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Promoting the positive potential of the young generation, with young people and for young people

Promoting the positive potential of the young generation, with young people and for young people. Cleo Pouw 16 September 2009. TALKING ‘BOUT MY GENERATION. European knowledge exchange network with 12 partner cities Operative from Nov 2008 to May 2011 Funding from URBACTII-program.

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Promoting the positive potential of the young generation, with young people and for young people

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  1. Promoting the positive potential of the young generation,with young people and for young people Cleo Pouw 16 September 2009

  2. TALKING ‘BOUT MY GENERATION • European knowledge exchange network with 12 partner cities • Operative from Nov 2008 to May 2011 • Funding from URBACTII-program My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 2

  3. URBACT PROGRAMME • European funding programme, under ERDF umbrella • Exchange and learning programme that enables cities to work together to build solutions to major urban challenges. • 27 projects, with 6 to 12 cities or other partners from around Europe • URBACT II is 181 cities, 29 countries, and 5,000 active participants www.urbact.eu My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 3

  4. THE YOUNG ARE THE FUTURE • The key idea of MY GENERATION is to promote the positive potential of the youth – with the youth • Together we must build our cities into vibrant communities • We need to understand the aspirations of different generations better • Together with the young we need to build positive career alternatives, examples, capabilities and employment My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 4

  5. MY GENERATION ACTORS • The youth themselves • The local communities • The educational community • The business community My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 5

  6. BUILDING NEW NETWORKS AND ACTION • As a result of MY GENERATION each city has a new Local Action Plan • Each city sets up a “Local Support Group” To identify and consolidate in the local networks new links between the youth, local communities, education and business • MY GENERATION has good practice examples and methods everybody can use My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 6

  7. CO-CREATION IN MY GENERATION Educational community • The youth • creating their future • Local community Business community • Outreach- Engagement - Positive action – Capabilities – Education - Employment My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 7

  8. BUILDING GOOD PRACTICES • Outreach – engaging with alienated youth, building understanding, positive action and employability, and preventing negative careers • Employment - educating, building capabilities and finding employment • Coordinating the whole– building a sustainable city-wide action My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 8

  9. LEARNING GOOD PRACTICE (1) • MY GENERATION uses the state of the art learning methods and workshops • Problem solving in each partner city • Joint problem solving • Transnational learning • Good practice examples My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 9

  10. LEARNING GOOD PRACTICE (2) • MY GENERATION is about promoting the positive potential of the young generation in cities WITH THE YOUTH AND FOR THE YOUTH • In order to achieve this we need to TRANSFORM the way young people are involved in projects, services and city matters • We need to move away from “target group” thinking to CO-CREATION • We need to transform our workshops, activities, projects to new kinds of learning spaces, not just TALKING ABOUT CO-CREATION, but actually CO-CREATING My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 10

  11. MY GENERATION PLANNING • Jan 2009: Youth participation workshop and preparation meeting, Patras • April 2009: International Youth Exchange, Rotterdam • Mei 2009: First Outreach workshop, Glasgow • September 2009: First Education/Employment workshop, Göteborg • Jan 2010: Strategical Mid Term meeting, Riga • May 2010: Second Outreach workshop, Gdansk • September 2010: Second Outreach workshop, Valencia • March 2011: Final Conference, Antwerp • IN EVERY MEETING YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATR **just elected: Antwerp = European Youth Capital 2011 My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 11

  12. Why involvement of MA’s? • Requirement from the URBACT programme • URBACT budget only for knowledge exchange, networking and making plans • Possibility to implement the Local Action Plan with ERDF or ESF funding • Link with Local Action Plan • Building a relationship with MA’s My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 12

  13. Operational Programmes • Developed by each Managing Authority • Description of their funding priorities • If the content of the Local Action Plan fits within the funding priorities of the Operational Programme: BINGO! • Could be the funding for actually implementing the Local Action Plan My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 13

  14. Steps taken • Cities analyse content of ‘their’ Operational Programme • Done by the city, or hire an external expert within your city/country (Operational Programmes are written in the national language) • Identify possible links with the MG themes, and especially with the focus chosen My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 14

  15. PLANNING MA’s Invitations for: • September 2009: First Education/Employment workshop, Göteborg • September 2010: Second Outreach workshop, Valencia • March 2011: Final Conference, Antwerp • BUT WELCOME IN EVERY MEETING! My Generation I Friday, 20 December 2019 I Page 15

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