HYBRID CONFERENCE ADD SOMETHING MEANINGFUL: SUPPORTING YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

How to increase the engagement of young people in the local community and involve them in the decision-making processes?  

If you are a representative of a local authority, youth organisation, or a young person and you would like to find a possible answer to this question, we are inviting you to the conference “ADD Something Meaningful: Supporting youth participation in the local community”. The hybrid conference will be held on the 14th of November 2025, from 10.00 to 13.30, at the Faculty of Management, University of Primorska (Izolska vrata 2, Koper) and online.

The conference is organised as part of the Erasmus+ project ADD – strengthening youth engagement through local involvement and follows years of PiNA’s work in the field of youth. The conference aims to stress the importance of youth participation and discuss a concrete participatory mechanism alongside opportunities for youth involvement.

The programme of the conference: 

• 9.30-10.00: Registration
• 10.00-10.15: Welcome
• 10.15-11.15: The importance of youth involvement in decision-making processes (Dr. Tomaž Deželan, Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Dr. Howard Williamson, Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales)
• 11.15-11.30: Break
• 11.30-12.30: Round table – IDEATHON – a participatory mechanism for youth involvement
• 12.30-13.30: Presentations of opportunities for youth involvement (Erasmus+ and CERV programme)
• 13.30-14.00: Light lunch and networking

Please register by the 13th of November. 

Registration link:  https://pinaforms.typeform.com/to/QSINv29Y 

For additional questions, please contact the project coordinator, Kristjan Nemac, at: kristjan.nemac@pina.si.