Indicative programme - Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council of 22 and 23 May 2019

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op maandag 20 mei 2019.

Place:

Europa building, Brussels

Chairs:

Constantin-Bogdan Matei, Minister of Youth and Sports of Romania

Ecaterina Andronescu, Minister of National Education of Romania

Valer-Daniel Breaz, Minister of Culture and National Identity of Romania

All times are approximate and subject to change

WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019

from 07.30

Arrivals

+/- 8.00

Doorstep by Minister Matei

Youth

+/- 10.00

Beginning of the Council meeting (roundtable)

Adoption of the agenda

Adoption of non-legislative A items

Adoption of legislative A items (public session)

+/- 10.20

Young people and the future of work

Guidelines on the governance of the EU Youth Dialogue

+/- 11.05

Young people as agents of democracy in the EU - policy debate (public session)

Any other business:

DiscoverEU

World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth and the Youth Forum “Lisboa +21” - Lisbon, 22 & 23 June 2019

Work programme of the incoming Finnish Presidency

+/- 12.30

Doorstep by Minister Andronescu

+/- 13.00

Working lunch discussion on 'Using Artificial intelligence in Education: challenges and opportunities'

+/- 14.45

Press conference (live streaming)

Education (roundtable)

+/- 15.00

Comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages

High quality early childhood education and care systems

Implementation of the Council recommendation on upskilling pathways: new opportunities for adults

+/- 16.00

Building the future of Europe: the contribution of education and training to strengthening social cohesion - policy debate (public session)

Any other business:

France’s bid to host the WorldSkills Competition in 2023

Education summit

Fight against antisemitism

Work programme of the incoming Finnish Presidency

THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019

from 07.30

Arrivals

+/- 8.00

Doorsteps by Minister Matei and Minister Breaz

Culture and Audiovisual

+/- 10.00

Beginning of the Council meeting (roundtable)

+/- 10.10

Young creative generations

Improving the cross-border circulation of European audiovisual works, with an emphasis on co-productions

+/- 10.30

From tackling disinformation to rebuilding EU citizens' trust in the media (public session)

+/- 12.00

Any other business:

Nomination of Veszprém for the European Capital of Culture 2023

Fifth centenary of the first circumnavigation of the world, led by Fernão de Magalhães and Juan Sebastián Elcano

Paris cultural heritage - ministerial conference

Work programme of the incoming Finnish Presidency

+/- 13.00

Working lunch discussion on 'Future of culture in the digital age'

+/- 14.30

Press conference (live streaming)

Sport (roundtable)

+/- 15.00

Representation and coordination prior to WADA meetings

Access to sport for persons with disabilities

+/- 15.35

Increasing the participation of children and young people in sport in 21st century Europe (public session)

+/- 17.15

Any other business:

Meetings of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (14-16 May 2019, Montréal, Canada)

Match-fixing convention

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia to host either the Euro 2028 championship or the 2030 World Cup (Thessaloniki, 13 April 2019)

Work programme of the incoming Finnish Presidency