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The present paper aims to stress the role that young people play as ‘actual citizens’, actively engaged in constructing the meaning-and-actions that define their own participation in the community. The case examined is the Chiampo Valley, in the North-East of Italy. This area is the most important tannery district in Europe and has serious problems concerning industrial waste management. By means of a questionnaire, we focus on the way 229 secondary school students perceive themselves as members of the local community, on what they see as being priorities in their own context, and on the contributions that they may make to addressing environmental issues. The results suggest that it is important for local institutions to give a voice to young people-as they themselves require-by developing participatory processes in institutional decision-making regarding environmental policies and-in general-the life of the community.
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The reverted demographic pyramid makes youth a decreasing percentage of our increasingly ageing population, leaving youth groups with less power and chances to influence the future of public policies and services through established participation channels. There is a potential risk of losing the interests of broader, including less heard, youth groups in democratic decision-making and implementation. Research evidence shows that we need to broaden knowledge and accountability towards these groups by including them more in co-creation to secure their trust and meaningful policy impact. One major way to improve trust in the public sector is by enhancing the abilities of professionals, managers, politicians and NGOs to co-create public and individual values with youth groups for better services and solutions instead of acting and making decisions on their behalf. Also, cross-sector collaboration among institutional units or stakeholders from different sectors on a local scale is often required to enhance the value of services or local community decisions. This paper explores from a comparative perspective the local government’s readiness for enhanced democratic participation and co-creation of public services and public value with youth. Based on document studies, interviews and cross-sectoral learning dialogues between engaged researchers, public sector and NGO representatives conducted in three countries – Sweden, Finland, and Estonia – the paper illustrates the current perceptions of public professionals and managers regarding their approach to co-creation with youth and the public sector roles, readiness and perceived gaps. The paper distinguishes between the municipal ambitions of enhanced youth participation and co-creation.
Human Affairs
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2012
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vol. 22
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issue 3
345-359
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The existing literature on political and civic participation has tended to neglect individuals’ judgements about the effectiveness of specific forms of participation, focusing instead on the role of internal, external and collective efficacy in driving levels of participation. The present study examined young people’s judgements of the effectiveness of specific forms of conventional, non-conventional and civic participation and the reasons which are given for these judgements. Fourteen focus groups were conducted with English, Bangladeshi and Congolese young people aged between 16 and 26 years old living in Greater London. The findings revealed differences in judgements of the effectiveness of action across ethnic groups, and differences in the specific reasons that are given for judgements of effectiveness as a function of ethnicity, gender and age. It is argued that greater attention needs to be paid to subgroups formed by the intersection of ethnicity, gender and age in order to understand young people’s participatory attitudes and behaviours.
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Polityka młodzieżowa w Polsce zaczęła się rozwijać w związku z wstąpieniem Polski do Unii Europejskiej. Od tego momentu możemy mówić o zjawisku europeizacji polityki młodzieżowej. 15 marca 2019 roku młodzież zaczęła się angażować w ruch społeczny, jakim jest Młodzieżowy Strajk Klimatyczny (MSK). W artykule postawiono następującą hipotezę badawczą: działalność MSK wskazuje, że polityka młodzieżowa w Polsce ulega procesowi „klimatyzacji”. Aby potwierdzić hipotezę, postawiono następujące pytania badawcze: Jakie czynniki wpływają na zainteresowanie kwestiami klimatu wśród młodzieży? Czy młodzież skupiona wokół MSK była aktywna przed działalnością w MSK? Czy działalność w MSK jest powiązana z inną aktywnością społeczną/ polityczną młodzieży? Czy MSK ma wpływ na decyzje polityczne? W wyniku analizy literatury i przeprowadzonego badania potwierdzono hipotezę badawczą.
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The youth policy in Poland began to develop in connection with Poland’s accession to the European Union. Since 2019, these research areas were joined by the activities of young people as a part of the international youth social movement, i.e., the Youth Strike for Climate. The article presents the following research hypothesis: the activity of the Youth Strike for Climate indicates that the youth policy in Poland is undergoing a process of climatization. The following research questions were asked: What factors influence the interest in climate issues among young people? Was the youth gathered around the YSC active before the YSC activity? Is the activity at YSC related to other social/political activity of young people? Does the YSC influence political decisions? As a result of the survey, literature analysis and the conducted research, the research hypothesis was confirmed.
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Youth councils at local government units have existed practically since 1990. However, only since 2001 there has been a legal basis for setting up such bodies. Although this provision remained unchanged, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the possibilities of youth councils. They had many problems and in many cases no new term of office was appointed for these bodies. As a result, the Parliament dealt with the statutory regulation of the youth council institution and adopted a government bill in 2021 (Dz.U. 2021 poz. 1038). The author tries to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of youth councils in operation. In addition, he assesses the most important solutions contained in the applicable law. Finally, the article welcomes the legislative action but notes the incomprehensible decisions. It also draws attention to the sharp decrease in the number of youth councils between March 2020 and September 2021 but notes the upward trend.
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Młodzieżowe rady przy jednostkach samorządu terytorialnego działają praktycznie od 1990 r. Dopiero jednak od 2001 r. funkcjonuje podstawa prawna umożliwiająca powołanie takich organów, ale przez 20 lat pozostawała niezmieniona. Pandemia COVID-19 znacząco ograniczyła możliwość funkcjonowania młodzieżowych rad, które zmagały się z wieloma problemami (np. w wielu przypadkach kończyły się kadencje tych organów, a nie powoływano nowych). W rezultacie ustawodawca zajął się ustawową regulacją instytucji młodzieżowej rady i przyjął rządowy projekt ustawy (Dz. U. 2021 poz. 1038). W związku z tym autor starał się zbadać wpływ pandemii COVID-19 na liczbę funkcjonujących młodzieżowych rad. Ponadto przeanalizował najważniejsze rozwiązania zawarte w ustawie. Ostatecznie pozytywnie ocenił działania ustawodawcy, jednakże zwrócił uwagę na jego niezrozumiałe decyzje oraz na zdecydowany spadek liczby młodzieżowych rad między marcem 2020 r. a wrześniem 2021 r. Obecnie widoczna jest tendencja wzrostowa.
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Youth participation is becoming more and more important in local, regional and interregional governance. Young people want their voice to be heard not only within the walls of schools, but also in the case of problems related to climate change, local, regional and interregional communities. This article presents an analysis of youth participation at the local (West Pomeranian communes), regional (Western Pomerania) and interregional (Baltic Sea Region) levels.
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Partycypacja młodzieży staje się coraz bardziej istotna w zarządzaniu lokalnym, regionalnym czy międzyregionalnym. Młodzi ludzie chcą, by ich głos był słyszalny nie tylko w murach szkół, ale także w przypadku problemów związanych ze zmianami klimatu, społecznościami lokalnymi, regionalnymi oraz międzyregionalnymi. W niniejszym artykule została przedstawiona analiza partycypacji na poziomie lokalnym (zachodniopomorskie gminy), regionalnym (Pomorze Zachodnie) i międzyregionalnym (region Morza Bałtyckiego).
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