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Description
The project addresses the problem of low participation of youth in the activities undertaken by the Pełczyce Municipality. Our goal is to promote the idea of self-governance among young people and to increase their activity in Pełczyce by establishing a Youth Communal Council. Today''s democracy gives citizens more and more opportunities to influence decisions of authorities at different levels: from local to European. There are many tools of public participation, such as consultations, debates, government officials’ meetings with residents, etc. The role of citizens is changing, their task is no longer only to elect their representatives once every four years, but also to actively participate between the elections. As part of the project we want to establish a 10-person Youth Communal Council and prepare its members to participate in the decision-making processes concerning issues important to young people. Direct beneficiaries of the project will be 10 people aged 13-18 years old, living in the Pełczyce Municipality. We will conduct information and recruitment meetings for young people as well as a series of educational working meetings. We will submit an application to establish a Youth Communal Council. We will carry out educational weekends for representatives of the Youth Communal Council, and support the Council’s activities. The project is implemented in formal partnership with the "ALA and AS" Family Support Association and informal partnership with the Nicolaus Copernicus School Complex in Pełczyce.
Summary of project results
The project was a response to the problem of low youth participation, i.e. involvement of people up to 18 years of age in activities undertaken by the Pełczyce Commune, diagnosed by the Applicant.
The main goal of the project was to disseminate the idea of self-government among young people and increase the activity of young people in the Pełczyce Commune by creating a 10-person Youth Council of the Pełczyce Commune and implementing projects in the period 10/2021-12/2022. As part of the project, a number of activities were carried out that enabled the achievement of the planned results, including: recruitment of potential MRG members (and activities related to the creation of the MRG by the Pełczyce Commune - 32 hours of workshops), submitting an application for the establishment of the MRG to the Pełczyce Commune (the entire procedure of establishing MRG will be developed during the workshops), MRG activities in Pełczyce, communication activities, including the organization of an information and communication meeting, educational weekends for MRG representatives.
-2 information and recruitment meetings. Source of measurement: attendance lists and photo documentation.
-9 working meetings. Measurement source: Attendance lists.
-3 MRG sessions. Source of measurement: documentation of the proceedings.
-1 meeting with the Youth Council of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, approx. 4 hours of lessons. Source of measurement: attendance lists, photo documentation.
-2 meetings with the Youth Climate Council, approx. 4 hours. Source of measurement: photo documentation.
-1 vote for the most interesting pro-ecological project. Source of measurement: screenshots from the electronic survey regarding voting for the most interesting project
pro-ecological.
-1 study of the needs of young people in the Pełczyce commune. Source of measurement: electronically available survey, Youth Needs Research Report
residing in the Pełczyce commune.
-109 people got involved in voting for the most interesting pro-ecological project. Measurement source: Screenshots from the website where
a voting form with a voting summary has been published.
-2 educational weekends for MRG members, a total of 32 hours of workshops. Source of measurement: Class diary, attendance lists, photo documentation,
financial documentation.
-16 people got involved in the activities;
-1 report on the evaluation of project activities.
-80 people representing 80 households took part in an ecological art and technical competition.