Youth sPEACEs. Urban spaces for active social participation and dialogue

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"""Youth sPEACEs. Urban spaces for active social participation and dialogue"" aims at strengthening the youth sector in Europe and at connecting the local and the European dimension by promoting and increasing the role of local youth spaces in the continental scenario, by empowering them, by stimulating and supporting their networking, by proposing a ""European Charter of Youth Spaces"". To achieve these objectives we’ll support active engagement of a growing number of young people in citizenship activities and experiences in which young people themselves take a leading role, linking the local and the EU dimension and building a pathway for their voice to be heard. The project will be implemented by 9 organisations from 7 EU countries (IT, EL, FR, MK, PL, PT, SE) over a period of 21 months. Some online activities will also involve participants from other countries. Direct beneficiaries will be at least 280, 80 of them with fewer opportunities, with a disadvantaged socio-economic background and from underrepresented youth groups. During the project lifecycle, apart from the general management and general visibility and dissemination, several activities will be carried out: 7 local training courses on EU activities and programmes, 7 youth exchanges, 1 European research, an online debate and a visit to the European institutions. Both an online information and training campaign and the visibility and dissemination activities will be aimed at a wider audience than the countries involved, with the aim of reaching at least 40,000 people across Europe. The main public outcomes will be the Final Report of the research on youth spaces in Europe and the ""European Charter for Youth Spaces"" which will be further available to stimulate a debate and possible concrete decisions to recognise and enhance the role of these participatory experiences. The whole project will also be indirectly aimed at promoting the participation of young people in voting in the European elections 2024. "