PANEL
Europe may be formed – youth cooperation and participation

Beata Stepaniuk-Kuśmierzak – deputy Mayor for Culture, Sport and Participation, Mayor’s Plenipotentiary for the European Youth Capital 2023 (Poland)
Mahira Karim – Project Advisor, European Centre Wergeland (Norway)
Radosław Guz – Head of Lublin Metropolitan Area Association (Poland)
Marianne Labre – Municipal Youth Service, Ghent (Belgium)
Maciej Buczkowski – Deputy Director, Gdańsk Mayor’s Office, Head of International Relations Department City Hall in Gdańsk, Union of Polish Metropolises (Poland)
Bartłomiej Zapała PhD – TEAM Europe, Expert Team of the European Commission in Poland (Poland)

Moderator:
Alina Prochasek – President of the Polish Council of Youth Organizations, Member of the National Development Council at the President of the Republic of Poland, Vice-President of Foundation of European Initiatives in Silesia (Poland)

Presentation of the workshop results “How to create youth-friendly cities? We are shaping up the future.”

Young people are becoming more and more striking and a marked social group living in our cities. Educational, sports, cultural, psychological or developmental approach in the city demonstrates that gradually more self-governments, institutions and local organisations focus on young people and strive to attract youth, as well as, to ensure that young people anchor themselves in their home towns. But is it enough? What part does a discourse with young people play in all this? What tools does self-government have when it comes to attracting young people? How to talk to young people? How to work hand-in-hand to build our shared future?
There are many answers. The panel will focus on best practices regarding cross-border cooperation to create friendly cities for young people and more development opportunities. We will brainstorm with young people regarding their needs related to their reality and their self-governments. NGOs as a link between youth and municipal institutions? Why not? Additionally, we will go beyond the bounds! Young people want to create Europe jointly. Therefore, the panel will be attended by representatives of diverse backgrounds – self-government, municipal institutions, national and international NGOs.
Together with young people we may, side by side, build youth-friendly cities, present them with multiple development opportunities and build up a good future for all of us. And there are plenty of good practices!

The action is organised under the Bilateral Initiative “Youth for the City, City for Youth – projects and initiatives involving and including local communities” supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021.

Simultaneous translation into PL-EN-UA;
live broadcast on a streaming platform