Speakers

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  Mohamed Ageez Youth Think Green, Partnerships manager
  

  Mohamed Ageez

  Youth Think Green, Partnerships manager

  Mohamed Ageez is a highly accomplished Business Development and Partnerships Manager at youthinkgreen Egypt, where he specializes in developing sustainable business activities in sustainability Entrepreneurship and Consultation.
  With a keen interest in policy and innovation, Ageez also serves as the Head of Management and Collaboration at TISLabs, an organization that empowers territorial and public innovation systems through innovative science-based research.
  As a Researcher in policy and innovation management, Ageez is actively involved in mobilizing Egyptian innovation system capabilities for SMEs project.
  He is also a representative of YOUNGO, the Official Constituency of UNFCCC for youth and children, in the Youth Advisory Group in the Green Jobs for Youth Pact with United Nations.

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  Neringa Tumėnaitė Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development - MYF, MYF Advisor in Charge of Youth Participation and Climate Action
  

  Neringa Tumėnaitė

  Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development - MYF, MYF Advisor in Charge of Youth Participation and Climate Action

  Neringa is a Ph.D. candidate at SOAS University of London and a visiting Fulbright Schuman fellow with the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, Harvard University. Her research delves into the role of youth participation in advancing climate justice. In addition, Neringa is the director of Humanity Consulting and an advisor to the Mediterranean Youth Foundation.

  Previously, Neringa worked in Myanmar for the EU’s External Action Service and served on the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe, focusing on Roma youth participation and North-South cooperation.

  Neringa holds a BA in Creative Industries from Vilnius Tech and an MSc in Violence, Conflict, and Development from SOAS, where she investigated the role of the media in furthering structural discrimination against the Roma people in Lithuania and the Rohingya in Myanmar.

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  Youssef Aroog Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development - MYF, Founder
  

  Youssef Aroog

  Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development - MYF, Founder

  Youssef is a Mediterranean Civil Activist specializing in European experiences in youth empowerment and founder the Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development in Egypt and Estonia. He has five years of experience establishing and managing youth movements and organizations.

  For the last five years, he focused on conceptualizing new youth projects, coordinating with civil society organizations and international agencies on youth projects, and supporting larger youth volunteerism and community participation efforts in Egypt. I managed and developed several projects locally and regionally to enhance the cultural & youth cooperation in the Euro-Med region.