Monday, May 24, 2010

Does A Malar Rash Hurt

to young people City of New Source

On 20/05/2010 at the City of New Source, a meeting was held with the theme "Join the Youth City Council" organized by Ideactiva part of the Project P.AL.CO. (Participation in the communicative http://www.palcoideactiva.blogspot.com/ ) funded by the Local Plan 2007-2009 Youth of the Province of Rome.

meeting was attended by the Deputy Mayor for Youth City Council, Maurizio Gucci, the members of the Association Ideactiva Ezequiel Iurcovich and Nico Romano, and young people of New Source.

Iurcovich, after presenting the P.AL.CO. Project, which aims to inform young people about the opportunities available to participate actively in the institutional life of their communities, taking part in the forthcoming establishment of the Youth City Council , focused on major aspects of these institutions for young people between 15 and 25 years, stressing that they constitute a "launching pad" to teach young people to participate to express their proposals on all topics of interest to them: the dall'orario local public transport, the intended use of the common areas (streets, public libraries), creation of youth centers to their operation.

Romano brought to the attention some of the data collected through questionnaires administered at the national youth of the town itself, about the lack of trust in local institutions of Youth, found in a mediocre knowledge of the Mayor, the activities of the municipality for the young people, and public spaces granted to them, urging the administration to give due consideration to the ways in which young people are informed about the initiatives and the events of their communities, to promote their activities.

Councillor has revealed the strong intention from the outset by the administration City to establish the City Council of the Young, considering the participation of young people in the city's basic policy for the advancement of youth policies and the general welfare of the City.
then intervened other representatives of the municipal administration: the Deputy Mayor and Councillor Durantini Coccaro. The first was received with much appreciation the initiative, praising the intentions especially as regards the solicitation of political activism of the Young, the second urged the administration to a continued strong commitment and constant in time for the creation of Community Councils Youth.
Councillor Guccini assured full support to the initiative for its establishment and for its maintenance over time, immediately invited the young people present to their collaboration required to achieve the goal of full functionality of the Municipal Youth Councils.

The meeting concluded with a discussion among participants during which young people were able to bring out doubts and questions about the procedures for activation and operation of certain aspects of the Youth Council, in open questions of their communities, different opinions about how to participate, along with a significant interest in this initiative. The young participants have undertaken to illustrate to their peers the information gained in the encounter, so as to create a community of knowledge among peers, in which individual experiences and knowledge are exchanged ( peer education), to form the basis of forming the City Council of young people.






























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