Young people’s voices at the centre of Youth Policy

UPLIFT project is presented in the EU Research Autumn 2023

Read a brief overview of the main goals and research results of UPLIFT in the EU Research Magazine.

The UPLIFT project has officially finished!

The UPLIFT project may have ended, but new perspectives on participatory policy making have just begun…

UPLIFT conference in Chemnitz

On the 26th May, 2023, the UP19 team organised a workshop in Chemnitz, introducing the UPLIFT guidebook.

Amsterdam National Conference – ‘The Added Value of a Youth Panel’

On 17 April, 2023, the Amsterdam UPLIFT team organised their final National Conference in the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam, inviting local and national stakeholders to discuss the added value of Youth Boards and policy co-creation with young people.

UPLIFT ‘Reflective Session’ held in Barakaldo with local young people

In May, 2023, Orkestra held a reflective session took place in Barakaldo with the youth of the municipality.

UPLIFT results presented at local conference in Tallinn

What prevents young people from reaching their full potential? Policy experts and young people discussed the results of the UPLIFT project, and possible solutions, at a local conference held in Tallinn on 6 June, 2023.

Training session in Pécs on Reflexive Policy Making processes

On the 17th May, 2023, Pécs held a training session on the experiences of Reflexive Policy Making processes.

Local dissemination conference in Sfântu Gheorghe

The Sepsi LAG Association organised a local dissemination conference in Sfântu Gheorghe on the 9th of May 2023.

National Policy Conference: How to involve youth in urban policy

Bilbao Metropoli-30 collaborated with the City Council of Barakaldo (Spain) to organise two webinars on “How to involve youth in urban policy”, which took place on the 15^th and 22^nd of March, 2023.

New guidance on how to involve young people in policy making

Are you interested in policy co-creation with young people? Look no further than the UPLIFT project!

Deliberative Democracy Days Conference

UPLIFT project presented at the ‘Deliberative Democracy Days: Moving deliberative democracy and participatory tools forward’ conference in Brussels.

Our Amsterdam Youth board travel to Spain!

How do young people in Amsterdam look back on their visit to an international conference?

Economic competitiveness and social cohesion of European cities

One of the scientific objectives of the UPLIFT project was to analyse the role of economic competitiveness of European cities and how it links with lower levels of social inequalities. With particular focus in the areas of education, housing and employment experiences of the urban young population.

Amsterdam Youth Board advises on municipal youth housing policy

Young people in Amsterdam created a manifesto on local housing mismatches as an outcome of the UPLIFT project.

Summary of Discussion: Deliberative Democracy Festival

Shared experiences and learnings from working with young people.

Discover Barakaldo

A new way to compare urban-level data for UPLIFT

Along with the ability to compare of national-level indicators and delve into urban stories, the updated version of the UPLIFT Interactive Atlas now includes a data dashboard which enables users to make comparisons of urban-level data for the project’s 16 case study locations.

Storytelling event in Barakaldo

‘Don’t you, forget about me’ is the title of a well-known Simple Mind’s song. These words also popped up strongly in the Storytelling workshops in Barakaldo, when both youngsters and policymakers recognised that their worlds are increasingly distant.

Do we share the same city?

The Sepsi LAG Association organised a mind mapping workshop with the Uplift Youth Board on 16th of August at Sfantu Gheorghe/Sepiszentgyorgy.

Storying telling workshop in Tallinn

Young people helped researchers to validate our research results from recent interviews by sharing their experiences and expectations.