1.
The Young Cittaslow
project
A youth exchange cooperation
between Levanger and Orvieto
2012-2013

2.
Young Cittaslow (I)
Youth exchange June 2012

3.
o 24 youth from Levanger and 24 youth from Orvieto
o 7 days youth exchange in Orvieto
o Financed mainly by the «Youth in action» –program (80%),
the rest from Levanger municipality and the participating
youth from Levanger.
o Initiativ by the youth council of Levanger
o Wish of involving young people more in international
relations.
o Wish of involving young people more in the Cittaslow work.

4.
Goals
o Experiencing Orvieto as a Cittaslow
o Knowledge of the Cittaslow
movement
o Knowledge of the youth aspects of
Cittaslow
o To learn more about youth policy
and rural/urban development
through the Cittaslow movement
o To increase young people´s
interest and participation in the
work of Cittaslow
o Getting international relations
o Cultural competence/better
understanding of cultural diversity
o Social competence.
o Comunication and language
knowledge.

5.
The Specific work concerning
Cittaslow and youth
Practical work
 Going through the
Cittaslow criterias
 Doing research in the
municipalities concerning
the criterias
 Researching the youth
dimention in Cittaslow
 Discussing the research
work together.
Conclusion
 The language used in the
criteria itsself is
complicated. Not very
easy for youth to
understand fully.
 Many of the criterias take
care of values that also
include youth´s, but none
of the criterias mentions
youth in specific. If youth
were mentioned, that
would obligate the
members more concerning
the youth issues.

6.
Goals for the future
o Arrangeing a revisit, an exchange in Levanger with
the youth from Orvieto, summer of 2013.
o Showing the Cittaslow spirit and the culture of
Levanger in the same impressive way we got to
experience Orvieto.
o Comparing and discussing differences and
similarities
o Develop suggestions of criteria containing a
direct youth dimention.
o Further working with Cittaslow and youth through
exchanges and other projects, including more
nations and members.

7.
Young Cittaslow II
Youth exchange, Levanger August 2013

8.
o 24 youth from Levanger and 24 youth from Orvieto
o 7 days youth exchange in Levanger
o Financed mainly by the «Youth in action» –program (80%),
the rest from Levanger municipality and the participating
youth.
o Part two of the youth exchange «Young Cittaslow», held in
Orvieto in June 2013
o The project started with an initiativ by the youth council in
Levanger
o Wish of involving young people more in international relations.
o Wish of involving young people more in the Cittaslow work.

9.
Goals
o
Experiencing Levanger as a Cittaslow
o
Knowledge of the Cittaslow movement
o
Knowledge of the youth aspects of Cittaslow
o
To develop new Cittaslow criterias that directly
include youth aspects
o
To learn more about youth policy and rural/urban
development through the Cittaslow movement
o
To increase young people´s interest and
participation in the work of Cittaslow
o
To increase young people’s interest in and
participation in society matters and politics.
o
Getting international relations
o
Cultural competence/better understanding of
cultural diversity
o
Social competence.
o
Social capital
o
Comunication and language knowledge.

10.
Groupwork Cittaslow-criterias
 Goal: To develop addittional criterias to the Cittaslow
organisation, that include a direct youth dimention.
 After experiencing Orvieto and Levanger as cittaslows,
and done some reserach on the existing criterias, the
group of youth worked out many different good ideas
that can be summed up in three criteria suggestions:
 The cittaslow cities should work towards:
 The existence of youth activity areas, and a youth center.
 A policy for involving youth i politics and decisions concerning
youth topics. For example having a youth council.
 Promoting cooperation and exchanges with other cittaslow
cities, also on the youth level.

11.
Goals for future
 Further working with youth exchanges, both through
Cittaslow and other projects
 Working with the voluenteer program through «Youth in
action» (Erasmus +).
 Continue the cooperation with Orvieto in the above
topics, but also in other fields.