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BUILDING YOUTH POLICY IN EUROPE

- Thematic priority for European Union and the Council of Europe

- A tool for training young people in democracy and EU values

- An investment in people, ideas and institutions

- A place for open discussions about problems, ideas, proposals

- A tool to support the idea of European Identity / Citizenship

- A change/ opportunity for young people to experiment their skils

- An open space for social initiatives

3 STEPS 4 BUILDING YOUTH POLICY

- Dialogue with civil society

- Social targets based on the needs of the young people

- Active involvement of the young people and the youth organisation

- In Local (local youth councils, local youth agreement)

- National (national youth council, national youth strategy)

- European Level (european youth forum, european youth strategy)

GOOD EXAMPLES OF YOUTH POLICY

- Nordic model of youth participation in the decision making process

- Belgium and German model of youth NGO cooperation with the local authorities

- Italian emergency volunteer network

- The francophone global volunteer network

- Greek national network of Local Youth Councils

- The initiative of the city of Rotterdam for the title of “European Youth Capital”

- The “Youth Events” of the E.U. Presidencies

- The “Structure Dialogue on Youth Policy” by the E.C.

- The European Youth Centres network of the CoE

CIVIL SOCIETY IN SEE

USE THE YOUTH TOOLS & PARTICIPATE

- White Paper on Youth

- EU Strategy on Youth

- European Strategy 2020

- Youth in Action

- Europe for Citizens

- INTERREG / Cross boarder cooperation

- LIFE+

- MED

- LLL

CREATE LINKS – NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS- Forward information about good practices on youth policy

- Involve the local authorities and the youth institutions

- use the social media

- Ask and create no budget social initiatives

- Report your best practices

- Create partnerships and “export” know how

- Press for structured, active and transparence youth policy in local level

- Involve international key players

- Lobby about your job

THANKS A LOT !!!!

Babis Papaioannou

babis@unescoyouth.gr