sessions

18 June

10.30-11.45 am

Greener together: Taking to the next level Youth participation in sustainable climate policies

Hotel of Tirana, Teuta

This session highlights the determination and leadership of women driving systemic transformation across the Euro-Mediterranean region. Despite persistent barriers—including restricted economic access, political underrepresentation, and enduring cultural biases—women are forging new pathways for equity, resilience, and progress.

The session explores how women shape inclusive governance, advance peacebuilding, and build community-rooted enterprises by bringing together case studies and firsthand accounts. Speakers from diverse sectors will examine what makes gender strategies effective, focusing on intersectionality, sustained local leadership, and empowerment frameworks that move beyond symbolic representation.

Participants will gain access to innovative models and actionable insights that redefine women not as beneficiaries of reform but as architects of transformation. Whether in policymaking, entrepreneurship, or civic engagement, this session celebrates women’s agency as a driving force for inclusive regional development.

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Enhancing Inclusion in the Digital Economy: A Mediterranean and bottom-up perspective on the human dimension of work   

Hotel of Tirana, Metropol

Coorganising Partner: Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) and the MENA Observatory on Responsible AI

This session explores how AI-driven transformations and platform-based employment are reshaping labour markets across the Mediterranean, particularly for young people navigating high unemployment and informal work. As more workers turn to digital platforms, many remain excluded from legal protections, decent wages, and social security, deepening inequalities within vulnerable communities.

Drawing on fieldwork by the MENA Regional Platform Workers Network, coordinated by A2K4D, the session examines the lived realities of platform workers in the region. It will unpack how algorithmic management, opaque governance structures, and fragmented regulation contribute to precarious labour conditions, while highlighting civil society’s role in advocating equitable digital economies.

Speakers will share concrete strategies for advancing labour protections, increasing algorithmic transparency, and promoting inclusive, rights-based governance of digital work. By linking grassroots research with policy advocacy, the session will provide insights into building fairer digital economies that uphold dignity, justice, and accountability, placing people, not platforms, at the centre of innovation.