UPLIFT presents at the European Week of Cities and Regions

Metropolitan Research Institute is happy to announce that the UPLIFT project, coordinated by MRI, which deals with social inequalities among urban young people, will be present in the European Week of Cities and Regions on the 12th of October at 11.30 to 13.00 (CET). The session will give an insight into policy co-creation processes that involve young adults directly. Besides having plenary discussions and quizzes the participants will be split into four groups to talk about four interesting examples in housing, education, environment and strategic development domains. Please check the detailed agenda and register for our session at  https://eu.app.swapcard.com/event/eu-regions-week/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfNjMxMDYz .

Schedule for the event:

• Key facts and drivers of inequalities among young people: introduction & setting the scene
• Examples of policy co-creation processes with youth: sharing & learning
• Participants will be divided into 4 smaller groups in which they will discuss 4 interesting cases of collaborative policy-making together with young people. Each group will be facilitated by a practitioner deeply involved in the policy co-creation process with the support of young people and city representatives. The group work will be kicked-off by the short storytelling session to zoom in on each individual case. This will be followed by conversation with participants.
• Drawing on participants knowledge and experience: final inspirations & next steps

The rooms will discuss the following topics::

• Room 1: Co-creation of housing policy in Amsterdam
• Room 2: Co-creation of an educational programme in Sfantu Gheorghe
• Room 3: Co-creation of a Youth Strategy in Budapest
• Room 4: Empowering young climate activists

https://www.uplift-youth.eu,