1.
Young Cittaslow
Youth exchange June 2012

2.
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.
o Natural venue: The city hosting the Cittaslow headquarter:
Orvieto.

3.
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.

4.
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.

5.
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.