The latest youth policy symposia is taking place in Leon, Mexico with 50 youth-led organisations, movements, professionals and activists critiquing the current state of youth participation across the region and working together to outline solutions for bettering the involvement of young people in decision making. Find out more about the programme and participants and how to follow all the action here.
The latest youth policy symposia took place in Leon, Mexico with 50 youth-led organisations, movements, professionals and activists critiquing the current state of youth participation across the region and working together to outline solutions for improving the involvement of young people in decision making.
The diversity of the event, with participants from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Haiti, Colombia, Bahamas, Europe and Africa, will bring different experiences, solutions and thinking about the role and participation of young Central & South Americans in decisions made locally, nationally and globally.
Download the outline programmeand full participant list.
The event will work towards mapping current practice, crowdsourcing common barriers and then consider the use, value and application of existing models of participation and current practice across the region. The symposium has three clear objectives:
You can follow and join the discussion on twitter using #YPSMex.
The symposium “Making youth policy happen - from local to global. A critique of current practice in international youth participation” is co-organisedby the British Council and the Open Society Foundations,IDEA Mexicoand the British Youth Council.