This meting will present findings of an EU-funded three-year research project, by 14 partners from Arab world, Turkey and Europe on the obstacles facing youth in the region and how these challenges should be combated through international policies
The event consisted in two panels with four and five presentations respectively, followed by a discussion with the audience.
The first panel, entitled "Youth views, conditions and prospects in Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia", was devoted to present the five National Case Studies in order to offer the audience a qualitative and quantitative overview of each country of study.
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Morocco: Dr. Caroline Minialai, Centre d'Etudes Sociales, Economiques et Managériales - Haute Ecole de Management
Algeria: Dr. Mustapha Omrane, Centre de Recheche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement
Tunisia: Dr. Fadhila Najah, Center of Arab Women for Training and Research
Egypt: Dr. Bahgat Korany, American University in Cairo - FORUM
The second panel, "Youth through regional lenses: Opportunities, Engagement, Values, Cultures, Gender Issues and Migration", dealt with the most important research themes through comparative lenses, thus underlining commonalities and differences from country to country and across countries.
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Youth Opportunities: Dr. Jochen Tholen, University of Bremen
Youth Engagement: Dr. Henri Onodera, Finnish Youth Research Network
Youth Cultures: Dr. Carles Feixa, University of Lleida
Gender Issues: Dr. Carmen Leccardi, University of Milano-Bicocca
Youth Migration: Dr. Elena Sánchez-Montijano, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
