On October 18 Eurothink held the initial conference of the project “Butel Municipality open to the Youth” in the premises of Butel Municipality. The mayor of Butel Municipality Darko Kostovski, Tomislav Gajtanoski, representative of Coalition Sega, as well as Mariglen Demiri and Dimitar Nikolovski from Eurotink participated as speakers at the event. After the presentation of the ideas and goals of the project, a short discussion followed in which the councilors from the Butel municipality and the young people from the local schools gave their views and suggestions for improving the local youth policies.
The general goal of the “Butel municipality open to youth” project is to contribute to enabling and encouraging youth participation in the implementation of local youth policies and in making decisions on local youth issues. Within the framework of the project, efforts will be made to strengthen the capacities of the municipal administration, the members of the Butel Municipality Council and the future Local Youth Council.
Part of the planned activities in the project are support for the development of the Youth Strategy of Butel Municipality, monitoring the establishment of the Local Youth Council and research and analysis of the situation of young people in the municipality.
Mariglen Demiri, the coordinator of the project, emphasized that this project is only one step of the efforts that society should take to create conditions for healthy and quality development of young people into future successful citizens and professionals.
Mayor Kostovski emphasized the importance of this project, especially in the part of the creation of the much-needed youth strategy, which will help, starting from the local level, to create an environment that is friendly to young people.
Tomislav Gajtanoski, representative of Coalition Sega, highlighted the Local Youth Council as an extremely important mechanism that should be a bridge between the young people in the Municipality of Butel and the decision makers. He stated that the project should strengthen the capacities of young people to be a serious factor in changes in their environment.
The project “Butel municipality open to youth” is supported by the European Union within the framework of the project “Youth participation for strong and sustainable development of the community” implemented by the Coalition of youth organizations SEGA. The project began to be implemented on September 1, 2022, and will last until May 2023″
Mariglen Demiri, the coordinator of the project, emphasized that the project is only one step of the efforts that our society should make towards creating conditions for healthy and quality development of young people into future successful citizens and professionals.
Mayor Kostovski emphasized the importance of the project, especially the activity of creating the much-needed Youth Strategy, which will help, starting from the local level, in creating a youth friendly environment.
Tomislav Gajtanoski, representative of Coalition SEGA, highlighted the Local Youth Council as an extremely important mechanism that should act as a bridge between the young people in the Butel Municipality and the decision makers. He stated that the project should strengthen the capacities of the youth comunity as a critical factor of change in the environment.
The project “Butel Municipality Open to the Youth” is supported by the European Union within the framework of the project “Youth Participation for Strong and Sustainable Development of the Community” implemented by the Coalition of youth organizations SEGA. The project implementation started on September 1, 2022, and will last until May 2023.
