| Title: | The Role of Youth Participation and Civil Society in Youth Policy and Youth Work Development
in the Broader Euro-Med Context | 
		
			
				| Description: | This seminar was the third of the series of seminars dedicated to Euro-Med cooperation in the youth policy field. It explored how youth participation comes into the definition and formulation of youth policy. The results of the 2 previous seminars were taken into account. 
 Approximately 35 participants and experts were invited: youth, civil society, researchers, decision-makers, governmental institutions and parliamentarians.  Majority of the participants were young people.
 
 The seminar considered the following issues/questions:
 •	Why youth participation?
 •	Forms of youth participation
 •	Role of local governments
 •	Role of youth organisations
 •	Success stories
 •	Involvement of non-organised youth
 •	Research on youth participation.
 
 Among the expected result there are also joint projects between youth organisations from both regions.
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				| Status: | Completed | 
			
		
			
				| Date: | 24/10/2007 - 27/10/2007 | 
			
		
			
				| Countries: | Multilateral | 
	
		
	
	
			
		
		
			
				| Programme: (with external partner)
 | Joint Programme EC/CoE
				
						 - Multilateral: Framework Partnership Agreement in the field of Youth 2007-2009 Project:   
								 2 -Quality and recognition of youth work as well as youth policy development and a better knowledge of youth promoted
 Specific Objective: 
								 2.2 - Youth policies at European level and in Member States developed
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		| Project: | Youth policy development  (2007) 
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				| Location: | European Youth Centre - Budapest, Hungary | 
		
		
			
				| CoE Contact: | MEDLINSKA, Marta
					email | 
			
		
			
				| Partners: | League of Arab States - International Governmental Organisation Biblioteka Alexandrina - National Institution
 Anna Lindh Foundation - Foundation
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				| Web Pages: | 1 http://eycb.coe.int/eycbwwwroot/euromed/index.htm | 
			
			
		
			
				| Last Modified: | 13/02/2008 |