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Identifying the needs of the youth community and formulating solutions for support in decision-making processes
Cristina Stan
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Needs of young people – mature point of view
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Needs of young people from their point of view
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INFORMATION = POWER
Young people should know:
• What politics involves;• How the voting process works;• What the views are of young people from the other community;• How we can communicate our views;• That politics doesn’t have to be boring;• We all have rights and what we think does matter; and• The responsibility to engage is a two way process between
politicians and young people.
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Solutions
Solutions councils have adopted to create an environment where young people can become engaged in democracy include:
• Establishing youth forums and councils;
• Consultations with groups of young people, along with youth conferences;
• Peer based research techniques such as training young people in a range of research skills and using them to conduct research to determine young people’s views on their area.
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Making politics more interesting
- Making it easier to understand and more accessible;
- Making politicians more responsive to the needs and concerns of young people;
- Finding new opportunities and routes for young people to enter the political process.
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Recommendations:
1. More education for young people on politics, elections and voting through various mediums such as schools and youth groups.
2. The Electoral Commission to engage in a programme for schools providing information workshops.