IISEPS — Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Politycal Studies

Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political Studies (IISEPS, Minsk, Belarus),
Mac Arthur Foundation (Chicago, USA)

"Role of youth in the formation of the civil society in Belarus"
Scientific and practical conference
September 24 - 25, 1999, Minsk

PROGRAM
September 24 1999 г.
10.00-10.30 - Introduction by Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS), Galina Ustiniva (MacArthur Foundation), Daniel Spekhard (Ambassador of USA in the Republic of Belarus)
10.30-11.00 - "Main results of youth project of IISEPS" - Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS, Minsk)
SECTION I. "YOUTH AND POLITICS"
11.00-11.15 - "Belarus in the world as it is seen by the youth" - Yuri Drakokhrust (IISEPS, Minsk)
11.15-11.30 - "Youth of Belarus: problems of leadership today and tomorrow" - Aleksandr Feduta ("Belorusskaya Delovaya gazeta", Minsk)
11.30-11.45 - "Belarus in youth" - Pavel Severinets ("Malady Front", Minsk)
11.45-12.00 - "Political consciousness of belarusian youth" - Prof. Andrey Vardomacski ("NOVAK", Minsk)
12.00-12.15 - "Youth attitude to state and public institutions" - Galina Drakokhrust (IISEPS, Minsk)
12.15-12.30 - "Political activity of belarusian youth" - Andrey Fedorov ("Civic Forum", Grodno)
12.30-12.45 - Coffee-break
12.45-13.30 - Discussion of presentations and piscussion of the problem "Youth and politics"
13.30-15.00 - Lunch
15.00-16.00 - Discussion of presentations and of the problem "Youth and politics"
Moderator - Yuri Drakokhrust (IISEPS, Minsk)
SECTION II. "YOUTH AND ECONOMY"
16.00-16.15 - "Role of youth in the struggle of trade unions for social and economic rights of employees" Gennady Bykov (Free trade union of Belarus, Minsk)
16.15-16.30 - "Today economy in the eyes of young people" - Alyaksandr Sasnow (IISEPS, Minsk)
16.30-16.45 - "Young inhabitants of market socialism&" - Mikhail Zalessky (Institut of economic studies, Ministry of economic of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk)
16.45-17.00 - "Youth and market" - Prof. Vitali Vyborny ("Humanitarian initiative", Mogilev)
17.00-17.15 - "Business-education of youth in Belarus: experience and problems" - Tatiana Bykova (BUEL, Minsk)
17.15-17.30 - Coffee-break
17.30-18.45 - Discussion of presentations and of the problem "Youth and economy"
Moderator - Alyaksandr Sasnow (IISEPS, Minsk)
September 25, 1999.
SECTION III. "YOUTH AND SOCIETY"
10.00-10.15 - "The rejected generation (youth in the system state and public organizations)" - Nadezhda Efimova (IISEPS, Minsk)
10.15-10.30 - "Work experience of youth mass media in Belarus" - Zhanna Komarova ("Perekhodny vozrost", Minsk)
10.30-10.45 - "Youth and legislation" - Irina Bourina (IISEPS, Minsk)
10.45-11.00 - "Deviant behavior of youth" - Prof. Anatoly Rubanov (Institut of sociology of National Academy of science of Belarus, Minsk)
11.00-11.15 - "Tolerance of youth in interethnic relations (on the example of pupils of Moscow)" Maria Gerasimova (Institut of sociology of Russian Academy of science, Moscow)
11.15-11.30 - "Tragedy at Nemiga as an abnormal reaction of crowd on not individual way of life: humanitarian expertise" - Zhanna Griniuk ("BELANA", Minsk)
11.30-11.45 - Coffee-break
11.45-12.00 - "Youth and religion " - Lidya Novikova (Center for social and political researches of Belarusian state university, Minsk)
12.00-12.15 - "Problems of death and existance in value orientations of belarusian youth" - Anatoly Lysiuk ("Logos", Brest)
12.15-13.30 - Discussion of presentations and of the problem "Youth and society"
13.30-14.00 - Summing up the results of the conference - by Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS, Minsk)
Moderator - Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS, Minsk)
Number of participants - 85