PRESENTATION
IV Cycle of the
Structured Dialogue
Who?
Young people and policy makers
coming together to formulate policy
proposals
Choice of the priority
The Team Presidency engaged in
discussions with the European
Commission and the European
Youth Forum and hold an early
consultation with young people to
define and elaborate the priority for the
cycle, “Youth Empowerment for
political participation”
IV CYCLE OF THE STRUCTURED
DIALOGUE
18 month process
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Phase 1
Italian Presidency
Phase 2
Latvian Presidency
Trio presidency
Phase 3
Luxembourgish
Presidency
PHASE 1
under the Italian Presidency
Objective(s):
-Define a common understanding and identify the challenges regarding the overall thematic
priority, with a special attention to young people’s access to rights
• NWGs/INGYOs
start discussions,
exchange of views
on the overall
thematic priority
EXCHANGE
EU Youth
Conference in
Rome
• Drafting the Guiding
framework
• Launching of the
guiding questions
• NWGs and
INGYOs carry out
online and offline
consultations on
the guiding
questions
START
CONSULTATION
PHASE 2
Under the Latvian Presidency
Objective:
- To gather input from young people and formulate jointly
recommendations on the overall priority
• NWGs and INGYOs
carry out online and
offline consultations
on the guiding
questions
• ESC gathers young
people’s input and
policy proposals
DEADLINE 1st
of March 2015
Getting
feedback
EU Youth
Conference Riga
• Formulating jointpolicy
recommendation
s
• At European level: high
level policy debate during
which the EU decisionmakers will give overall
feedback on the joint
recommendations
• At National level: NWGs get
feedback from National
policy makers on the jointrecommendations
PHASE 3
Under the Luxembourgish Presidency
Objective:
- Update and detail the recommendations by including the feedback
received in order to have action-focused recommendations
• The ESC
gathers and
compiles
feedback from
INGYOs and
NWGs as well
as from the
High level
policy debate
Deadline:
June 20th
2015
EU Youth
Conference
Luxembourg
• Reformulating the
recommendations
• Adding concrete
actions
• The joint
recommendations
feed into the draft of
the Council
Resolution on “youth
empowerment for
political participation”
COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS
RESOLUTIONS adopted by 27
Ministers for Youth, November
2015
The Process
✔ With the new process, instead of having 3 consultations for each phase as well as
3 Council Conclusion, we will have ONE CONSULTATION phase and ONE
COUNCIL CONCLUSION at the end of the 18 month process.
✔ The Trio Presidency, the European Commission and the European Youth Forum
hold the responsibility to PROMOTE THE FINAL JOINT RECOMMENDATIONS
wherever possible, in all relevant sectors, at local and European level.
The Actors: The managing body
EUROPEAN STEERING
COMMITTEE
Team Presidency
Countries
-
Coordinates the Structured Dialogue process
Provide guidance to the NWGs and INGYOs
Monitor and assess the progresses in the SD
Promote the outcome of the SD at political level
The Actors: The National Working
Groups
meetings
National Working Groups
Ministries for Youth Affairs
National Youth Councils, local Youth
Council
Experts, researchers
ORGANISE
conduct consultations with young people and
and regional wherever possible).
Debates
between young
people and
decisionmakers
Expert online
consultation
Expert groups
and
workshops
The Actors: the INGYOs
International Non-Governmental
Youth Organisations
ORGANISE
meetings
conduct consultations with young people and
and regional wherever possible).
Debates
between young
people and
decisionmakers
Expert online
consultation
Expert groups
and
workshops
How to use the political outcomes?
There are 2 outcomes of the Structured Dialgue:
1 The Joint recommendations: approved at the end of
the EUYC in Luxembourg
These joint recommendations will be taken into account to
draft the Council Conclusion on Youth Empowerment for
Political participation
2 The Council Conclusion: approved under
Luxembourgish presidency, by the Council of the EU
the
How to use the political outcomes?
✔ Young people and youth organisations:
Should promote the political outcomes at local, national and
European level, to ensure that the adopted policy proposals
are turned into policy making.
Should remind decision-makers that the proposals were
adopted jointly, and that it is their responsibility to implement
youth policies that respond to young people’s needs and
proposals.
How to use the political outcomes?
✔ The Presidency of the EU:
Should give feedback on how far the guiding framework and
the recommendations from the IV cycle the were taken into
account by the Council of the EU.
Should promote the Joint recommendations in a beyond the
youth field
Should encourage the Member States to implement the
policies at National level
How to use the political outcomes?
✔ The European Commission:
Should promote the joint recommendations to all relevant
Commission Services (beyond the youth sector) and ensure
they feed into policy making
GET INVOLVE!
Through the National Youth Council of your country or
INGYO (International Youth Organisation).
-
Take part in the online consultations
Take part in off line consultations/debate
Follow-up the recommendations
Go the the website of the European Youth Portal:
NOW IT IS UP TO YOU!
Get involved in the structured dialogue!
PRESENTATION
Your voice matters!