VISITAS DE ESTUDIO A GRANADA Y ESTOCOLMO – FOMENTO DE LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE LOS JÓVENES EN EL NIVEL LOCAL 2

Study visit “Boosting youth participation at the local level 2” took place from 25^th – 30^th October 2021, in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the second study visit of this project, preceded by Study visit to Granada, Spain that took place from 1^st-6^th March 2020.

Both Study visit gathered youth workers and municipality officers from 11 European countries, including Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Finland, North Macedonia, Spain, UK, Latvia, Poland, Turkey and Italy.

During our Study visit to Stockholm we visited various organisations such as Rädda Barnens Ungdomsförbund, Stiftelsen The Global Village, FRYSHUSET, LSU – Sveriges Ungdomsorganisationer and learned about different practices for engaging young people in decision-making processes and explored the challenges that young migrants and young people with a migrant background face in accessing those spaces of participation.

The Study visit to Granada brought us insights of how young people from geographically isolated areas are involved in decision-making processes. We visited Diputación de Granada (province government) and discovered many interesting local practices such as Juventudes Socialistas and Café feminista, Participatory Budget of Municipality of Peligros, Municipal Youth Council, Fridays For Future, Inventaciones and others.

The objectives of the Study visits were to:

• explore, experience and understand the specific challenges to youth participation in decision-making process, with a specific focus on young people in geographically isolated ares, young migrants and young people with a migrant background;
• visitar ejemplos de buenas prácticas y sobre la base de la interacción con las organizaciones del proyecto y filtrar los elementos para transferirlos a la propia realidad;
• ofrecer posibilidades de creación de asociaciones a largo plazo entre organizaciones activas en el ámbito de la participación de los jóvenes a nivel local, para futuros proyectos;
• crear una colección de buenas prácticas de participación de los jóvenes migrantes y los jóvenes de origen migrante.

Study visits “Boosting youth participation at the local level 2” were organized by DYPALL Network, Folk till Folk and Las Niñas del Tul, funded by the Erasmus + Programme through MUCF (Swedish National Agency).