Youth Forum:
Refugees and Migrants in New Media in South-East and Central Europe
(draft agenda)
31 March 2017 – 1 April 2017
Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia
Day 1: 31 March 2017, Friday
09:30 – 10:00 / Registration for the Youth Forum
10:00 – 10:30 / Opening of the Youth Forum and welcoming the participants
  • Ana Alibegova, Director of Program Development of the Association for Education Mladiinfo International
  • DraganchoApostolovski, CEI National Coordinator
  • H.E. Mr. Jacek Multanowski, Ambassador of Republic of Poland to Republic of Macedonia
  • AtanasMinov, National Representative of Republic of Macedonia in the Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI)
  • Anna Alboth, Journalist and Activist, Civil March for Aleppo initiative

10:30 – 10:45 / Presentation of the project and agenda “Refugees and Migrants in the New Media in South-East Europe and Central Europe”
  • Ana Alibegova, Director of Program Development at Association for Education Mladiinfo International and Project Coordinator

10:45 – 11:00 / Opening of the exhibition “Diversity and Integration through the Eyes of Youth”
  • Ivana Petriskova, Project Manager at Mladiinfo Slovakia and Project Coordinator

11:00 – 11:15 / Coffee-break (media statements, if requested)
11:15 – 12:45 / PANEL 1: Duplicating the ‘Good’, Learning from the ‘Bad’: Representation of Migrants and Refugees in the (New) Media
Moderator: HarisDedovic, Founder and Editor of the satiric portal Satro.info
Participants:
  • Ralf Graubusnig (Austria): The Visegrad Four. A New European Center of Power?
  • AniaAnkowska (Poland): Burden on Society and Economy: the Profile of Contemporary Refugees and Migrants
  • Attila Nagy (Serbia/Hungary): Comparative analysis of refugees coming from Balkan and the Middle East from a Legal, Economical and Moral Viewpoint
  • Svoboda Stoeva (Bulgaria): World of Asylum Seekers and Its Image in Media Coverage: Boundaries and Discourses (Case Study of Bulgaria)
  • NooraArkavazi (Macedonia): “On the Refugee Route from Iraq to Macedonia: Hands-on Experience”

13:00 –14:30 / Lunch-time for the official Forum’s participants at Hotel Continental
14:30 – 16:00 / PANEL 2: Don’t Believe Everything You Read: Youth and the Need of New Media Literacy
Moderator:EmaJakimovska, Project Coordinator at Mladiinfo International, Macedonia
Participants:
  • Akintayo O. Adewale (Nigeria/Slovakia): Addressing New Media’s Roles in Transforming Journalism in the Face of Refugees and Migrants
  • Katarzyna Morton (Belgium/Poland): "Twitting - not speaking - how XXI century media opened a gateway for the posttruth. Case of immigrants"
  • DenadaDosti (Albania): The Representation of Syrian Refugees and Other Immigrants in Turkish Media
  • AtanasLozanov (Bulgaria): The Refugees in the Broken Mirror of Fear
  • Oliana Sula (Albania):Challenges of Increasing Refugee Crisis Awareness in Online Social Networks Among Young People: Case of Albania

16:00 – 16:15 / Coffee-Break
16:15 – 17:45 / PANEL 3: Active Youth for More Inclusive Society: Developing Tools for Migrant and Refugee Integration
Moderator: Ana Alibegova, Director of Program Development at Mladiinfo International
Participants:
  • Anna Alboth (Poland/Germany): Civil March for Aleppo as Bottom-Up Activism
  • Marcel Dalichau (Germany/Austria): Integrating Refugess Through Education (Case of Austria)
  • Michaela Pobudova (Slovakia): The Evolution of a Pro-Refugee Volunteer Campaign in Slovakia
  • KarloTašler (Croatia): Integration of Refugees and Restoration of their Dignity
  • Lora Lybenova (Bulgaria): The role of Youth Organisations in the Process of Social Inclusion and Integration of Young Refugees
  • MersihaSmailovic, (Macedonia): Legis NGO: Spreading the Good Deeds for a Brighter Future for Everyone

17:45 – 18:00 / Closing remarks and announcement for the second day of the forum
Day 2: 1April 2017, Saturday
09:30 – 09:45 / Opening of the Second Youth Forum Day, EmaJakimovska, Mladiinfo International Macedonia
09:45 – 10:45 / WORK IN GROUPS: Guidelines on Diversity Reporting
Moderator: Ana Alibegova, Director of Program Development, Mladiinfo International
Topics:
  • W1: Digital youth and civic journalism
  • W2: Combating hate speech and intolerance online
  • W3: Diversity reporting and positive new media storytelling
  • W4: Building sustainable capacities of new media
  • W5: Youth activism and promotion of integration through media

10:45 – 11:00 / Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 / Presentation of the Draft Guidelines on Diversity Reporting
12:00 – 12:15 / Conclusions and closing remarks from the Youth Forum