YouthSpeak Latvia Report

2016 Event Report

YouthSpeak Forum is a premiere event that brings together both young and senior leaders to form a diverse crosssector and multi-generational space for inspiring conversations around the journey from education to employment in Latvia. We make this happen by taking our delegates through the unique and interactive framework of Inspire, Engage, Act.

Participants profile Participants size 85 Age

Nationality Academic Background

5% 11%

University Students High school Students

16-18 18-25 84%

2% 2%

25-30

3%

2%

4% 6%

Others 12%

5% 6%

18% 70%

12%

58%

Latvian Uzbek Algerian Ukrainian azerbaijani Russian France Spain China Others

INSPIRE

ENGAGE

ACT

Speakers

Keynote Speakers Uldis Leiterts

Jevgenijs Lipinskis

Nika Aleksejeva

Uldis is a tech entrepreneur, founder of Infogr.am and Fragmentic, and organizer of Pirate Summit.

Export manager at Vizulo LTD, owner of JL CONSULO Ltd. And Alumni of AIESEC Latvia

Nika is a passionate data storyteller from Infogr.am coming from a journalism background.

Panel discussion speakers L朝ga Peiseniece

Khaled Elawat

L朝ga is an associate professor at Banku augstskola, department of management.

Business man in Latvia for over 18 years, and chairman of Arab chamber of commerce in Latvia.

Workshops Workshop where organizations and youth interact in order to learn methodologies in how to impact Latvia and themselves. Delegates get to learn more about entrepreneurship, and get practice and feedback about pitching ideas in 2 minutes, along with learning about story telling through data from infogram .

Action Space The youth delegates took their learning and insights from the day into a space where they were able to co-create ideas and solutions with their peers and experts in the room. The aim is to switch their ideas into actions that each stakeholder can take forward to contribute to the theme of the day, resulting in commitments and projects that organizations and stakeholders can support.

Winners

We had more than 11 ideas and potential projects, and after they represent them the jury took their time to evaluate them and gave them all feedback. In the end we had 4 winners who get a free internship with AIESEC to anywhere in the world they would like to choose.

About AIESEC is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest organization for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential through practical team experience and cultural exchange opportunities. Our belief is that sustainable, informed and globally-minded leadership can help us solve many of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenges, we provide young people with a global platform where they grow in confidence, gain experience and can perhaps fail but learn fast. They discover what really matters to them while creating a positive social impact. AIESEC in Latvia was established in 1995, with over 65 active members currently in our 3 local chapters. Each year, we create cultural exchange and overseas internship opportunities for Latvian youth and bring in international talents to work and experience the life in Latvia.