Events

The UPLIFT project is organising an on-line session on the 22 of November between 3-4.30 PM (CET) to share the results of a comparative research investigating how the economic strengths of cities and local policies influence social inequalities in urban young population.

Our UK based team are taking part in a panel discussion about the value of shared community spaces.  They will be sharing their experiences of the key roles community spaces like cafes play in research.

Our teams from Amsterdam and Barakaldo will be presenting at the 4th Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival hosted by the European Commission.

Victoria Boelman from The Young Foundation will be discussing participatory policy making, youth leadership and the role of community organisations as key facilitators at the Place-based youth leadership panel, at the 'Reimagining leadership: the potential of place based and collective leadership in the voluntary sector’ workshop on Thursday 13th October, Studio in Birmingham, hosted by the Voluntary Sector Studies Network.  

Our team based in Barakaldo will be travelling to present at the YouCount consortium meeting in Copenhagen  

11-13 May 2022 | Malmö UPLIFT will be featured in the session “Nothing about us without us: How to engage young people in co-creating sustainable policies?”, taking place at the ICLEI World Congress in Malmö on 13 May at 13:45-14:45 CET.

An opportunity for all 16 partners and stakeholders to come together to share learnings and progress. If you would like to get involved then please do get in touch.  

Young People's Voice at the Centre of Policy-Making 12th October 2021, 11:30 -13:00 on zoom We will be running a workshop at the 19th European Week.  We would like young people from all across Europe to register and take part.  This is a great opportunity to get involved in policy co-creation.  

29th September 2021 - 15:00 - 16:30 Online ICLEI European Secretariat, City of Milan We want to know the vision that young people have for climate action and share and exchange ideas with local and European policy makers.    Get involved.  Follow this link to register and more information. https://www.foodwave.eu/activities/empowering-youth-for-climate-action/