On 24th of May 2016, delegation from the Youth of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Macedonia (ATA Macedonia), participated at the Social Media Workshop at NATO Headquaters in Brussels, Belgium.



Our delegates Mr. Ilija Djugumanov, Presidency of ATA Macedonia, and President of YATA Macedonia, and Ms. Dina Arnaut, Social Media Executive took part at the workshop among other delegates from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Turkey.



This training successfully served as a opportunity for our organization to engage even more on Social Media, and continue the promotion of the Euro – Atlantic values in even better manner.

The workshop featured two sessions of high-level speakers, followed by questions, debate and great discussions.

The event  was opened by  Mr. Zsolt Rabai, NATO PDD Program Officer, Engagement section, and it was briefly discussed on the NATO agenda in the eyes of the upcoming NATO Summit in Warsaw.

Program:

09:15    Briefing and discussion on NATO’s Agenda in light of the Warsaw Summit by Mr. Zsolt Rabai, Programme Officer, Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division

10:30    Briefing and discussion on NATO’s Partnerships with special focus on the Balkans by Mr Laurie Walker, Officer, Euro-Atlantic and Global Partnership Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division

11:30    Briefing and discussion on Countering Challenges from the South and the East by Mr. Gabriele Cascone, Officer, Strategic Analysis Capability Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division (tbc)

12:30    Lunch

14:00    Briefing and discussion on NATO’s Digital Outreach and Online Technology Development by Mr. Paul Magis, Head, Communications Technology Centre, PDD

14:50    Briefing and discussion on NATO’s Social Media: Best practices creating the content and managing the channels by Messrs. Nicolas Mann and Axel De Mil, Coordinators, NATO Social Media Unit, PDD

16:00    Briefing and discussion on NATO Digital Insights: Monitoring and Assessment by Mr. Franky Saegerman, Head, Digital Insights, PDD

This training was a fruitful collaboration between YATA Macedonia and NATO, and also among the delegates from the region.

The workshop was fully supported by NATO Public Diplomacy Division.