Registration to the 8th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is now open. Join our seminar about youth inclusion 15:15 on the 13th!

 

The Annual forum has a program brimming with key speakers and interesting events for all actors in the Baltic Sea Region. The BSSSC are also participating with our own seminar - again focusing on one our key issues - Youth policy. Along with the Union of Baltic Cities (UBC) and Euroregion Baltic (ERB) we are organizing a seminar called "Nothing about us without us - making it happen". This is a follow-up to our seminar at the last EUSBSR in Stockholm last November called "Nothing about is without us" where youth politicians from the youth networks of ERB, UBC and BSSSC discussed youth inclusion together with important stakeholders in the Baltic Sea Region. Their conclusions from the youth were as following:

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"WE, THE YOUTH OF THE BSR, WANT FOR THE REGION TOWARDS 2030:
 

1.  REAL INCLUSION OF THE YOUTH – WHATEVER LEVEL, WHETHER IT BE LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL OR MACROREGIONAL - WHATEVER KIND OF POLITICS IS BEING MADE. THE YOUTH OF THE BSR HAVE REAL OPINIONS AND WANT TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS AND BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION
    

2.  YOUTH NOT TO TREATED AS A SUBJECT – WE WOULD LIKE TO BE TALKED WITH INSTEAD OF TO -We need to see youth as a diverse group, we can´t talk about youth as a single agreeing unit 
    

3. DEBATING LOWERING THE VOTING AGE AT LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL
    

4. POLITICS MADE UNDERSTANDABLE TO ALL CITIZENS – WHY HAVE 1000 PAGES WHEN YOU ONLY NEED ONE"

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For this seminar we want to discuss concrete measures to make sure the statements from above are included in future policy making. 

 

Be sure to register for the EUSBSR 8th Annual Forum here.

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