Politics is making lots of concrete decisions that impact our lives on a daily basis. Decisions about mobility, funding for social and/or youth work, environment, construction of parks, roads and bridges, etc. We, as citizens, often have little to say about this. We believe that citizens should have a voice about decisions that affect their lives. A great of giving your opinion are bottom-up citizens initiatives. Creative actions supported by a large community can influence policy directly and give people a voice. This project wants give the opportunity to youth organizations to learn how they can support citizens actions with young people.

OBJECTIVES:
Learn about active participation in order to influence policy making;

Discuss how youth can be involved in policy making through citizen initiatives;
Discuss how bottom-up activities work in different countries;
Visit good practices aiming at influencing policy making;
Learn how to set up successful citizens initiatives;
Develop and Implement actions aimed at influencing policy;
Make an action plan for local actions when returning to their own reality.

Working language(s):

English

This Training Course is

for 33 participants

from Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain