Study Visit: "Local youth policy and democracy" in France

Study Visit: "Local youth policy and democracy"
28 October - 2 November 2024 | Strasbourg, France

The aim of the activity is to support local and regional authorities in designing and implementing participative youth strategies and structures for youth participation at local level. The activity is organised in the context of the revision of the European Charter on the participation of young people in local and regional life, the key European standards on youth participation developed by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the work of the Council of Europe Youth Department in strengthening local youth councils as key structures for youth participation in decision making. The activity is also based on the Democracy Reloading Reference Framework.

The study visit will:
Familiarise participating municipalities with the Council of Europe institutions, standards and approaches to local youth participation, and the Democracy Reloading tools and resources.
Offer the space for the municipalities to take part in the consultations regarding the revision of the European Charter on participation of young people in local and regional life;
Visit and learn from the Strasbourg municipality on the ways citizen and youth participation are organised;
Learn and share from each other on development of local youth policy in support of youth participation.