Youth Democracy Forum – Why Not Ask Them: Untapped Potential of Youth Participation

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Georgian Institute of Politics is pleased to invite you to the Youth Democracy Forum – Why Not Ask Them: Untapped Potential of Youth Participation. 

The event will be held on Friday, May 27 from 10:00 – 15:00 at Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Tbilisi.

Working Language:  Georgian

Youth Democracy Forum – “Why Not Ask Them: Untapped Potential of Youth Participation in Georgia” aims at gathering GIP beneficiaries, stakeholders, decision-makers, civil activists, politicians, and representatives of governmental, and non-governmental institutions. The goal of the event is to create space for discussion around the challenges that young people face on a daily basis through Thematic Working Groups’ (WGs) presentations.

The topics of thematic working groups are the following:

– The Role of Youth in Foreign Policy;

– Youth Participation in Local Self-Government;

– Women’s Political Participation;

– Youth Unemployment. 

Welcome Remarks:

Moderators: Gvantsa Itchkiti & Nino Jibuti, Project Officers, GIP

09:30 – 10:00 – Registration 

10:00 – 10:15 – Welcome, GIP, USAID

10:15 – 10:45 – Video & Keynote speaker (TBD)

Breakout Session I – Presentations of Thematic Working Groups

10:45 – 11:30 –

– Women’s Political Participation (Presentation, Q&A)

– Role of Youth in Foreign Policy (Presentation, Q&A)

11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break

Breakout Session II – Presentations of Thematic Working Groups

12:00 – 12:45-

– Youth Participation in Local Self-Governance (Presentation, Q&A)

– Youth Unemployment (Presentation, Q&A)

12:45 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 – Panel discussion – Why Not Ask Them: Untapped Potential of Youth Participation

– Nino Gogokhia, Georgia’s Youth Representative in UN

– Nina Gogoladze, Expert

– Davit Shervashidze, Project Officer, International Republic Institute

– Moderator: Sophio Makatsaria, Journalist, Euronews Georgia

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Youth Democracy Forum is implemented by the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP) within the project “Promoting Youth Transformational Leaders in Georgia”, supported by USAID/Georgia