A presentation given at the final YouthMetre conference at the Committee of Regions in Brussels on April 24th 2018. It welcomes delegates and sets the scene for further discussion about the tools used to engage youth in policy and the outcomes of the YouthMetre Project.

1. Structured Dialogue: the use of
digital tools to foster youth
engagement in policy-making
http://www.youthmetre.eu
http://bit.ly/2zOT4Qi

2. Empowering Youth in
Policy Making

3. A world of geographic
information

4. Cloud Computing

5. Disruptive Innovation

6. Environment: Creativity,
Engagement, Open Data
JRC (2012) "Challenges of implementing Creative Classrooms practices”,
http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/documents/_6_Etwinning_WS1_March2012.pdf,
eTwinning conference, Tampere Finland

8. http://eryica.org/page/principles-online-youth-information

9. Barriers to participation

10. Structured
Dialogue
mutual
communication
process for discussions
between young people
and policy makers
local and
regional policy
consultation,
cooperation

11. YouthMetre Challenge
http://youthmetre.eu/training/
Online resources / training materials - v. soon
Training for Local Authorities - Nov 2017
Training for NGOs - January 2018
MACRO level
MESO level
MiCRO level

12. Young people are
heard
Young people give
their opinion
Views taken into
account
Involved in
decision making
Participatory
Engagement

13. Research & data sets
http://youthmetre.eu/policy-research/

14. 15 Study Groups
http://youthmetre.eu/study-groups/

15. 20 Key Findings
http://youthmetre.eu/policy-research/

16. YouthMetre
Key features:
•dashboard of European data on Youth
•database of good practice initiatives
•Crowdmap of proposed initiatives
•use of GeoCitizen app
•training of multipliers (youth)
•training with stakeholders – contact us

17. http://youthmetre.eu/youthmetre/
Youth Development Index
Based on 87 indicators
Related to youth well-being
NUTS 3 level

18. GeoCitizen App

19. information
inspiration
interaction
implementation

20. YouthMetre Training
http://youthmetre.eu/training/
Resources / training materials available online
Non formal learning approaches

21. European Commission (2015),
Creating Value Through Open
Data http://tinyurl.com/j6qypoe

22. Barriers to participation

23. YouthMetre: What lessons?
• Structured Dialogue - process
• Need long-term commitment
• Changing relationships between youth
and decision makers
• Action for change – not tokenism
• Many initiatives – not learning lessons
• Maintain the data quality on youth

24. Web: http://www.youthmetre.eu
Newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/YouthMetre1
Email: eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: @youthmetre
http://bit.ly/2zOT4Qi