7,500 young people from all over Europe met in Strasbourg on the 20th and 21st of May for the YO!Fest 2016, the political Youth festival organized by the European Youth Forum in the framework of the 2nd edition of the European Youth Event – EYE2016. In a wide scope of activities ranging from live concerts, artistic performances to workshops, conferences and debates they showed that if we work together, we can make a Change.
Association of Local Democracy Agencies ALDA was presented by its network members: ALDA Skopje, LDA Mostar and LDA Zavidovici who participated in this event as partners of European Youth Forum. One part of the rich program of the event was the workshop that ALDA and LDAs team organized for 50 participants of EYE event 2016. Topic of our workshop was “Boosting Local Democracy: Lessons learned from the Balkans”, and methodology we used was world café without café. The objective was to provide participants with the challenges related to youth participation in South Eastern Europe.
50 young participants from all over the Europe became familiar with the ALDA network and its objectives and goals, with special focus on the project “Balkan regional platform for youth participation and dialogue”. We took those youngsters to the” Journey to the Balkans” presenting them 4 challenges within the project faced – link to one specific city. The stories of 4 youngsters coming from different cities Vevcani (Macedonia), Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Knjazevas (Serbia) and Peja (Kosovo) were chosen as a study case to present youth participation and obstacles they are facing with in their local communities.
The workshop concluded with a discussion that drew together various ideas and interesting proposals from the participants, that can be used for a further development of the Balkan platform for youth participation and dialogue.
Balkanska regionalna platforma za mlade predstavljena na Evropskom forumu za mlade
Oko 7.500 mladih iz cijele Europe okupilo se u Strazburu na #YOFest-u (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yofest?source=feed_text&story_id=10154233360809851 ) u sklopu Eurpskog foruma za mlade (https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanYouthForum/?fref=nf ) #EYE2016 dogadjaja (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/eye2016?source=feed_text&story_id=10154233360809851), na aktivnostima koje su organizirane u period od 20. do 21. 05. 2016. godine. Unutar sirokog spektra aktivnosti koje su sacinjavali koncerti, umjetnicki performansi, radionice, konferencije i debate, mladi su ukazali na cinjenicu da ako radimo zajedno promjena je moguca.
Asocijacija agencija lokalne demokratije (ALDA) predstavljena je na dogadjaju, kroz ucesce clanova mreze, predstavnika ALDA Skopje, LDA Mostar I LDA Zavidovici, kao partnera Eurpskog foruma za mlade. Dio bogatog programa bila je iradionica koju je ALDA tim organizirao za 50 ucesnika, predstavnika mladih iz cijele Europe. Tema radionice bila je: “Jačanje lokalne demokracije: Pouke sa Balkana”, uz metodologiju world café, kao alatke za rad. Cilj radionice bio je upoznati ucesnike sa izazovima vezanim za participaciju mladih u zemljama jugo-istocne Europe.
50 mladih, ucesnika sa podrucja cijele Europe upoznati su sa ALDA mrezom i njenim ciljevima, uz poseban osvrt na projekt “Regionalna platforma za ucescei dijalog mladih Balkana“ (Balkan-regional-platform-for-youth-participation-and-dialogue) , financiranog od EU. Na samom pocetku radionice, mlade smo poveli na “Put po Balkanu”, prezentirajuci im 4 izazova sa kojima smo se suocili tokom implementacije projekta – povezujuci ih sa odredjenim gradom. Kroz price 4 mlade osobe, odabrali smo Vevcane (FRY Makednija), Mostar (BiH), Knjazevac (Srbija) I Pec (Kosovo), kao primjere gradova participacije mladih u lokalnoj zajednici, te predstavili prepreke sa kojima se susrecu svakodnevno.
Kao zakljucak radionice, nakon sto smo dobili interesantne povratne informacije i ideje od strane ucesnika koji mogu biti od velike koristi za kreiranje i implementaciju buducih aktivnosti projekta, te sumiranja rezultata world café, mladima smo predstavili pomocne alate koje smo zaista koristili kako bismo postigli rezultate projekta u posljednjih 18 mjeseci implementacije istog, a sve sa ciljem povecanja participacije mladih u lokalnim zajednicama, ali I regionalnog dijaloga na Balkanu.
