This early arrival programme, led by UWC Cyprus, will help delegates, especially those from overseas, to get acquainted with the Cypriot context and the nuanced reality of life in Europe’s "last divided capital".
19:00 – 21:00
Welcome cocktail
Σάββατο – 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024
8:30 – 9:00
Travel from Cleopatra Hotel to Chateau Status
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
Registration of all delegates.
09:30 – 10:10
Welcome and opening keynote
Official opening and welcome addresses. Speakers include:
– Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
– Faith Abiodun, Executive Director of UWC International
– EU Scholars (UWC students from Cyprus)
Keynote: Kainat Riaz, Global Youth Ambassador
10:15 – 10:45
Keynote on Youth Ambassador for Girls’ Education: Kainat Riaz
Join a UWC Experience workshop led by students from the EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC and their international peers! Get to know and experience what it is like to study at a UWC school in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway – through the lens of current students.
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00
Tracked Youth-led and Other Breakouts
Join a UWC Experience workshop led by students from the EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC and their international peers! Get to know and experience what it is like to study at a UWC school in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway – through the lens of current students.
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30
Experience UWC 1
14:30 – 14:45
Transition
14:45 – 15:45
Tracked youth-led breakouts and other breakouts
Sample workshop in Track 2: Youth
HADE: language learning to build bridges Experience how HADE, a youth-led grassroots organisation, uses language learning to build bridges between communities. In this session, you will not only learn some words in a new language, but also explore the politics of language and celebrate linguistic diversity.
15:45 – 16:00
Transition
16:00 – 16:45
Plenary
Together, we close the day with a panel discussin on the founding story of UWC Mostar:
UWC Mostar: the story of an integrated school in a post-conflict society UWC Mostar was and is the first UWC with the explicit aim to contribute to the reconstruction of a post-conflict society. In this panel discussion, UWC Mostar co-founder, Pilvi Torsti, and UWC Mostar staff, including Head of the College Sonia Rawat, will share the founding story of this integrated, international school in a formerly divided city, Mostar.
16:45 – 17:00
Coffee break / Transition time
17:00 – 19:00
Networking and Info fair
Close the day with networking, making friends, and a small info fair! During this networking fair, delegates and the general public can get to know the schools of the EU SCholarship Programme as well as other projects funded by the EU AId Programme for the TCc. Simulteanously, delegates will engage in a creative collaborative exercise.
Meet with:
– EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC
– UWC Adriatic
– UWC Mostar
– UWC Maastricht
– UWC Robert Bosch College
– UWC Red Cross Nordic
– Civic Space
– EU Info Point
– and more!
19:00
Travel
Close the day with networking, making friends, and a small info fair! During this networking fair, delegates and the general public can get to know the schools of the EU SCholarship Programme as well as other projects funded by the EU AId Programme for the TCc. Simulteanously, delegates will engage in a creative collaborative exercise.
Meet with:
– EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC
– UWC Adriatic
– UWC Mostar
– UWC Maastricht
– UWC Robert Bosch College
– UWC Red Cross Nordic
– Civic Space
– EU Info Point
– and more!
Κυριακή – 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024
09:00 – 09:30
Travel from Hotel to Chateau Status
We open the day with reflections from Day 1 and youth speeches, including alumni of teh EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC.
09:30 – 10:15
Plenary
We open the day with reflections from Day 1 and youth speeches, including alumni of teh EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC.
10:15 – 11:15
Tracked youth-led and other breakouts
Sample workshop in Track 3: the EU
Promoting peace in Cyprus: the role of the EU and the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community Learn about the work of the European Union in Cyprus and explore programmes supported through the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, building confidence between Cypriot communities.
11:15 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
Experience UWC: A workshop led by UWC students
Join a UWC Experience workshop led by students from the EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC and their international peers! Get to know and experience what it is like to study at a UWC school in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway – through the lens of current students.
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30
Documentary Screening
14:30 – 16:00
Tracked youth-led breakouts: youth talks prep
Youth Talks: intergenerational dialogue for peace Prepare to take the stage in the final plenary session! Put your advocacy skills in action in a discussion with experts, such as EU officials and UWC educators, and raise your voice to share your reflections, ideas and commitments to a large audience.
16:00 – 16:15
Coffee break / Transition time
16:15 – 17:30
Closing plenary: Youth talks
During the closing plenary, we will hear final reflections and engage in intergenerational and intercommunal dialogue as youth delegates take the stage and share their reflections, ideas and commitments.
