EUROPEAN MEETING CENTRE - NOWY STAW FOUNDATION
Memorandum on future youth policy and future of European Youth Programmes was the main outcome of the 6th Economic Forum of Young Leaders. The Forum organized by our Foundation took place between 6th and 10th September in Nowy Sącz.
The special guest of 2011 Forum was Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia. He was one of many eminent leaders who offered their advice and analyses to more than 250 young leaders from 37 countries. As President Saakashvili proclaimed, "politics is becoming more younger and more energetic.. don't wait".
There were many lectures and panel discussion during four days Forum. The issues ranged from the future of Schengen zone, the Euro crisis, 20 years of transformation in Central and Eastern Europe to migration and beyond.
Among guests and panelists there were: Ene Ergma - President of Parliament of Estonia, Georgi Baramidze - Vice-Prime Minister, State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in Georgia, Zhelyu Zhelev - former President of Bulgaria, Rosalia Arteaga - President of Ecuador (1997), FIDAL Foundation, Vincent Van Dessel - Chairman and CEO of NYSE Euronext Brussels, Alexander Lehmann - Senior Economist and Head of the Region, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Łukasz Foltyn - Founder of Gadu Gadu, Polish most popular internet communicator.
On last day of the Forum participants accepted the memorandum on future youth policy, especially on independent European Youth programme based on
no-formal education principles.
More about the Forum online: forum-leaders.eu
