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You(th) decide!

 

In last years the disappointment with politics, heavily widespread among the youth of Central Europe. The number of skeptics among young people in relation to politics is significant. According to the results of several public opinion polls, more than 80% of young people in V4 countries think that politicians don’t really care about them and politics needs new faces. The majority of Youth is convinced that “political parties are the same” and “youth don’t have the power to significantly influence political decisions”. Participation in public decisions is significantly lower in V4 countries than in western Europe.

The involvement in youth municipal councils, student councils, participation in political discussions or public assemblies is not considered as attractive among youngsters.

The initiative You(th) Decide! reacted to this un-pleasant situation with the aim to enhance youth civic engagement and to raise awareness about the importance of participation in civic life among youth from V4 countries, by mobilizing active youngsters and developing their sense of initiative. Tree local meetings developed simultaneously in 4 different communities Košice (SK), Břeclav (CZ), Ryglice (PL) and Törökszentmiklós (HU) provided local young people with personal experience on how important is their civic engagement and what impact it might cause. 

During local meetings, young people were presented with the work of local NGOs, student or municipal youth councils and municipalities. The participants were encouraged to active involvement in those organization and their activities.

Initiative You(th) Decide! was supported and co-funded by the International Visegrad Fund and coordinated by Youthfully Yours SK. We truly believe that by its activities we not only to attracted youth attention towards the topic, yet also created communities of active individuals that will fight youth indifference on regular basis, support their region and motivate their peers towards active participation.

Using non-formal education and experiential learning; brainstorming, creative methods, group work, etc. we formed a safe environment, enabling the exchange of knowledge, practices and hands-on experience, supporting the creation of new ideas and development of specific actions. To this space, we invited 20 local young people together with representatives of NGOs, local authorities, representatives of schools and municipalities. 

 

And how we succeed in Slovakia?

1 - You(th) decide I.

2 - You(th) decide II.

3 - You(th) decide III.

What about Poland?
I.
II.
III.
IV.

And Czech republic? I. II. III. 

The local meetings developed in for different communities were connected by the final public conference.

Check out opinions of our participants:

1 - Noemi

2 - Natália

3 - Patrycjia

4 - Attila 

The initiative You(th) decide! created communities of active individuals that will fight youth indifference on regular basis, support their region and motivate their peers towards active participation.

You(th) Decide was supported and co-funded by the International Visegrad Fund, under the patronage of the president of Košice Self-governing Region and the mayor of Ryglice.

 

The activities were developed simultaneously in 4 countries of V4 in partnership with..

Ryglice Community - The Municipal Youth Council of Ryglice
 
Association of Agrarian and Rural Youth Circles of Jász-Nagykun Szolnok County
European Youth Centre Břeclav z. s.
Youthfully Yours SK

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