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Youth policies and strategies in the
context of the MDGsSub-Regional Workshop for the
Gulf States Models of youth political
participation by Enzo Amendola
Bahrain 28-29 May 2005
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Enzo Amendola

• International Union of Socialist Youth
• 1999-2001 Vice-President
• 2001 Secretary General
• International Experience
• 2001 -, IUSY delegate to the UN/WB/ILO meeting
• 2001 -, IUSY delegate to the European Youth
  Forum
• 2001 -, member of the Council of Europe Affair
  Commission, YFJ
• 2001 -, member of the Advisory Council at the
  CoE
• 2004 -, IUSY delegate to ICMYO

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Models of youth participation

• 1) FROM THE LOCAL TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL
• 2) EUROPEAN LEVEL
• 2.1) Open method of Coordination
• 2.2) Co-Management system
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• 3) GLOBAL LEVEL

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Defining Youth Organisations

• Age Limit
• Based on Active membership
• Internal Democracy
• Independent from Government
• Ad-hoc and/or Structural participation
• Social and/or Political participation

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1) From local to national level
consultative model
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G-local youth activity
Ad HocParticipation
Structural Participation
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Youth participation at the local level
Local Youth Council
National YouthCouncil
Confrontation with the local Institutions
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Relations with Institutions

• Action based on
• 1. Consultation
• 2. Proposal

LocalYouthCouncils
National Institutions
National Youth Council

Youthissuesas ahorizontalpolicyOrg.
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Evaluation on the Consultative Model

• The priorities of the decision makers in the
  youth field could not be influenced by the CM
  till the changes
• The balance between the power of the decision
  makers and effectiveness of the CM must be
  reassessed
• The CM must lead to effective action at Local/
  State level, in particular in order to continue
  to guarantee young peoples support for and
  commitment to the process
• Young people should be consulted constantly, in a
  structured and effective way

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2) European level First Model
Open method of Coordination and the experience of
the European Youth Forum (www.youthforum.org)
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What is the EYF?

• A pan-European platform of national Youth
  councils and Non-Governmental youth Organisations
  in Europe
• Established in 1996
• 93 member organisations

• Advocating for the interests of young people
  towards the international institutions (European
  Union, the Council of Europe and the United
  Nations)
• Promoting the development of youth work in
  Europe and internationally
• Providing services to member organisations

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European Youth Forum
Council of Europe Affairs Commission
Working Units
Secretariat
European Union Affairs Commission
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What makes EYF different from other organisations?

• The European Youth Forum is the only democratic
  youth structure in Europe representing youth
  organisations towards the international
  institutions - mainly the European Union, the
  Council of Europe and the United Nations
• It serves to channel the flow of information and
  opinions between young people and decision-makers
  
• It is the biggest regional youth platform in the
  world
• It is run by young people

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European Youth Forum Actions

• Lobby the European Institutions
• Participate in the consultations on the draft
  common objectives, the questionnaires and the
  evaluation report
• Draft EYF positions after consultation of Member
  Organisations on the common objectives
• Regular meetings with the institutions (
  letters, articles and press releases)

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Horizontal Aspects

• Taking more account of youth in other policies
• inclusion of youth dimension in other policies
  and programmes on national and European level
• explore ways in which young people can be taken
  into consideration in EU Commission proposals and
  EU Community programmes and initiatives
• education, lifelong learning, mobility,
  employment and social integration, combating
  racism and xenophobia, autonomy

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Open Method of Coordination
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Open Method of Coordination

• 4 thematic priorities
• Participation
• Information
• Voluntary activities among young people
• Greater understanding and knowledge of youth

• Consultation
• European Youth Forum is
• consulted on the different
• stages
• - The formulation of the questionnaires
• - Drafts for common objectives in each priority
  area
• - Evaluation report of the OMC

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Evaluation on the OMC

• The priorities of the framework of European
  cooperation in the youth field must be discussed
  (reinforcing existing priorities, new priorities,
  etc.)
• The balance between the flexibility and
  effectiveness of the OMC must be reassessed
• The OMC must lead to effective action at Member
  State level, in particular in order to continue
  to guarantee young peoples support for and
  commitment to the process
• Young people should be consulted constantly, in a
  structured and effective way at both national and
  European level

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2) European level Second Model
Co-Management System and the experience of the
Council of Europe (www.coe.int)
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Key values and work fields of the Council of
Europe
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European Court of Human Rights (45 judges)
Secretariat General
Key bodies of the Council of Europe
Key bodies of the Council of Europe
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CoE Secretariat
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Committee of Ministers
JOINT COUNCIL on YOUTH QUESTIONS AC CDEJ
ADVISORY COUNCIL 30 Non governmental
representatives
CDEJ 48 Non governmental representatives
Youth NGOs
Ministriesof Youth
Programming Committee
Young people
Governments
Co-management structures of the Directorate of
Youth and Sport
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Intergovernmental sector
Non-governmental sector
Co-managed sector
European Steering Committee on Youth, CDEJ, 47
members, The Contracting Parties to the Cultural
Convention
Joint Council on Youth Questions
Committee of Ministers
Advisory Council, AC 30 members

European Youth Foundation
European Youth Centres
Programming Committee 8 CDEJ 8 AC
7 national youth committees
Working Groups
Partial agreement on the Youth Card
13 international non-governmental youth
organisations Youth Forum
Non-Formal Education and Social cohesion
Activities / Servicesfor leaders in youth
organisations
5 international non-governmental youth
organisations Non-Youth Forum
Mobility Fund for Disadvantaged Young People
Study sessions Language courses Training
courses Symposia Consultative meetings
Documentation research
Youth participation and active democratic
citizenship
5 other structures
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Structures
Intergovernmental sector
Co-managed sector
Non-governmental sector
Programming Committee (PC) 16 members
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Working Priorities of the DJS 2003- 2005
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Evaluation on Co-Management System

• The political and economical possibilities of the
  CoE are limited in order to intervene with a
  wider range of tools on the youth conditions
• The balance between the flexibility and
  effectiveness of the CMS must be reassessed
• The CMS must lead to effective action at the
  Member State level, in particular in order to
  continue to guarantee young peoples support for
  and commitment to the process

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• 3) Global level

International Youth Cooperation ICMYO
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What is ICMYO?

• In Geneva in July 2004 the European Youth Forum,
  together with the International Movement of
  Catholic Students and the World Organization of
  the Scout Movement convened an International
  Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations for
  two main objectives
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• a) the coordination of political inputs to the
  ongoing political processes affecting youth
  worldwide
• b) the strengthening of the cooperation between
  youth organisations with a regional and global
  outreach.

• ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade
  Unions
• IFLRY International Federation of Liberal
  Youth,
• IFM/SEI International Falcon Movement
  Socialist Educational International
• IFMSA International Federation of Medical
  Students Associations
• IFRC International Federation of the Red Cross
  and Red Crescent Societies
• IMCS/MIEC International Movement of Catholic
  Students (IMCS Pax Romana)
• IYCS/JECI International Young Catholic Students
• IUSY International Union of Socialist Youth
• WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides Girl
  Scouts
• WFDY World Federation of Democratic Youth
• WOSM World Organization of Scout Movement
• YDC Youth for Development and Cooperation
• YMCA World Alliance of YMCAs
• YWCA World Young Womens Christian Association
• YFJ European Youth Forum
• ASA - Asian Students Association
• RAJ/AYN Réseau Africain de la Jeunesse/African
  Youth Network
• UPJ/PYU Union Panafricaine de la
  Jeunesse/Pan-African Youth Union
• AYU Arab Youth Union

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International Coordination Meeting of Youth
Organisations

• Action to
• o exchange information, experience and concerns
• o influence political processes and decisions of
  international institutions working/impacting on
  youth
• o increase cooperation at the regional level in
  order to
• be stronger and overcome individual limitations
• o work together on common thematic priorities and
  to
• put focus on global youth work

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Global action
UNAgencies

• We call for
• Open method of coordination
• 2. Co-Management system

RegionalInstitutions
ICMYO
Reg/Globalyouth platform
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Thank you for your attention!