By X City X presentation to the Skills for Climate Change study tour to Copenhagen November 2011

1. By X – City X City X

2. By X is part of the Children and Youth Administration. We are working for childrens participation in the sustainable development of Copenhagen. We work for different centres within the municipality: Centre for environment Centre for urban design Centre for traffic Centre for parks and nature Centre for culture and leisure

3. 20 % of Copenhagens population are between 0-18 years of age

4. Young citizens are an important ressource in the sustainable development of the city now and in the future.

5. Young people use public spaces in many different ways – they possess special knowledge of their local area

6. They walk, run, bike, skate and are frequent users of busses, trains and metro

7. By X acts as advocates for the children and youth By X acts as advocates for young people

8. Workshop at the Road Race Championship 2011

10. Training important skills at an early age

11. Ideas for green bicycle training paths

13. Childrens advisory board on traffic issues 200 children from 6 different schools

15. What moves in the city? How do we move? What are we moving in between? What do we pass by? What technology do we use to move around? Why do we move the way we do? Green mobility manifesto It should be easier, healthier and more efficient to move around Copenhagen Everyone should have the choice of green transportation Peoples journeys through the city should not only be functional, but also be an experience that excercise,

16. Ideas

17. Recommendations

18. ByX is working to promote active citizenship through direct involvement in democratic processes

19. Giving form to ideas – 3D training

20. Working with the real world outside the classroom

21. By X – City X City X