The project is 24 months long and started (01.11.2021). It is funded by Erasmus + program under KA2 Cooperation partnerships in youth, through the Portuguese National Agency.
The project consortium is comprised of the following partners: DYPALL Network - coordinator and applicant (Portugal) African Empowerment Centre (Sweden) Institute of Research & Training on European Affairs (Greece) Asociacion Novisi Elkatrea (Spain) Municipality of Fyli (Greece) The objectives of the project are to:
Map and identify good practices on the integration of youth with migrant background, young refugees and young migrants at local level with an integrated approach Develop quality indicators that will allow local authorities to assess the impact of good practice on migrant and refugee integration;
Create an instrument (an assessment tool for “Migrant Youth Friendly City”) that enables local authorities together with CSOs, NGOs and youth workers to evaluate their integration policies; Develop guidelines containing the actions that local authorities involved in the project will undertake in order to increase the rate on the “Migrant Youth Friendly City” scale, during and after the period of the project implementation; Encourage active citizenship of youth with migrant background, young migrants and young refugees, actively involving them in the project, developing their sense of belonging at local level and promoting their participation in decision-making.
Throughout the project, we worked on researching and collecting best practice examples of digital tools that enable youth participation in decision-making processes at the local level. These tools will be published in an online database and also turned into a Publication of the Study on Digital Participation Tools for Youth Engagement in Local Governance.
