Place:
Europa building, Brussels
Chairs:
Constantin-Bogdan Matei, Minister of Youth and Sports of Romania
Ecaterina Andronescu, Minister of National Education of Romania
Valer-Daniel Breaz, Minister of Culture and National Identity of Romania
All times are approximate and subject to change
WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
from 07.30
Arrivals
+/- 8.00
Doorstep by Minister Matei
Youth
+/- 10.00
Beginning of the Council meeting (roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Adoption of legislative A items (public session)
Adoption of non-legislative A items
+/- 10.20
Young people and the future of work
Guidelines on the governance of the EU Youth Dialogue
+/- 11.05
Young people as agents of democracy in the EU – policy debate (public session)
Any other business:
DiscoverEU
World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth and the Youth Forum “Lisboa +21” – Lisbon, 22 & 23 June 2019
Work programme of the incoming Finnish presidency
+/- 12.30
Doorstep by Minister Andronescu
+/- 13.00
Working lunch discussion on ‘Using artificial intelligence in education: challenges and opportunities’
+/- 14.45
Press conference (live streaming)
Education
+/- 15.00
Comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages
High quality early childhood education and care systems
Implementation of the Council recommendation on upskilling pathways: new opportunities for adults
+/- 16.00
Building the future of Europe: the contribution of education and training to strengthening social cohesion – policy debate (public session)
Any other business:
France’s bid to host the WorldSkills Competition in 2023
Education summit
Fight against antisemitism
Work programme of the incoming Finnish presidency
THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
from 07.30
Arrivals
+/- 7.55
Doorsteps by Minister Matei and Minister Breaz
Culture and Audiovisual
+/- 10.00
Beginning of the Council meeting (roundtable)
+/- 10.10
Young creative generations
Improving the cross-border circulation of European audiovisual works, with an emphasis on co-productions
+/- 10.30
From tackling disinformation to rebuilding EU citizens’ trust in the media (public session)
+/- 12.00
Any other business:
Nomination of Veszprém for the European Capital of Culture 2023
Fifth centenary of the first circumnavigation of the world, led by Fernão de Magalhães and Juan Sebastián Elcano
Paris cultural heritage – ministerial conference
Work programme of the incoming Finnish presidency
+/- 13.00
Working lunch discussion on ‘Future of culture in the digital age’
+/- 14.30
Press conference (live streaming)
Sport
+/- 15.00
Representation and coordination prior to WADA meetings
Access to sport for persons with disabilities
+/- 15.45
Increasing the participation of children and young people in sport in 21st century Europe (public session)
+/- 17.25
Any other business:
Meetings of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (14-16 May 2019, Montréal, Canada)
Match-fixing convention
Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia to host either the Euro 2028 championship or the 2030 World Cup (Thessaloniki, 13 April 2019)
Work programme of the incoming Finnish presidency
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