A3: Local Youth Councils National Meeting 2021 is a starting point. Keep reflecting, working and sharing…
- Are young people deciding the Local Youth Council agenda?
- Does the Local Youth Council consult and represent all young people in the Municipality? Is it accountable to all young people?
- Is there diversity in the Local Youth Council? Does the Local Youth Council ensure gender balance and the representation of young people with fewer opportunities, under-represented young people and minorities groups?
- Is it possible to open up the Local Youth Council, balancing its representatives with 50% of young leaders from youth organisations and 50% of non-organized youth elected from the civil society?
- Is the Local Youth Council supporting and promoting competence development for a democratic culture and active citizenship?
- Should the Local Youth Council have an independent budget to develop its own activity plan focused on democratic participation, youth information and youth work?
- Does the Local Youth Council ensure that the Municipality is working on a cross-sectorial approach to support youth autonomy and youth empowerment?
- Should the Local Youth Council create work teams to deliver youth checks and policies papers for the Local Council?
- Is the Local Youth Council a living lab for youth participation, capable of exploring new forms of participation, including co-decision, co-production, digital participation, vote at 16, among other solutions to continue building democracy?
- Is the Local Youth Council exploring new approaches to support citizen-centred services, digitization, governance, public innovation, and respond to the 21th century generation?
- Should there be a National Network of Local Youth Councils?
- How can we connect the Youth Goals, EU Youth Dialogue, National Plan for Youth and local youth policies?
- Can Local Youth Councils test the Council of Europe’s co-management model?
- What indicators can help us evaluate and support quality development of Local Youth Councils?