Call for participants Training course "Youth participation in different policy areas” International training course "Youth participation in different policy areas” is funded by the Erasmus + program, KA1 action. The project is implementing by Medvirkningsagentene (Norway) and Institute for Policy Research and Analysis (Lithuania). The training course will gather 33 youth workers, specialists and youth leaders in Lithuania from Feb 28th to March 6th (travel days), 2020 in Lithuania. Venue: Training centre DAUGIRDIŠKĖS www.daugirdiskes.lt The project aims: We will use our "360-degree youth participation model" and create (1) recommendations how to strengthen existing local youth councils and (2) map opportunities for new/more youth participation arenas in other policy areas, which could be used in all 10 project countries as well as all over Europe. Objectives: 1. To share good practices of youth participation at the local level in different policy areas; 2. Train municipal specialists, youth workers, and local NGOs to deal with youth issues, to analyze youth situation, develop proposals for youth policy development at the local level and provide tools how to advocate and promote youth participation innovations; 3. To develop youth participation support schemes, based on the youth situation, at specific municipalities and institutions participants will be coming from; 4. To discuss trends, strategies, needs of youth-friendly policy-making, youth participation, youth work in EU and project counties. 5. Create ideas for future international cooperation. Profile of participants – 3 participants per country: The main target group is (1) people working directly with young people or in the larger systems that affect young people: specialist working on youth issues on the local level (public health, education, culture, employment etc), youth workers, youth coordinators, and youth representatives. Another target group is (2) experienced participants from the youth field who would be able to share local realities of youth participation and policy implementation in their countries. All participants should be interested to improve current participation and engagement practices.
Call for participants TC Youth Participation in different policy areas, Feb 28-March 6, 2020
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