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 My Generation I Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 2

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 3

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 4

MY GENERATION ACTORS The youth themselves The local communities The educational community The business community My Generation I Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 5

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 6

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 7

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 8

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 9

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 10

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 11

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 12

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 13

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 14

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 Tuesday, 17 July 2018 I Page 15