of a European Open Letter to the decision makers, elaboration of communication tools on the youth commitments, contribution to Rio + 20, collaboration between youth and local/regional councilors, artistic exhibition on the youth local commitments.