Arrival of the participants

14:00 – 21:00   Registration of participants at the Braga Youth Centre

19:00   Dinner at the Braga Youth Centre

20:00   Welcome activities

9:30     Official opening of the conference, with:

Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga

Luis Guedes, Municipal Youth Council of Braga

Veronique Bertholle, Congress Spokesperson on Youth, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg

Nina Grmuša, Chair of the Joint Council on Youth of the Council of Europe

10:20   Musical moments with Mafalda MARTINS, winner of Young talents Braga

10:30   Introduction to the programme, expected results and methodology of the European Youth Conference

            Getting to know each other

11:00   Break

11:30   Exploring youth participation in our local and regional realities (parallel groups)

13:00   Break

14:30   Exploring youth participation in our realities (continued)

16:00   Break

16:30   Conclusions of the exploration of the realities of youth participation

            Information about the evening

19:00   Dinner

20:15   Informal evening with civil society in Braga

9:30     Young people revitalising democracy: the role of the Council of Europe in anchoring democratic values, keynote with Matjaž Gruden, Director for Democracy, Council of Europe

10:00   Introduction to the process and main revisions of the Charter on the participation of young people in local and regional life with Zsuzsanna Rutai, expert of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, and Ruxandra Pandea, Youth Department, Council of Europe

10:40   Introduction to the work of working groups on the Charter revision

11:00   Coffee break

11:30   Working groups on the revised text of the European Charter on the participation of young people in local and regional life:

            1 Youth participation and its principles EN

2 Young people have rights EN

3 Young people have structures and spaces for youth participation EN - FR

4 Youth perspectives in policy making EN

5 Young people have tools, opportunities and full support for participation EN

6 Dissemination, evaluation and review of the Charter and Introduction EN

13:00   Lunch

14:30   Reports from the working groups

15:10   Next steps in the process of revision of the Charter with:

Aida Karimli, rapporteur of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

Eva Kotnik, Advisory Council on Youth

Riccardo Venturini, European Steering Committee for Youth

15:45   Information on the afternoon and evening in Braga

16:00   Discover Braga from different perspectives – city tours:

Braga and student participation – offered by AUMinho, Academic Association of the University of Minho

Youth social intervention in Braga – offered by Youth Red Cross –  Delegation of Braga

Youth work in Braga – offered by Youth Department of Braga’s Municipality and FAJUB

BUSES

18.45 BYC > Hotel Vila Galé > Forum Braga | 19.00 Hotel Vila Galé > Forum Braga | 19.20 Hotel Vila Galé > Forum Braga

19:30   Youth participation and solidarity with:

Margarida Balseiro Lopes, Minister of Youth and Modernisation of Portugal

Maryna MYKHAILENKO, Ambassador of Ukraine to Portugal

Nina Grmuša, Chair of the Joint Council on Youth

Launch of the photo exhibition "Between light and darkness", photos by Konstantin and Vlada Liberovih, Yurka Dyachyshyn

Serenata with Sina - Grupo de Fados da Associação Académica da Universidade do Minho

            Dinner offered by Portuguese Institute for Sports and Youth (IPDJ) at Forum Braga

BUSES 23.00 Forum Braga > Hotel Vila Galé  | 23.00  Forum Braga > Hotel Vila Galé > CJB | 23.30 Forum Braga > Hotel Vila Galé

9:30     Solidarity with Ukraine and Lviv – European Youth Capital 2025, with:

Andriy CHESNOKOV, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine

Andriy MOSKALENKO, Deputy Mayor of Lviv

Maria BOVSUNOVSKA, Head of the Lviv - the European Youth Capital 2025 project

Sina Riz à Porta, board member, European Youth Forum

10:40   Making local and regional youth participation a reality – introduction to the working groups on next steps to be taken

11:00   Break

11:30   Making local and regional youth participation a reality (parallel working groups):

            1 Developing a platform for local and regional youth participation EN

            2 Capacity building for youth councils and authorities  EN/FR

            3 Educational resources on youth participation EN

            4 Information and dissemination of the Charter EN

            5 Advocacy and policy measures in support of the Charter implementation EN

            6 Evaluation, monitoring and impact of the Charter implementation EN

13:00   Lunch

14:30   Working groups continued

15:30   Reports of the working groups

16:15   Break

16:40   Human rights for all, participatory dance performance, participatory dance performance, by Ent´Artes - Escola de Dança

17:00   Closing session with:

Jorge Orlando Queiros, European Steering Committee on Youth

Fernando VIEIRA, President, National Federation of Youth Associations

Veronique Bertholle, Congress Spokesperson on Youth and Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg

Sina Riz à Porta, Board member, European Youth Forum

Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Youth Department

BUSES: 18.45 Hotel Vila Galé > Bom Jesus  | 18.50 Hotel Vila Galé > BYC> Bom Jesus  | 19.35 Hotel Vila Galé > Bom Jesus  

20:00   Dinner at Bom Jesus do Monte

Musical moments with TUM – Tuna Universitária do Minho

BUSES: 23.15 Bom Jesus > SETRA | 23.35  Bom Jesus > SETRA | 00.05 Bom Jesus > SETRA

Farewell party at SETRA Bar

Evening offered by the Municipality of Braga