10-15 November 2025 | TBC, Portugal

This training course aims to train municipal youth policy officers and municipal youth representatives at the same time, so that they can reflect together on their planned or existing youth participation practice and identify ways of improving it. The training course will have moments when the officers and young people will work together, and moments when they will work separately. The training course is based on the Democracy Reloading approach and its Workbook.

Objectives

• to assess the existing policy context, the youth participation structure and system, the municipal environment, and the personal competences from the perspective of the participants (both municipal officers and youth representatives)
• to share experiences and practices of participants regarding democratic youth participation in municipal decision-making,
• to understand the content and the potential of the Democracy Reloading tools and the new website, and to prepare the participants for further use,
• to understand how Erasmus+ Youth and ESC programs, and Europe Goes Local tools can support developing youth participation in municipal decision-making,
• to identify possible next steps to further develop the strategy and structure of municipal youth participation and its management, and further improve the competencies of all stakeholders locally.