22-27/10/2017 - Democracy Reloaded Study Visit (Πορτογαλία)

SALTO Youth Participation RC in cooperation with Erasmus+ Youth in Action National Agencies have launched a long-term process (2016-18) that establishes a Strategic Approach of working with local and regional public authorities in planning, developing, maintaining and reforming democratic youth participation structures for dialogue, co-decision and co-management as well as the mutual integration of the European Structured Dialogue cycles.

In the framework of this process the Study Visit is the follow-up of the Training Course “Democracy Reloaded: A training course to develop instruments and structures for youth participation in decision making at the local level” which took place in Budapest, Hungary in the end of 2016. In parallel with the development and implementation of the TC, a mapping exercise was initiated in order to identify the specific set of competences required from local and regional public authorities to establish, maintain and develop sustainable democratic participation structures for young people. The study visit will provide the opportunity for the participants to reflect on and test this map of competences, and evaluate their capacities, challenges and needs in order to engage youth in municipal decision making.

The aims of the Study Visit are to share and reflect on existing practices of youth participation in decision making at local level in order to elaborate on issues of quality in such practices. As such, the Study Visit will also contribute to the development of the necessary competences of participants to efficiently plan, implement, sustain and reform local participative structures.

This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.

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