Bridges to Work - selected participants & confirmed speakers

Fruitful discussions and interactions took place between the following participants.

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Confirmed speakers

  1. Niall OHiggins, professor University Salermo, IZA research fellow, formerly ILO employment specialist, Italy
  2. Madi Sharma: Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee, Madi Group, UK
  3. Ian Goldring, director Project Works, Belgium -SALTO's Inclusion through Employability research
  4. Andrea Drénné Elek, Opening Doors Program, General Electric, Hungary
  5. Jean-Paul Van Avermaet, G4S Security, Belgium
  6. Tanel Joost, EQUA, Estonia
  7. Pascal Lejeune, Head of Youth Unit, Directorate General Education and Culture, European Commission.
  8. Koen Lambert, Director of JINT vzw, Coordination Agency for International Youth Work in Flanders, Belgium
  9. Leen Verbist, Counciller for Youth, City of Antwerp, European Youth Capital 2011 + 2 South Day young people (working for a day as advisors to the city counciller, to collect funds for projects in the South)

Young people & coaches of youth employment & entrepreneurship projects

  1. Denisa Goga + Renart Koçi (Qendra Sociale Murialdo, Albania ) >  "How to do enterprise"
  2. Sabrina Schifrer + Dominik Frankl (gain&sustain:europe, Austria ) >  Chance giving - Chance living
  3. Michael Doom + Yaya Silva (Oe Know?!, Belgium - FL ) >  Do it yourself!
  4. Marijeta Gregov + Marin gregov (R.E. CENTAR- education and rehabilitation, Croatia ) >  Quality services for people with disabilities.
  5. Umberto Dorus Geerts + Mart Tarlap (NGO Continuous Action, Estonia ) >  Jump Start
  6. Heidi Elo + Miranda Palm (Lieto municipality / Kisällikellari, Finland ) >  Outreach youthwork
  7. Marianne Pabion + Ludovic Cecillon (Eurocircle, France ) >  VISTA
  8. Khatia Tsiramua + Qetievan Kazakhashvili (NGO "Koda Community Education Center", Georgia ) >  “Mutual Education and Activities for Effective integration in Tetritskaro Municipality
  9. Petra Klein + Tanja Lindenberg (Kompetenzagentur, Germany ) >  Kompetenzagentur Sinzig - Bad Breisig - Remagen
  10. Aniko Magyar + Mr. Dániel Krámos (Carpathian Foundation-Hungary, Hungary ) >  Volunteer and Intern Program
  11. Frímann Sigurðsson + Friðrik Sigurbjörn Friðriksson (Hitt Húsið, youth center, Iceland ) >  Vítamín, Training course
  12. Anna Peplinska + Daniel Fitzpatrick (Blanchardstown Community Training Centre, Ireland ) >  Blanchardstown Community Training Centre
  13. Massimiliano Nunziatini + Camporesi Cristian (Social cooperative "Paolo Babini", Italy ) >  "Event and ceremonies"
  14. Una Vorma + Gunita Kuļikovska (Riga Technical University Career centre, Latvia ) >  raise young people employment
  15. Irmantas Sujeta + Gabriele Bubokaite (VšĮ Mažeikių "Versli karta" / NGO Mazeikiu "Entrepreneur generation", Lithuania ) >  I have an idea!
  16. Doutsen Langhout + Siebe Baart (IDEA, Netherlands ) > "Debate for work"
  17. Mona Mauseth Evensen + Somaya Elfarri (JobbX Career Centre, Antirasistisk Senter, Norway ) >  JobbX karrieresenter 
  18. Dorota Anna Milke + Marta Bartold (The Polish Foundation For The Hearing-impared Children Echo, Poland ) >  Supprort for deaf and hard hearing people .
  19. Talia Delgado + Violeta Apostol (Access for All, Romania ) >  Acces pentru toti ( Access for all)
  20. Alenka Blazinšek + Tadeja Ozebek (Zavod Nefiks, Slovenia ) >  Project Nefiks
  21. Ramon Martinz + [Ismael Del Rio-cancelled] (Spain) > Hazlo! (Do it!)
  22. Lisa Lindroos + Mythia De Lima (Navigatorcentrum, Sweden ) >  Young Future
  23. Fatma Soyer + Ayşe Hümeyra Deren (Steell Exporters Associaiton, Turkey ) >  Sectoral Foreign Trade Teams
  24. David Plumtree + Jade Bassindale (Indiependent, United Kingdom ) >  Old School Clothing Co
  25. Joan McVicar + Kathleen Wilie + Rebekah Colligan (South Lanarkshire Council- Youth Learning Services, United Kingdom ) >  H20/ C03

European programmes/ structures for employment & entrepreneurship

  1. Srd Kisevic (CoE-EU Youth Partnership)
  2. Philipp Boetzelen (CoE-EU Youth Partnership)
  3. Leen Van Bockstal (Jint - Youth in Action Flanders Belgium)
  4. Danijela Bocvarov (NA Youth in Action, Croatia)
  5. MARIT KANNELMÄE-GEERTS (NA Youth in Action, Estonia)
  6. Terhi Liintola (CIMO, Youth in Action Finland)
  7. TREMOLIERES Jeremy (Na Youth in Action, France)
  8. Rita Bergstein (SALTO T&C RC, Germany)
  9. Udo Teichmann (SALTO T&C RC, Germany)
  10. Claudius Siebel (Youth in action, Germany)
  11. Nina Schmidt (Youth in Action, Germany)
  12. Frank Tillmann (Deutsches Jugendinstitut, Germany)
  13. Hjortur Augustsson (Youth in Action, Iceland)
  14. Andrius Jasinskis (Lithuania)
  15. Laima Grigiene (Lithuania)
  16. Martine Lentz (Service Volontaire d'Orientation (Service National de la Jeunesse), Luxembourg)
  17. Peter Pieters (Youth in Action, Netherlands)
  18. Lucia Király Csajka (Youth in Action, Slovak Republic)
  19. Tomas Pesek (Iuventa - Slovak youth institut, ESF, Slovak Republik)
  20. Amy White (Youth in Action, United Kingdom)
  21. BERNICE SWEENEY (Youth in Action UK NA,United Kingdom)
  22. Gerry Ford (Advantage-NI, United Kingdom)

Job sector: employers, job centres, entrepreneurship support, employment services

  1. Gert Conings (Recrutement & Resources Manager, G4S Belgium, Belgium)
  2. Jasmin Aufschneider (German Federal Employment Agency, Belgium - DE)
  3. Ben Bruyndonckx (SYNTRA Flanders - Flemish Agency for Entrepreneurial Training, Belgium - FL)
  4. Leen Thienpondt (Steunpunt Inclusief Hoger Onderwijs (Support Centre for Inclusive Higher Education), Belgium - FL)
  5. Ewa Pawlowska (European Disability Forum, Belgium - FR)
  6. Salvatore Vetro (ENSIE, European Network of Social Integration Enterprises, Belgium - FR)
  7. Sophie Chiha (European Network of Foundations for Social Economy, Belgium - FR)
  8. Aleksandra Štengl (Croatian Employment Service, Croatia)
  9. Constantinos Karakontis (DEOK, Cyprus)
  10. Livia Laas (Eesti Töötukassa, Estonia)
  11. Bertrand SAUVAGE & Claudia CAPECCHI (City of Roubaix, France)
  12. Karoly Toth (EU-CSOPORT including EU-JOBS Ltd., EU-DiákOK School Cooperative, EU-FA Foundation, Hungary)
  13. SIGRIDUR AGNES JONASDOTTIR (Directorate of Labour, Iceland)
  14. Valdas Maksvytis (Lithuanian Labour Exchange under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania)
  15. Algimanta Sciglinskiene (Alytus Business Advisory Center, Lithuania)
  16. Lizzy Bradley (EURES/UWV WERKbedrijf, Netherlands)
  17. Łucja Kornaszewska (The Foundation Supporting Physically Disabled Mathematicians and IT Specialists, Poland)
  18. Iwona Ziejewska (The Voivodeship Labour Office in Szczecin, EURES, Poland)
  19. Jozef Pauk (M-Promex, Slovak Republic)

Other stakeholders, VIPs, visitors

  1. Giorgio Guazzugli Marini (European Commission)
  2. James Higgins (European Youth Forum, Belgium)
  3. Yamina Guidoum (Inclusion through Employability research, Project Works, Belgium)
  4. Karolien Claes, Saskia Aelen & Mike Wauters (PLOT.form vzw, Belgium - FL)
  5. Suzy Bleys (Cabinet Minister for Youth, Belgium - FL)
  6. El Hassan Aouraghe (Employment Policy, City of Antwerp, Belgium - FL)
  7. Els Meersschaert (Jint - Flemish Coordination Agency for International Youth Work)
  8. Hilde Van Dyck (Agency for Socio-Cultural Work for Youth and Adults, Youth Department, Flemish Community, Belgium-FL)
  9. Lieve Caluwaert (Agency for Socio-Cultural Work for Youth and Adults, Youth Department, Flemish Community, Belgium-FL)
  10. Niina Veko (Finish Workshop Association, Finland)
  11. Rudy Verschoren (Cafe Konditoria Valentina oy / Suklaaterie, Finland)
  12. Christiane Reinholz-Asolli (IJAB - International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany)
  13. Simon Schnetzer (The What Will We Be Project, Germany)
  14. Tetiana Katsbert (YEPP (Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme), Germany)
  15. Diane Carvalho (Eurodyssey, Portugal)
  16. Pierre Echard (Novia Salcedo Foundation, Spain)
  17. Erik Wallin (G8WAY, Sweden)
  18. Oleksandr Nagurnyi (Kiev Youth Labour Centre, Ukraine)
  19. Joe Hawkins (Youth Council for Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)

Cancelled

  • No Info received - Anastasia Arapidou + Christos Mitafidis (CAREER OFFICE OF DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE, Greece ) >  Leonardo Da Vinci for Young Graduates
  • Tess Van Deinse (Jint General Assembly, Belgium-FL)
  • Kati Plukk (Estonian Youth Work Centres, ESF, Estonia)
  • Mélanie FORTIN (ADICE, France)
  • Antoine Godbert (Agence Europe Education Formation, France)
  • Violeta Naydenova (Roma Initiatives Open Society Foundations, Hungary)
  • Gundula Piersanti (LuxLanguesSA/inlingua Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
  • Kate Schummer (ADEM, Luxembourg)
  • Jerry Fellens (Open youth centres, Luxembourg)
  • Iris Wessels (Welzijngroep Sedna (organisation in Welfare), Netherlands)
  • Anne Gerd Strand (Ny GIV, Norway)
  • Pavel Chuduk (EDUCATIO: Institute for Development and Training  (Lithuania) partner of a ROBERT SCHUMAN Institute (Polish department), Poland)
  • Anna Dyrda (Dyrda Strategie Personalne/ Dyrda Personal Strategies, Poland)
  • Victoria Huguet (Diputacion de Cordoba, Spain)

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