Attachment 2 Recommendations
Attachment 2 Recommendations
Attachment 2 Recommendations
International
Youth Forum
27-30 September 2017 | Yerevan, Armenia
Recommendations
Context
The package of recommendations was developed by 50 The participants of various backgrounds coming from
young people, youth workers, community leaders and different sectors and regions of Armenia, Moldova and
activists from Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine within Ukraine were divided into the following 4 working
the framework of an International Youth Forum taking groups:
place in Yerevan, Armenia. 1. Fostering Participation of young people with fewer
opportunities and youth from the rural and deprived
The Forum was organized on the margins of
urban communities through Employment and
“Everybody Counts: Rural Youth Empowerment in
Eastern Partnership Countries” project which is being Entrepreneurship;
implemented by Armenian Progressive Youth NGO 2. Fostering Participation of young people with fewer
(Armenia) in collaboration with Foundation for opportunities and youth from the rural and deprived
Advancement of Moldova (Moldova) and Society urban communities through Formal and Non-
Initiatives Institute (Ukraine). formal Education;
3. Fostering Participation of young people with fewer
As a part of the project’s efforts of mainstreaming opportunities and youth from the rural and deprived
youth participation issues, the forum brought together
urban communities through Political and Civic
rural youth, the civil society actors and the government
representatives to discuss and develop a package of Participation;
recommendations promoting youth participation and 4. Fostering Participation of young people with fewer
inclusion. The recommendations were developed by opportunities and youth from the rural and deprived
the Forum participants based on the “Youth urban communities through International
Participation” online survey findings and discussions Cooperation and Mobility.
with youth workers.
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The drafted recommendations are as follows:
In order to foster participation of young people In order to foster participation of young people with
with fewer opportunities and youth from the rural fewer opportunities and youth from the rural and
and deprivedurban communities through deprived urban communities through formal and
employment and entrepreneurship non-formal education
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9. Stimulate creation of online platforms, where youth In order to foster participation of young people with
needs assessment surveys and polls on youth projects fewer opportunities and youth from the rural and
and drafts to laws can take place. deprived urban communities through international
cooperation and mobility
National Governments should:
10. Encourage local authorities to create a system The European Union should:
where youth councils assume their full role of a
consulting body of the local and national political 1. Encourage intergovernmental dialogue to broaden
systems. mutual cooperation between EU and Eastern
Partnership countries.
2. Encourage increased cooperation between embassies
and governments to simplify visa acquisition process
for students that participate in youth mobility projects.
Relevant Ministries should:
3. Establish consulting and coordination centres for
informational assistance on youth mobility projects.
“The project benefits from the support through the EaP CSF Re-granting Scheme. Within its
Re-granting Scheme, the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) supports
projects of the EaP CSF members with a regional dimension that contribute to achieving the
mission and objectives of the Forum. The donors of the Re-granting Scheme are the European Union and
National Endowment for Democracy. The overall amount for the 2017 call for proposals is 290.000 EUR. Grants
are available for CSOs from the Eastern Partnership and EU countries. Key areas of support are democracy
and human rights, economic integration, environment and energy, contacts between people, social and labour
policies.”