An intro guide to "Cities and Regions of Learning" YOUTH FORUM

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Welcome Youth Forum participant!
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If you find yourself here, it means you have successfully applied (and were choosen) to join "Cities and Regions of Learning" Youth Forum - as a final event of the "Young people Co-Design Cities of Learning" project.
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The forum will take place between 15th and 19th of July 2022 in Magdeburg, Germany. You will have a chance to meet with young people from various European cities and regions of learning:
Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)
Metropolitan Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy)
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Tilburg (the Netherlands)
Vestfold og Telemark (Norway)
Novi Sad (Serbia) 
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Lorca (Spain)
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The forum's main objective is to finalise drafting policy recommendations by the young people on the topics 
chosen by them. The forum seeks to bring together young people and youth workers to work together on a set of policy recommendations that will be presented to local and European decision-makers. The recommendations will be related to:
mental health,
inclusion,
participation,
sustainability and
non-formal learning. 
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This PLAYLIST HAS 4 ACTIVITIES TOTAL:
FIRST THINGS FIRST - Are you (logistically) ready for the youth forum?
Familiarise yourself with Youth Forum Five
Advocacy Sum Up
Are we ready for policy recommendations?
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Their purpose is to prepare yourself to be an active participant during the forum by:
exploring the steps of (and reporting on) ADVOCACY
exploring the purpose and power of policy recommendations
exploring the 5 topics we will tackle during the Youth Forum 
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

FIRST THINGS FIRST - Are you (logistically) ready for the youth forum?

Mandatory

1 hour

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Familiarise yourself with Youth Forum Five

Mandatory

5 hours

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Advocacy Sum Up

Mandatory

2 hours

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Are we ready for policy recommendations?

Mandatory

2 hours

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The forum's main objective is to finalise drafting policy recommendations by the young people on the topics 
chosen by them. The forum seeks to bring together young people and youth workers to work together on a set of policy recommendations that will be presented to local and European decision-makers. The recommendations will be related to:
mental health,
inclusion,
participation,
sustainability and
non-formal learning. 
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The topics were derived from International Research done by the partners of the "Youth Co-Design Cities and Regions of Learning project", within the Cities and Regions of learning family. The topics were later on discussed during the study visit in Cagliari and finalized during the Youth Seminar in Lorca. All activities, part of a 2-year long project exploring learning, career and civic learning pathways of young Europeans.
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And now we are just a step away from our final even - Youth Forum in Germany, where we will finalise the youth recommendations and then dissiminate them on local, national and EU level. And YOU are a main part in this equation. 
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So before we meet, some preparations are in order. Look at the resources shared with you and answer the questions below:
What are policy recomendations? 
How do we write policy recomendations?
Why do we need policy recomendations?
Can YOU make an impact in your local community, how?
What topic is most relevant for you and why?
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And don't you worry! You will not be alone in this process. During the Youth Forum, there will be a planned set of activities, helping you discuss and form policy recommendations important to you.
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But as you might know already... a little preparation never hurt nobody!

Resources

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Are we ready for policy recommendations? Get this badge

The recipient of this badge will attend the "Cities and Regions of Learning" Youth Forum - as a final event of the "Young people Co-Design Cities of Learning" project, that will take place between between 15th and 19th of July 2022 in Magdeburg, Germany.
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During the Youth Forum he/she will actively participate in writing policy recommendation for which he/she is preparing in advance by:
reading through tips and trick for writing policy recommendations
getting to know EU policy recommendations and EU Youth Goals

You have to finish 2 tasks to get the badge

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: self-approved

Go through the provided material (found in the activity description) and think about the policy recommendations you would like to see come to life in your local/national/EU community - in relation to the 5 chosen topics: 
mental health,
inclusion,
participation,
sustainability and
non-formal learning. 
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Task no.2

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Go throught the Testing policy recommendations DNA for ancestry Padlet, created by our Lithuanian partners and comment on the ones that seem unclear/difficult to understand.

Task no.3

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Ask any open questions, dillemas, opinions or ideas you would like to discuss further with your local coordinator and/or local group (before the seminar).

Activities: 4

Started: 12

Completed playlist: 3

Time to complete: 10 hours

Organisers

Ljubljana City of Learning

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