International Youth Forum “BRUSSELS DIALOGUE-2021”
Discussion details
TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
22-23 October 2021, Brussels
«Brussels Dialogue» is an international youth dialogue platform, created in 2019 by the Russian House Brussels-Europe.
The first forum took place on 26 October 2019 and gathered more than 300 participants. The event aroused great interest among European and Belgian youth. Topics covered included: academic diplomacy, public diplomacy, economic future, new technologies.
In 2020, in the year of the 75th anniversary of Victory and the end of the Second World War and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the second forum "Brussels Dialogue" was held on 9-10 October 2020 (in online format). The Forum was dedicated to the preservation of historical memory, as well as to the role of international cooperation within the UN and the Council of Europe and the role of youth in the 21st century to ensure and develop world peace established after World War II.
The online format of the event allowed it to reach a large audience: more than 5,000 views on social media, an audience reach of more than 25,000 accounts. More than 200 participants from 40 countries registered for the event.
Forum 2021 will focus on the theme of preserving the planet and achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals announced by the United Nations. The Forum will explore Russian and European practices in the implementation of the SDGs, especially those related to the themes of affordable education, health care, environmental protection and combating climate change, and will be a call to action for young people.
The main goal of the Forum is to promote dialogue between young people from Russia and European countries, and creation of a common cultural, scientific, information and educational space, inviting the youth of European countries to cooperate with peers from Russia.
DATES & VENUE
Brussels, 22 October 2021 (Friday)
Time: 17:00 – 20:00 – Foresight session (Russian House Brussels-Europe, rue du Méridien, 21 SJTN)
Brussels, 23 October 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 12h00 – 18h00 – Discussion Programme (business-centre NHow Brussels Bloom, rue Royale, 250 SJTN)
19h00 – evening Russian-Belgian Youth Concert and Cocktail (Russian House Brussels-Europe, rue du Méridien, 21 SJTN)
ORGANISERS
- The Russian Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation www.rs.gov.ru;
- Russian House Brussels www.rushouse.be;
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations MGIMO University www.mgimo.ru; UN Association Russia https://una.ru/en
- The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund www.gorchakovfund.ru;
- Global Alumni Alliance www.alumnirussia.org.
PARTICIPANTS OF THE FORUM
The representatives of youth and student associations, youth councils, journalists, bloggers, young entrepreneurs, representatives scientific, political and information spheres, young professionals and experts in various fields, specialists in the field of youth policy, public diplomacy, and all those who care about our common future.
WORKING LANGUAGE: English.
EVENING PROGRAMME: youth music concert (Russian and Belgian performers). Presentation of the Street Art at the Russian House in Brussels. + PHOTO EXPOSITION in cooperation with the “New Generation” programme, the Global Alumni Alliance, Rossotrudnichestvo photo contest, art cluster "Tavrida" etc.
PROGRAMME*
International Youth Forum “BRUSSELS DIALOGUE-2021”
TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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Time
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| 22 October 2021 | |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
PRE-FORUM SESSION Registration (Russian House Brussels-Europe, rue du Méridien, 21 SJTN)
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| 17:00 – 20:00 |
Case-study session #ForesightYOUTH “Looking forward better world. Youth sustainable initiatives”
Foresight session is a long-term forecasting technology, a way to build a coherent, balanced and responsible image of the future. It is based on technologies for working with large expert panels. At the same time, a combination of various methods and technologies of work ensures the formation of a coherent idea of the probabilistic future - lists of promising technologies, development scenarios, probabilistic products, etc. The result of the Foresight is a general image of the future that is clear and acceptable to all participants.
Forum participants in teams will predict various scenarios for the future and will review the activities in the field of SDGs and United Nations in 2030.
Trainer: Ksenia FEDOROVA, youth trainer of the pool of trainers of the Council of Europe Expert: Vladimir CHETY, Founder and President of the Global Alumni Association
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| 20:00 – 21:00 |
Agency for strategic initiatives’ Club meeting
Dinner |
| 23 October 2021 | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Registration of the participants (business-centre NHow Brussels Bloom, rue Royale, 250 SJTN) |
| 12:00 – 12:40 |
OPENING CEREMONY Plenary session "Russian and European efforts for Global Goals 2030. Decade of actions" |
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Welcome speeches
Q&A
Platform to jointly discuss with young people the national progress, achievements, gaps and common challenges, contribution and next steps in the implementation of SDGs and Agenda 2030 in Russia, Belgium and European Union with young people and for young people.
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| 12:40 – 14:00 |
Discussion platform SDG #YouthLAB No. 1 “The role of volunteering in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”
Description: World is still struggling multidimensional challenges of COVID-19 and it might seem that implementation of SDGs goals are becoming more complicated to achieve. The lifes of young people were impacted in every region of the world and faced new difficulties related with access to medicine, health, food, decent work, decrease of household income, access to quality education and many others. The distance learning and social isolation became "new normality". At the same time many youth and student organisations came together and created common respond, leading volunteering projects in different fields. Big companies implemented many important corporate projects to struggle new challenges and in favour of sustainable development and towards green economy.
Topics for discussion: • implementing corporate volunteering
Expert from Russia: Artem METELEV, Chairman of the Association of Volunteer Centres – “Mission Dobro” (online) UN Expert: Dorottya PRISKIN, Youth and Education Officer at the UN Environment Programme Expert from Russia: Konstantin SARVANIDI, Deputy Director General, Russian Humanitarian Mission EU Expert: Leonor WEISNER, Programme Manager for Youth Policy and Programmes, in charge of Erasmus+, Youth and European Solidarity Corps at the European Commission Expert from Belgium: Dilay KARAKADIOGLU, President of APNU Jeunes Expert from Russia: Leila BADALOVA, Head of the Center for International Projects Association of Volunteer Centers Expert from Belgium: Kaltoum NEBBOU, President of the non-governmental organization “Comité Diplomatique”
Moderator: Gunter GAUBLOMME, Director of Brussels Diplomatic Academy Q&A
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 – 16:30 |
Discussion platform SDG #YouthLAB No. 2 "Environment and community is our common responsibility"
Description: The protection of our planet and building of "better" world needs many efforts in different spheres. During the thematic breakout will be discussed the integrated approaches to achieve SDGs in the field of climate goals, sustainable infrastructure development, building smart cities and inclusive societies, advancing science, technology and innovation. We will have case studies by Belgian and Russian SMEs, smart business accelerators and NGOs activities to advance greener and more sustainable infrastructure, and present the role of youth in decision-making.
Topics for discussion: • advocacy for climate
Expert from Russia: Konstantin KOLPAKOV, Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats of Russia (online) Expert from Belgium: Sisi ZHANG, Academic Assistant College of Europe Expert from Russia: Irina ZHUKOVA, Director for Sustainable Development and Corporate Programs, Philip Morris International Expert from EU: Konstantin BLONDEAU, Liaison Officer on Franco-Russian Dialogue on Climate Change, Youth and Environment Europe Expert from Belgium: Erik van LENNEP, Climate Innovator and Innovation Strategist, representative of URBAN ARENA Expert from Russia: Nikita MAKURIN, Programme coordinator at the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund Expert from Russia: Vasily BALASHOV, Coordinator of Office for youth initiatives Agency for strategic initiatives Moderator: Francesco SISMONDINI, Executive Director of European Democrat Students
Q&A
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| 16:30 – 16:45 | Break |
| 16:45 – 18:00 |
DIALOGUE ATELIER
Results of #ForesightYOUTH. Presentation of the foresight session, evaluation of the work of the Forum Trainer: Ksenia FEDOROVA, youth trainer of the pool of trainers of the Council of Europe
Experts:
Moderator of the session: Vladimir CHETY, Founder and President of the Global Alumni Association
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| 18:00 |
Transfer to the venue (Russian House Brussels-Europe, rue du Méridien,21 SJTN)
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| 19:00 |
DIALOGUE YOUTH CONCERT & COCKTAIL Russian and Belgian performers: participants in the “TAVRIDA” Art Cluster projects "Nansi & Sidorov" Belgian Jazz Band "Guillaume Lepoutre Quartet Jazz"
Exposition “NEW GENERATION” Rossotrudnichestvo programme for youth
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*There can be some changes in time and speakers in the programme
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