As Glas Istre/Cristian Bruno Galic writes on the 7th of December, 2019, the training for the Europe goes local project was attended by representatives of seventeen local and regional self-government units, who, with examples of good practice, had to draw up an individual plan for youth work, which would improve relations between youth and local city governments.
As part of the project “Europe Goes Local – Representatives of the youth at the local level”, representatives of the Istrian cities of Poreč and Pazin, as well as the Istrian Municipality of Medulin and the Pula Association “ZUM” participated in the second cycle of training of local and regional self-government units, which was held in Marija Bistrica. Europe goes local’s aim is to empower local and regional self-government units to create an enabling environment for the development of youth work at the more intimate, local level.
The participants from the aforementioned areas of Istria also attended the final conference of the project “Take the money and do something for the youth: A participatory budget for the active participation of youth in the local community” which was held in Zabok.
There are numerous examples of how cities and municipalities influence the improvement of young people’s living conditions – some through support for youth organisations and some through activities carried out on their own.
The EGL project is currently one of Europe’s largest projects in the field of youth work and is implemented by the Agency for Mobility and EU Programs in cooperation with the partner National agencies in Europe for the Erasmus + program.
The Europe goes local project initiated long-term cooperation with the aim of improving the quality of work with young people, in particular by strengthening cooperation between different stakeholders in the field.
Pazin was represented by Anton Finderle, Poreč was represented by Ena Beaković and Lea Štifanić, the Municipality of Medulin was represented by Suzana Racan Stern and Ana Žufić, and the ZUM Association from Pula was represented by Aleksandra Lera, all of whom received certificates of non-formal learning in the field of youth (Youthpass) at the end.
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