Conference – Symposium – Forum / 18-20 May 2022 | Helsinki, Finland
The Europe talks about Solidarity will offer a space for a dialogues around the understanding of solidarity in Europe. The event will bring together experts that will challenge the understanding of solidarity in the youth sector.
Europe Talks about Solidarity will offer an overview about solidarity in the youth field. It will present different perspectives of solidarity by providing external experts to provoke critical thinking around the understanding of solidarity and by offering a space for open dialogue. A part of the program will be dedicated to share the experience and expertise of participants.
The objectives of the event are:
- To offer a platform for participating in debates on different aspects and understanding of solidarity in 2022
- To showcase different inspirational inputs and practices related to solidarity in the European Solidarity Corps programme and beyond to foster Solidarity as a core value in Europe
This is a two-day event, starting on 18th of May 2022 at 4pm and ending on 20th of May at lunch.
Participants
Europe Talks about Solidarity will bring together around 40 persons from various fields, interested in the topic of solidarity. The criteria for participants selection is the interest in dialogues around solidarity, the connection with the topic of solidarity and the representation of as diverse sectors as possible.
This activity is suitable for you if you are working in the youth field or in the field of solidarity in civil society. You can represent the public sector, e.g. ministries, government offices, regions, municipalities, parishes; or the civil society, e.g. cultural sector, sports sector, environmental sector, health and disability organisations, faith based groups, etc.; the private sector e.g. social enterprises or civil society movements; such as influencers, content producers, bloggers, activists. You can also represent media as a journalist or content creator.
Europe Talks about Solidarity is highly connected with the current European objectives dedicated to youth eg. European Year for Youth and structured dialogue process. The activity will be the first one from a series of events, hosted in different countries. From here you can find additional material of Europe Talks about Solidarity -concept https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/solidarity/solidarity-concepts/europetalks/ or listen the podcasts https://bit.ly/podcastEuropeTalks.
The Team
The activity will be facilitated by two experienced trainers:
Anna Peltoniemi and Elisabeth Einwanger
Available downloads: EUROPE TALKS ABOUT SOLIDARITY_program draft.pdf
More information at: SALTO