Within the context of the upcoming French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Mr. Jean-Michel Blanquer, French Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, has the privilege and the pleasure of inviting you to the online conference “Getting Europe moving!”, 19 January afternoon.
35 years after the creation of the Erasmus programme, there is absolutely no doubt about the role played by European mobility, and in particular young people’s mobility, in the construction of a European identity. What remains to be achieved is to make an experience of mobility an attractive choice for all and an opportunity taken up by a maximum of young people. This conference, ‘Getting Europe Moving!’ will give a new impetus to mobility programmes, in spite of the current the health crisis. The event will promote more inclusive and better recognised mobility for all young people including students, pupils, apprentices, etc.
The conference will be held online from La Sorbonne in Paris. The link to attend the conference will be available on the GettingEuropeMoving webpage.
Program
ONLINE VILLAGE : from 2pm
Each of the 27 Member states will showcase examples of inspiring practice promoting more inclusive and better recognised mobility”. Erasmus+ Agency Education and Training: Europass ; Erasmus+ Agency for Youth and Sport: Youthpass; European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education; Campus France; ECML; eTwinning; France Education international (Language assistant programme), Franco-German Office for Youth, Euroguidance and the European Commission representation in France. Virtual stands will promote European organisations facilitating mobility and multilingualism.
CONFERENCE « OSONS LA MOBILITÉ / GETTING EUROPE MOVING »
3pm - 3:10pm
Welcome by journalist Alex Taylor
Opening address : Jean-Michel Blanquer, French Minister for Education, Youth and Sport
Video tour of Europe : Testimonials from Young Europeans from different Member States on why they made the choice of international mobility for study or work
3:10pm - 3:35pm : “ I DECIDED TO GO ABROAD FOR A WORK EXPERIMENT”
Normandy video interviews: a group of students from the vocational education and training sector in Normandy share their international experiences.
Speakers:
- Patrick Tardy, Winner of the innovative teacher award for the Eurolyceepro project, teacher at Claude Nougaro upper secondary school (Caussade, Occitanie Region)
- Jade Rabetrano, former student at Claude Nougaro upper secondary school
- Enrique Mastral, director of the company IBERAMBAL,(Spain)
- Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Ireland)
- Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister for Education, Youth and Sport (France)
3:35pm - 4pm : MORE INCLUSION AND INCREASED SOLIDARITY
Video story: Antonio Vicković, young Croatian in Latvia on an Erasmus+ mobility programme involving 17 countries and 50 visually impaired young people
Speakers:
- Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Ireland
- Mariya Gabriel, European Commissionner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
- Nazeh Bahia Hamudi Malainine, Spanish volunteer on assignement with the European Solidarity Corps in France
- Sarah El Hairy, Secretary of state for Youth and Youth engagement (France)
- Sabine Verheyen, MEP, Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, Rapporteur for the European Year of Youth
4pm - 4:25pm : BETTER RECOGNISED MOBILITY
Video story : aki-app, an app that demonstrates the benefits of soft skills (Franco-German office for Youth Exchange)
Speakers:
- Manne Lunden-Miranda, Swedish pupil (lycée Le Corbusier, Poissy) et Samantha Lindblad Swedish pupil (lycée d'Arsonval à Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) on a one year school programme in France
- Louise Le Masson, (Lycée Honoré de Balzac, Paris France) and Johanna Raschke, (Johann-Beckmann-Gymnasium, Hoya Niedersachsens, Germany) - A Franco –German partnership for a 6 month exchange programme (Voltaire).
- Lina Axelsson Kihlblom, Minister for Education (Sweden)
- Václav Velčovský, deputy Minister for International Affairs, EU and European Structural and Investment Funds-ESIF (Czech Republic)
- Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister for Education, Youth and Sport (France)
4:25pm - 4:45pm : General conclusions
- Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister for Education, Youth and Sport, France
- Mariya Gabriel, European Commissionner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
