Indicative programme - Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council meeting of 30-31 May 2016

Monday 30 May

Place: Justus Lipsius building, Brussels
Chair(s):
Martin van Rijn, State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands
Jet Bussemaker, minister for Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands

All times are approximate and subject to change

Youth

+/- 08.00
Arrivals

+/- 08.30
Breakfast: structured dialogue Youth

+/- 09.45
Doorstep by Martin van Rijn

+/- 10.45
Doorstep by Jet Bussemaker

+/- 10.00
Beginning of Council meeting
- Adoption of the agenda
- Approval of legislative A items (in public session)
- Approval of non-legislative A items
- Preventing and combating violent radicalisation of young people
- The role of youth policy and the youth sector in an integrated approach to support youth in their identity development (in public session)
- Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 13.00
Working lunch with Education ministers

+/- 14.30
Press conference

Education

+/- 15.00
Beginning of Council meeting
- Introduction
- Developing media literacy and critical thinking through education and training
- Pursuing the modernisation agenda for higher education in Europe (in public session)
- AOB:
 - New Skills Agenda for Europe
 - Ministerial meetings to be organised in Cyprus
 - Summer School “Beyond the refugee crisis - Studying in Europe”
 - Work Programme of the incoming Presidency

Tuesday 31 May

Place: Justus Lipsius building, Brussels
Chair(s):
Jet Bussemaker, minister for Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands
Edith Schippers minister for Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands

All times are approximate and subject to change

Culture / Audiovisual

+/- 08.30
Arrivals

+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Jet Bussemaker

+/- 09.30
Beginning of Council meeting
- Introduction
- The role of Europeana for the digital access, visibility and use of European cultural heritage
- Work Plan for Culture (2015-2015) as regards the priority on intercultural dialogue
- Proposal for a revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (in public session)
- Revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the promotion of European audiovisual content (in public session)
- AOB:
 - European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018)
 - Interoperability of digital content
 - Limit for cultural projects under the ERDF
 - European Youth Orchestra
 - Court decisions on copyright law 
 - Work Programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 13.00
Doorstep by Edith Schippers

+/- 13.15
Press conference

Sport

+/- 14.00
Beginning of Council meeting
- Introduction
- Enhancing integrity, transparency and good governance in major sport events
- Improving governance in sport (in public session)
- AOB:
 - World Anti-Doping meetings
 - The European Week of Sport
 - Recent Commission studies
 - Work Programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 16.00
Structured dialogue with sport representatives

+/- 18.00
Press conference

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