Transnational P2P learning webinar: “Youth and Repair”

Join us for the 5th transnational peer-to-peer learning webinar of the REPper project, supported by the Interreg Euro-MED programme. This online session will focus on “Youth and Repair”, exploring how young people understand and practice repair, and the role they can play in the ecological transition.

Speakers from Italy, Portugal and Spain will present initiatives for and by youth, while participants from eight Mediterranean countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) will exchange experiences on repair and the circular economy.

Date & time: Thursday, 19 February, 10:00–12:00 CET

Agenda:
10:00-10:05 Greetings and introduction

10:05-10:25 Design for repair: Reflections on design education and sustainable practice (Denisa Šečerbajtarević, Assistant Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Sarajevo from Bosna and Hercegovina)

10:25-10:45 Repair skills in vocational training: Practical experience from Bologna (Luca Lambertini, trainer and tutor, CIOFS-FP/ER – Vocational Training Centre, Bologna, from Italy)

10:45-11:05 Cultural trends in younger generations around the circular economy, highlighting the different ways they engage and participate (Berta Segura, strategic consultant and speaker focused on young generations, complex issues like sustainability, and futures from Spain)

11:05-11:25 Engineering the Future – Youth Perspectives (Ilias Saratsis, Engineer & Robotics Trainer Organization: Eduact from Greece)

11:25-11:45 Why young people do (and don’t) repair (Marin Zver, expert in repair and reuse, CPU Center for Reuse or Circular Economy activities Slovenia)

11:45-12:00 Disscusion and conclusions