Africa-Europe Week 14-18 Feb. 2022 Programme.

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Africa-Europe Week
TOGETHER.
TOMORROW.
               14-18 Feb. 2022
TODAY.

            Programme.
Africa-Europe Week (Youth Online Pre-events )
                     7 – 12 February 2022

Youth                                                                                                            14:00-15:30 CET

                                                         11:00-12:30 CET
                                                                                                      Youth as drivers of change for
                                                                                                  strengthening community resilience,
                                          Youth-led perspectives for a AU-EU
Civil Society        MONDAY, 7TH          Partnership for Social and Climate
                                                                                                      building peace, and providing
                                                                                                         humanitarian response
Organisations                                           Justice
                                       AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub (YCH) - Environmental
                                                                                                  International Federation of Red Cross and Red
                                                                                                  Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Red Cross and Red
                                              Cluster and Oxfam Intermón (Spain)               Crescent Youth Network for Europe and Central Asia
                                                                                               and Red Cross and Red Crescent Youth Network for
                                                                                                                       Africa
Local Authorities

Side events                                                                                                      14:00-15:30 CET

                                                         11:00-12:30 CET                           #GirlsUnite to shape the EU-Africa
                                                                                                              partnership
                                          Next Generation of Farmers leading                    Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), Save the
                     TUESDAY, 8   TH
                                                against climate change                           Children, Plan International EU, World Vision EU,

Culture                                  Fairtrade Africa (FTA), Kenya in partnership with     ONE, IPPF EN, End FGM European Network, European
                                               Fairtrade International (FI), Germany             Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive
                                                                                               Rights (EPF) and World Association of Girl Guides and
                                                                                                               Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)

EU Africa Business
Forum

                                                                                                                                                                         17:00-18:30 CET
                                                                                                                 14:00-15:30 CET
                                                                                                                                                       Scouting and climate action: changing the
                     WEDNESDAY, 9TH                                                                The Active Citizen: Youth As Social                        world one action at a time
                                                                                                       Accountability Champions                         World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
                                                                                                       AU-EU Youth Hub Governance Cluster               in partnership with African Scout Region, European
                                                                                                                                                                           Scout Region

                                                                                                                 14:00-15:30 CET
                                                         11:00-12:30 CET
                                                                                                 Our Voice, Our Planet - Best practices
                                           Empower relations between young
                                                                                                and recommendations from the SAUTI-                                      14:00-18:00 CET
                     THURSDAY, 10TH        Africans and Europeans/Diasporas
                                                                                                             Youth Project
                                         Afroptimism/Youth of the Montpellier Summit, Je                                                                     EP meeting on AU-EU relations
                                       m’engage pour l’Afrique (JMA) – France in partnership      World Vision EU in partnership with World Vision
                                                 with Africa Business Club (ABC)                 Ireland, World Vision Tanzania, Youth Work Ireland
                                                                                                                       Galway
Youth.
         DAY 1                                                                                                                                                                                                    Side Events.
         MONDAY 14
10:00

 10:30
                                                                                                                                                   10:30-11:00

                                                                                                                                 Opening of the Youth Day
11:00

                                     11:00-12:30
 11:30                                                                                                                                                                     11:00-13:00
                  Young Women’s Political Participation                                                                                                                                                                   11:00-13:00
                   for Intergenerational Co-Leadership                                                                                                             (26): (Un)Equal Africa –                                                                            11:00-13:00
                                                                                                                                                                  how to ensure equitable                     (20): Science for Africa-EU
12:00     Plan International, Gender is My Agenda campaign (GIMAC) Young                                                                                                                                                                                      (27): Diversity in Dance
          Women Network, Nala Feminist Collective (NalaFEM), and Afresist                                     11:30-13:00                                        trajectories to prosperity?                          partnership                                 Organised by the Trans
                                                                                                                                                           Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,    Organised by the European Commission
                                                                                          21st Century Skills in The Era of COVID                                                                                   Joint Research Centre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Europe Halles (TEH)
                                                                                                                                                            France through the Agence Française de
                                                                                             AUEU Youth Cooperation Hub education cluste                                 Développement
 12:30

                             LUNCH BREAK 12:30-13:00

13:00
                                                                                                      LUNCH BREAK 13:00-13:30                                                                                    LUNCH BREAK 13:00-13:30
                                     13:00-14:30
 13:30     Young Voices Leading the Fight Against Climate
              Change - A dialogue between youth and                                                                                                                        13:30-15:00
                                                                                                              13:30-15:00
               policymakers from Africa and Europe                                                                                                           (17): Lessons of 10 years of
14:00       UNICEF in partnership with DG CLIMA, UNICEF Regional Office              African and European activists’ vision on how                         vocational training for livelihood
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          13:30-15:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       13:30-15:30
                     for West & Central Africa, EU-AU Youth Hub                      to rebalance the two continents’ relationship:                        development programs in Africa                     (4): Investing in health for                    (31): State of the ART and
                                                                                     How vaccine equity and global health can lead                                                                          economic recovery: Innovative
                                                                                                                                                               Organised by the Ministry of Foreign                                                        VR/360 Filmmaking for Women
 14:30                                                                                     the way for a sustainable recovery                              Affairs, Czech Republic and People in Need,          financing for pandemic
                           CULTURAL BREAK 14:30-14:45                                                                                                        University Mendel, Ghanaian University,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ‘Creating Our Futures – Building
                                                                                                          The ONE Campaign                                                                                  preparedness, health and HIV                            an Ecosystem’
                                                                                                                                                           Ethiopian CSO, CSO from DRC, Angolan CSO
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Organised by UNAIDS and World Bank,
                                     14:45-16:15                                                                                                                                                                                                              Organised by the Goethe Institut
15:00                                                                                                                                                                                                            UNDP, African Union, France
                                                                                                    CULTURAL BREAK 15:00 -15:15
          Towards a Meaningful Afro-European Partnership
                    for Youth, Peace & Security
 15:30    Youth for Peace Africa Program - African Union Youth Ambassadors                                    15:15-16:45
             for Peace (AYAP), Africa in partnership with Local Youth Corner                                                                                                                                              15:30-16:30
            (LYC), Cameroun and Building Blocks for Peace (BBFORPEACE),           Leveraging Education, Skills and Youth Innovation                                                                           (32): The transformative power
              Nigeria, Search For Common Ground (Search), Global (youth-              to Accelerate Digital Transformation and                                                                                of unrestricted funding towards
16:00                                     serving)                                     Strengthen Africa - Europe Cooperation                                                                                         cultural freedom
                                                                                   Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA),                                                        Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
                                                                                    Africa in partnership with AU Diaspora Youth Initiative (AUDYI),                                                       of the Netherlands and Prince Claus Fund
 16:30                                                                                                          Europe

                           CULTURAL BREAK 16:15-17:00
                                                                                                    CULTURAL BREAK 16:45-17:00
17:00                                                                                                                                                                                                                     16:30-18:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                (7): Fostering a cross-
                                                                                                                                                                                                              continental Africa-Europe
 17:30                                                                   17:00-18:30                                                                                                                        dialogue on ocean governance
                        Education, Skills, and Jobs: Reimagining the future of the Cultural Sector for Youth                                                                                                Organized by the European Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                           DG MARE, Portugal and The Africa-Europe
                    AU Diaspora Youth Initiative (AUDYI) in partnership with Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA)
18:00                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Foundation

 18:30

                                                                                                                                                   18:30-19:30

19:00                                                                                                             Culture: Film screening by ITC (fashion)
                                                                                                                                               FULLY VIRTUAL
 19:30
Civil Society Organisations
         DAY 2
                                                 & Local Authorities.                                                                                                                                         Side Events.
         TUESDAY 15
09:00

                                                                             09:15-09:45                                                                                       09:00-11:00
 09:30                                          Joint CSO and LA Opening : Overarching theme of the event:                                                                                                            09:00-11:00
                                                                                                                                                                   (2): Joint side-event by Poland
                                          “Participatory and transparent governance: A people-centred approach”                                                      and Egypt within an Africa-              (5): Every adolescent
                                                                                                                                                                   Europe Week 2022: AU - EU in             girl in Africa completing
                                                                         BREAK 9:45 - 10:00
10:00                                                                                                                                                                    run-up to the COP-27                secondary school, safe,
                                        10:00-11:00 CSO Session 2      10:00-11:00 CSO Session 3                                                                       Organised by the Permanent         strong, empowered: time for
                                        Building a partnership          From local to global:       10:00-11:00 CSO Session 4                                        Representation of Poland to the              Education Plus
           10:00-11:00 CSO Session 1                                                                                                                               European Union and Embassy of the       Organised by UNAIDS and Y+, AU,
                                            for every child –          African EU cooperation        Transforming Africa’s
 10:30    Inclusive peacebuilding                                     to tackle the interlinked        Informal economy                                             Arab Republic of Egypt in Brussels           France, Sweden (tbc)
                                             Accounting for
           and the climate crisis                                        climate, health and            for Decent Work
                                                                                                                                                                                  (tbc)
                                        children’s needs in the                                                                     10:00-12:00 LA Session 1
                                         EU-AU partnership                biodiversity crises
                                                                                                                                      Delivering on the
11:00                                                                                                                               AU-EU partnership :
                                                    CULTURAL BREAK 11:00 - 11:15
                                                                                                                                   local govenment’s role
                                                                                                     11:15 -12:15 CSO Session 8                                                11:00-12:30
 11:30     11:15-12:15 CSO Session 5    11:15-12:15 CSO Session 6      11:15-12:15 CSO Session 7           Sustainable                                               (16): Empowering youth as                                                               11:00-13:00
          Migration as a force for        Supporting family               What does a just           development of African                                         change-makers in the water
          development between          farmers and the right to         and inclusive Green         borderlands through the                                                   sector                                                                 Green Medicines in Africa:
12:00       Africa and Europe                food for all               Transition look like?       formalization of informal                                      Organised by the Ministry of Foreign
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Plant Molecular Pharming to
                                                                                                       cross-border trade          CULTURAL BREAK 12:00-12:15               Affairs, Slovenia                                                      fight the COVID-19 pandemic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      11:30-13:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Cape Biopharms, South Africa and
                                                                                                                                           12:15-13:15                                                          Youth Consultation                           M4F, Austria
 12:30                                                                                                                               LA Side Event (ENABEL)                                                    on the AU-EU Youth
                                                                                                                                    Culture and Creativity for                                                Programme 2022-2025
                                                                                                                                   the Future of Cities: Theory,                                                  (Youth Lab 3.0)
13:00                                                  LUNCH BREAK 12:15-14:00                                                    practices and methodologies          LUNCH BREAK 12:30-13:30
                                                                                                                                     from African Countries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LUNCH BREAK 13:00-13:30
                                                                                                                                   CULTURAL BREAK 13:15 -13:30
 13:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      13:30-14:15
                                                                                                                                    13:30-15:00 LA Session 2                   13:30-15:30                 High level side-event on the
14:00                                                                                                                                   How the urban                 (40): How can the FNSSA                   AU-EU Youth Lab
                                                                                                     14:00-15:00 CSO Session 12
                                        14:00-15:00 CSO Session 10     14:00-15:00 CSO Session 11                                  environment challenges            and the CCSE Partnerships
           14:00-15:00 CSO Session 9                                                                   An Africa-Europe             are considered in the                                                                                                    14:00-15:30
                                         Food Sovereignty and          Inclusive perspectives                                                                      contribute to building stronger
           Ensuring dignity and                                                                         partnership to               green transition and                                                                                           (3): Road safety and youth
 14:30                                   Rural Transformation          on governance, peace                                                                         value chains for sustainable
         human rights of people on                                                                    strengthen health                   recovery?                                                                                                          in Africa
                                       through Agroecology and             and security in                                                                          growth and jobs in Africa and
                the move                                                                             systems and achieve
                                             Land Justice                sub-saharan Africa                                                                                   in the EU                                                              Organised by ”YOURS” NGO,
                                                                                                             UHC                                                                                                                                   European Commission DG MOVE,
15:00                                                                                                                                                               Organised by European Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     DG INTPA and African Union
                                                                     CULTURAL BREAK 15:00-15:15                                                                                  DG RTD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Commission

 15:30
                                                                                                                                    15:15-16:15 LA Session 3                                                          15:30-17:00
                                                      15:15-16:15 CSO Session 13
                                                                                                                                    Thematic discussions
                                             Thematic discussions and key messages                                                                                                                          (13): “Getting back on track:
                                                                                                                                     and key messages
16:00                                                                                                                                                                                                      realizing gender equality and
                                                                                                                                                                               15:30-17:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                          universal access to sexual and
                                                                                                                                                                     (6): Space for sustainable           reproductive health and rights”
                                                                     CULTURAL BREAK 16:15-16:30                                                                     development: Copernicus -              Organised by The Netherlands (MoFA)
 16:30                                                                                                                                                             GMES and Africa Partnership               and Sweden, IPPF (tbc), European
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Commission DG INTPA (tbc), and African
                                                                                                                                                                     Organised by European Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                           countries (South-Africa, Morocco and/
                                                                                                                                                                    DG DEFIS, DG JRC, DG INTPA, African                or Benin, tbc)
17:00                                                                        16:30-18:00
                                                                                                                                                                    Union Commission, ESA, EUMETSAT

                                                 Joint CSO and LA Closing: Overarching theme of the event:
 17:30                                    “Participatory and transparent governance: A people-centred approach”

18:00

 18:30
DAY 4
         THURSDAY 17
09:00

 09:30
                                                  09:00-11:00
                                                                                                                                               09:00-11:00
                   (9): Reflections on a common research and innovation agenda                                                                                                                                                      09:00-11:00
                                                                                                                              (14): The Open Internet for Inclusive and
10:00         for agroecological transitions of agri-food systems under AU/EU policy                                                                                                                                             (34): Title (TBC)
                                                                                                                               Human-Centered Digital Partnerships
                                            frameworks                                                                                                                                                        Organised by European Commission DG NEAR and EMEA -
                                                                                                                   Organised by European Commission DG CNECT, FPI, DG INTPA, EEAS,                                          coordinator of CREACT4MED
                    Organised by European Commission DG INTPA, DeSIRA-LIFT and FARA,                                Internet Society (ISOC), International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
                                           Agrinatura, COLEACP
 10:30

11:00

 11:30

                                                  11:00-13:00                                                                                                                                                                       11:00-13:00
                                                                                                                                               11:00-13:00
12:00            (8): Emerging trends in digital education in African Higher Education                                                                                                               (39): Making quality health products accessible to all Towards
                                                                                                                     (18): Heritage and SocioEconomic Development in Africa
                              Organised by NUFFIC, Netherlands, DAAD Germany,                                                                                                                                  an Africa-EU partnership in global health
                                                                                                          Organised by The Heritage Management Organization, MoFa Greece and The African Union
                                the British Council and Campus France, France                                                                                                                           Organised by the Team Europe and African Partners, hosted by Belgium

 12:30

13:00
                                                                                                                                      LUNCH BREAK 13:00-14:00
14:00
                                                                                                                                               14:00-14:45
                                                  14:00-15:00
                                                                                                                               (24): Le dernier refuge Film + Debate                                                                14:00-15:30
 14:30                      (1): Local educational content, a building block?
                                                                                                                      Orgaised by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
            Organised by the Federation of European Publishers and African Publishers Association (tbc)                                                                                               (28): Working together to improve compliance with International
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Humanitarian Law
15:00                                                                                                                                                                                                     Organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     European Commission DG ECHO, AU (tbc)

 15:30                                            15:00-16:30
                               (10): Youth & Cities vs. Climate Change                                                                         15:30-16:30                                                   15:30-16:30
           How cities, local organisations and youth can team up to fight climate change
                                                                                                                 (46): “Culture at the Heart of Sustainable Development in Africa:                   Why Guarantees Matter for
16:00                       Organised by European Commission DG ENER and (tbc)                                                                                                                                                                             15:30-17:30
                                                                                                                                   Challenges and Opportunities”                                 Development: Insights from UNCDF-
                                                                                                                                          Organised by UNESCO                                        SIDA Partnership in Zambia                  (15): Migration and Mobility:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Creating Positive Change and
 16:30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fostering Opportunities for Youth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and their Communities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Organised by the International Organization
17:00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  for Migration (IOM)

 17:30

                                                                                                                                             20:30-22:30

                                                                                                                                    MAISHA CONCERT
                                                                                                                                       PHYSICAL @BOZAR
EU Africa Business Forum
                         MONDAY 14                                                TUESDAY 15                                                      WEDNESDAY 16                                         THURSDAY 17
10:00

 10:30                                                                                10:00-11:30
                                                                                                                                                      10:00-11:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                           10:00-11:30
                                                            Unlocking Opportunities for Regional Value Chain
                                                                                                                                     The road to economic recovery: fostering
                                                                     Integration under the AfCFTA                                                                                           Integrating EU and Africa Value Chains
                                                                                                                                           the Pan-African opportunity
11:00                                                                       (ITC - International Trade Center)

 11:30

                                                                                                                                                      11:45-13:00
12:00                                                                                                                              11:45-13:00                        11:45-13:00
                                                                                      11:30-13:00                                                     Energy for
                                                                                                                                    Digital                             The EU                             11:45-13:00
                                                                  Towards an Africa–Europe Partnership for                                          Industry and
                                                                                                                                  Innovation                         Opportunity
                                                                        Sustainable Infrastructure                                                   Productive                        Bridging the Finance, Investment and Skill Gaps
                                                                                                                                    for Job                           for Africa-
 12:30                                                                                                                                                Use: from                            and Developing Youth Entrepreneurship
                                                                                                                                 Creation and                           Based
                                                                                                                                                   Large to Small
                                                                                                                                 Sustainability                      Businesses
                                                                                                                                                     Enterprises
13:00
                                                              13:00-13:45
                                                                                      13:00-13:45
                                                             Building Bridges                                                                                                                              13:00-14:15
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               13:15-14:00
                                                              Through Youth         Investment                                                                                           13:00-14:15         Role of
 13:30                                                                                                                             13:15-14:30                                                                               Best Practices
                            13:00-14:30
                                                              Innovation and       Opportunities                                                                                       Women Entre-      Europe Africa      in Public-Private
                                                            Entrepreneurship                                                       EU-Africa          13:15-14:30                                        Partnerships
                                                                                   for EU-Africa                                                                      13:15-14:30       preneurship                         Partnerships for
         Building Blocks for a Resilient Agri-Food System                                                                        Partnerships:        AfCFTA,                                             for Empowe-      Sustainable Deve-
                                                                                   Partnerships                                                                       Circular           for Africa     ring the Private   lopment in Africa
                    and Value Chains in Africa                                                                                      Special           A Game
14:00                                                                                in African                13:45-14:30
                                                                                                                                                                      Economy                                 Sector
                                                                                     Transport              Investing in Young     Economic           Changer
                                                                                     Corridors                Businesses in         Zones
                                                                                                                  Africa
 14:30

                                                                                                                                                                                                           14:15-15:30
                                                                                                                                                                      14:45-16:00
                                                                                      14:30-16:00                                                     14:45-16:00                           Financing Africa’s Sustainable Growth
15:00                                                                                                                                                                 Accelerating
                            14:30-16:00                                             Launch of the                                  14:45-16:00      Health Secu-        Towards
                                                                                   Alliance for En-                              Infrastructure      rity, Access    Sustainability
         Hydrogen and Green Shipping for Clean Energy
                                                                                   trepreneurship                15:15-16:00          and           to Medicines,    in the African
 15:30                                                        14:00-17:30
                                                                                       in Africa                                  Connectivity        Economic      Textile, Apparel
                                                            Taxation and                                        EFSD+                                                 and Fashion
                                                                                                             Presentation                               Growth
                                                            Business In                                                                                                 Industry
16:00                                                          Africa
                                                                                      16:00-17:30
                                                                                    How to Foster
 16:30                      16:00-17:30                                               Entrepre-
                                                                                     neurship for                                                                                                          16:00-17:30
          Business Opportunities in the Industralisation
                                                                                    Young People                                                                      16:30-17:45
             of the Construction, Infrastructure and                                                                               16:30-17:45                                                          Closing Session
                                                                                       through                                                        16:30-17:45      Building
17:00                Transport Value Chains                                                                                       Automotive
                                                                                    Education and                                                   Sustainable      Sustainable
                                                                                     Professional                                    and
                                                                                                                                                     Agri-Food      Raw Materials
                                                                                       Training                                   Sustainable
                                                                                                                                                      Systems        Value Chains
                                                                                                                                   Mobility
 17:30                                                                                                                                                                 in Africa

18:00
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