1.
THE
STRUCTURED
DIALOGUE
WITH
YOUNG
PEOPLE
PROCESS
In
a
Nutshell
Youth
Media
Wake-­‐Up
Seminar
Brussels
November
14th
2012

2. STRUCTURED
DIALOGUE
–
A
BRIDGE
BETWEEN
YOUNG
PEOPLE
AND
DECISION-­‐
MAKERS
Part
of
the
European
Youth
Strategy,
it
is
an
instrument
to
ensure
that
the
opinion
of
young
people
is
taken
into
account
in
deIining
youth-­‐related
policies
of
the
EU.
Chosen
Governments
Themes
Young
People
and
Administrations,
including
EU
Institutions
Results
useful
for
policy-­‐
making

3.
Why
a
Structured
Dialogue
With
Young
People
and
What
For?
Through
the
structured
dialogue,
young
people:
-­‐
Voice
up
their
recommendations
directly
to
decision-­‐makers,
-­‐ Feed
into
policies
at
local,
regional,
national
and
European
level,
-­‐ Contribute
to
the
development
of
youth
policies
that
affect
them,
-­‐ Uphold
their
right
to
participate
in
policy
and
decision-­‐making,
-­‐ Demonstrate
that
they
are
a
valuable
asset
to
society.

4.
Who
is
Involved
in
the
Structured
Dialogue?
At
the
level
of
Member
States
–>
29
National
Working
Groups
(conducting
consultations
with
young
people/youth
organisations
at
local,
regional,
national
levels)
A
National
Working
Group
is
composed
of:
• Representatives
of
Ministries
of
Youth
Affairs
• National
Youth
Councils
(leading
role)
• Local
and
Regional
Youth
Council
• Youth
Organisations
• People
Active
in
Youth
Work/Diverse
Young
people
• Youth
Researchers

5.
Who
is
Involved
in
the
Structured
Dialogue?
At
European
level:

6. When
and
How
Did
it
Start?

7. How
Does
it
Work
in
Practice?
Structured
dialogue
is
implemented
in
Cycles
of
18
months
corresponding
to
a
Team
Presidency
focusing
on
an
Overall
Thematic
Priority.
Each
cycle
has
3
phases
under
each
of
the
Team
Presidency
countries
which
consist
of
3
rounds
of
consultations
with
young
people
on
speciIic
focus
areas
agreed
upon
by
the
Presidency
and
corresponding
to
the
overall
theme
of
the
cycle.
Guiding
Questions
(drafted
by
the
European
Steering
Committee)
-­‐>
distributed
to
the
National
Working
Groups
(NWGs)
-­‐>
National
Consultations
-­‐>
National
Reports
-­‐>EU
Youth
Conference
METHODS
used
by
NWGs
to
run
consultations:
• Online
questionnaires,
focus
groups,
meetings,
debates
at
local,
regional,
national
level,
panel
discussions,
expert
groups

8. The
First
Cycle
of
the
Structured
Dialogue

9. The
Second
Cycle
of
the
Structured
Dialogue

10. The
Third
Cycle
of
the
Structured
Dialogue
• Team
Presidency:
Ireland
–
Lithuania-­‐Greece
Overall
theme:
Social
Inclusion
of
Young
People
Ireland
(January
–
June
2013)
–
Quality
Youth
Work
Lithuania
(July
–
December
2013)
–NEETs
(Young
People
Not
in
Employment,
Education
or
Training)
Greece
(January
–
June
2014)
-­‐
Culture
and
Entrepreneurship

11.
Thank
you
for
your
attention
J
Raluca
Diroescu
Project
OfIicer
SALTO
Participation
Brussels
Belgium
raluca@salto-­‐youth.net
+322
219
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