The third edition of the training course on “Structured Participation in Democratic Processes”, gathered 16 young leaders or representatives from youth organizations active in the field of youth policy in their respective countries and four trainers from 17 different countries of Europe (CoE member States) and the Southern Mediterranean region.

The activity tackled issues such as the concepts and practices of global democratic citizenship, the role of youth organisations in decision-making and design, implementation and evaluation of policies, the quadrilogue, tools and mechanisms for an effective participation of youth in democratic life and sharing of good practices on development of youth structures and Structured Participation in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean region.

The last day participants presented at least five different follow-up international cooperation projects on topics such as student structure development, Euro-Med youth-led national councils cooperation or employability of young people.

The SPDP training courses are organised by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe in the framework of the Mediterranean University on Youth and Global Citizenship. Currently at its 3rd edition, this activity aims at developing the competencies of youth workers and activists by promoting the participation of young people in democratic governance, decision and policy making processes, and thus, making them fully fledged actors of governance.

More outcomes and conclusions will be presented in the newsletter of August 2016.