If your municipality wants to be better in good governance and develop local democracy through engaging local young people in municipal decisions, this training course will help you develop your related competences. Engaging young people in municipal decisions will require that your municipality address the needs and interests of youth, involve youth in decisions influencing their lives and work to increase their level of ownership of and responsibility for their own community.

Objectives of this training course:

• To share experience of the participants regarding local youth participation in decision-making,
• To understand the content and the functions of the Democracy Reloading tools, and how to use them in your local context,
• To identify ways and ideas for your municipality to further develop the local youth participation,
• To understand the potential for municipalities to use the Erasmus+ Youth and ESC programme and its funding opportunities to develop municipal youth participation.

This training course is primarily for municipal youth policy officers and local political representatives focusing on youth policy and citizens, secondary it is also open to youth workers who coordinate / support youth council or other types of youth participation structures, who want to implement or improve the youth participation in municipal decision-making.