Young Citizens Project

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The Young Citizens’ Project was launched by the city of Bristol, which has had already made previous efforts of youth inclusion in the decision-making process, through their URBAN II programme. The network held its first meeting in September 2004 to launch the work of the group. This network held a series of local focus group meetings in-between the 2 key network meetings to ensure a continued work on the subject. At the interim meeting in April 2005 the first results were presented and the work programme was reshaped to involve more young people in the exchange. A further interim meeting was held in October 2005 to focus on the analytical work and to produce some policy recommendations. The work of the network is structured around focus groups (“laboratories”) in which young people will act as researchers on, or evaluators of, a practice whereby young people play an active role in decision-making. These focus groups are conducted separately in each partner city following a common guide issued by the thematic expert.

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