Democracy Reloading Webinars on youth participation in municipal decisions in 2025

Democracy Reloading is organising four webinars in 2025. Each webinar is focusing on one of the 4 key tasks that ensure a more successful implementation of youth participation in municipal decision-making, you can read further details about the four focus topics below.

Each webinar will be 90 minutes long and will include a presentation of practice of a local municipal youth policy officer and an introduction to one of the key tasks to be implemented for better success based on the Democracy Reloading approach.

You can register for the webinars if you click on APPLY NOW. Aftrer each webinar the call and its application form will be reopened with a new deadline until the following webinar, allowing the registration of new participants for the upcoming webinars.

Few days before the each webinar all the registered participants (from the eligible countries) will receive an invitation email with the meeting link.

Facilitators of the webinars: Carolina Loureiro (youth participation expert, Portugal) Dorka Vaczi (youth participation expert, Hungary)

THE SPECIFIC TOPICS AND DATES:

WEBINAR 1. The supportive municipality - 23rd April (Wednesday) between 14.30-16.00  CET

Focus questions of this webinar: What are the benefits of engaging young people in municipal decisions? What are the typical doubts and how can you argue them? Who are the kep actors of a municipal authority that should support the idea? What are the initial conditions that the municipal authorty should provide before reaching out to young people?

Guest speaker: tbc

WEBINAR 2. Empowered young people - 21st May (Wednesday) between 14.30-16.00 CET

Focus questions of this webinar: Where to find the right young people to be involved? How to ensure representativity and inclusion of less privileged youth? How to empower young people to be able to give their voice and influence municipal decisions? How to motivate them and keep them engaged? How to support them in their further carrier?

Guest speaker: tbc

WEBINAR 3. Strategy and structure - 8th October (Wednesday) between 14.30-16.00 CET

Focus question of this webinar: How to build and optimize youth participation strategy that ensure sustainable and meaningful youth participation in municipal decisions? How to prepare an efficient strategy that is shared by all stakeholders? How to design the youth participation structure that fits both for municipal decision makers and the young people involved?

Guest speaker: tbc

WEBINAR 4. Managing youth participation - 19th November (Wednesday) between 14.30-16.00 CET

Focus topics of this webinar: What are the minimum financial conditions your municiplality has to provide each year? How can you use Erasmus+ grants to develop your youth participation? How can you manage the coolaboration between municipal decision makers and young people? How and what can you show to the wider public about youth participation?

Guest speaker: tbc

Democracy Reloading helps municipalities engage young people in decision-making through tools, training, and support. You can read more on our website: https://democracy-reloading.eu