meaningful youth participation symposium

WELCOME to

The London Symposium, May 16 – 18, 2011

Meaningful Youth Participation in International Decision-Making

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AIMS

- Share and learn from the experience and perspectives of others

- Challenge ourselves to think about what meaningful participation is and could be

- Develop shared principles, considerations, standards and actions




Programme - Day 1

1. Keynote speakers

2. Mapping us, and what is meaningful participation?

3. What’s happening, where and how – Presentations

4. Why? – Stakeholder dialogues

5. Exploring power – Table activity

6. Barriers and challenges – Presentations and Q&A

7. What needs to be done? – World Café (sort of)

8. Marketplace and informal workshops




Programme - Day 2

1. From issues to solutions – Introduction

2. How can we do things better? – Presentations and Q&A

3. What are our priorities? – Group activity

4. What can we do? – Stakeholder group discussions

5. Will our ideas work? – Review from different stakeholders

6. Presenting proposals and making commitments

7. Close




A word from the convenors

- Noel SelegziDirector Youth Initiative, Open Society Foundations

- Gordon Blakely Director Youth, British Council




Jennifer Corriero

Co-founder, Taking IT Global




Howard Williamson

Professor of European Youth Policy, University of Glamorgan




Chad Blackman and

Anne Gammon




Who are we? – Mapping our experience

And

What is meaningful youth participation in international decision-making?




What’s happening, where and how?

Overview of the youth participation landscape – examples from practice




Rationales and assumptions

Why do we do this and what do we need to ask ourselves

“The Why Pie”




Exploring Power

Steadman Noble




What are the barriers and challenges to meaningful

participation?




So…

What needs to be done?


World Café Tables

1. Access and inclusion2. Youth mainstreaming3. Power and change4. Conditions and capacity building5. Accountability and representation of young people6. Transparency of organisations and structures7. Measuring the impact of youth particiaption8. Free - Choose your theme9. Free - Choose your theme


World Café Tables

Round 1: Defining the issues what are the key challenges related to this theme

Round 2: Identifying practice and innovation what examples of good practice exist that address this theme?

How do concepts of space and power make us to do things differently

Round 3: Identifying actions and ways ahead what do we need to consider? What approaches must be take?

Who information/ who is missing?

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