Structured
Dialogue: a process for discussions between young people and policy makers
about different themes, to make sure the opinions of young people are taken
into account in defining the EU’s youth policies.
The third
cycle of the Structured Dialogue is currently underway. The thematic
priority for this cycle is the "social inclusion of young people across
Europe".
After the Irish Presidency (January
2013 to June 2013) and the Lithuanian Presidency (July 2013 to December 2013)
the last of the current trio, the Greek Presidency (January 2014 to June 2014)
took place in Thessaloniki 2014:
European Youth Capital from 10 to 12 March 2014.
The European Commission and the European Youth Forum are
responsible for coordinating the process and deciding upon sets of questions to
be asked to young people across Europe. These questions are used as the basis
for national consultations in each EU country, which are organised by National
Working Groups, which in most cases are led by youth councils and include other
youth organisations and stakeholders.
In Greece, the national consultation was held until 27
January 2014 and the National Report can be found here
(in Greek).
Facilitating, along with my Turkish co-worker, one of the seven
workshops of the Conference about social entrepreneurship was an enriching experience.
The agenda, the press release and the joint recommendations of
the EU Youth Conference in Thessaloniki can be found here.
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