Booklet on Action 1.3 Youth Democracy projects - SALTO-YOUTH

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Albert FUCIK Rennweg 29 6020 Innsbruck - Austria Albert.fucik@chello.at
Title Future city
Duration
Beneficiary
Partnership
From March 2008 till September 2008
How did you come up with the idea?
Albert Fucik, the manager of the project, went to
Feldkirch in Vorarlberg which is in Austria. There
he saw die Kinderstadt «City of Children» which
fascinated him. So he decided to do something similar
in the Tyrol. He extended the idea and created
this innovative project for young people.
FUTURE CITY
Partner 1 Dachverband der Jugendgemeinderate Baden-Wurtemberg
association (Germany)
Partner 2 Kreisjugendring - regional public authority (Germany)
Partner 3 Jeugendgruppe Ainet - informal Youth group from Eastern Tyrol
(Austria)
Brief description and aim
of the project
The «zukunftsstadt» is a fictitious city invented by
and for children and young people. In this fictitious
city, young people are able to make their
own decisions and are actively involved in the
democratic process. Through their contribution
they influence the development of the project. In
this city children have for example the chance to
study at university, start a business or a political
career. They can assume any role which exists in a
real city. There will be political elections. They can
present themselves as candidates or vote for each
other. The keeping of the election pledge and its
consequences directly affects both the children
and young people. Everyone is faced with migration
almost daily. They have to deal with different
languages, cultures and religions. Special attention
will be paid to the integration of young people
whose mother tongue is not German.
Objectives
_Bring together the ideas of young people from
different European regions
_Give young people an understanding of participation
_Support different competences
_Support political education
_Get our theme across to children, young people
and adults
_Sensitize young people to Policy and Economy
_Support integration (culture, people with disabilities,
generations)
_Impact political and economic awareness.
_Give young people the possibility to experience
the sustainability and consequences of
decisions.
Budget
Total amount: 76 442 €
32.2% Youth in Action programme
19.63% Land Tirol
19.62% sponsors
15.70% entrance fee
12.35% donation
Difficulties the partnership faced and
advice to give other associations
It’s very difficult to keep to the time schedule because
only the youngsters themselves make the
decisions. Having to decide everything is difficult
for them. New steps can only be taken if a decision
is made.
Strong points of the project
This is one of the few projects which really
concerns democracy. In our city, everything is determined
by young people. Adults only make sure
that the basic conditions are provided. Moreover,
we set a high value on integration. For example
you can see different languages (Serbian, Croatian,
Bosnian, and Turkish) on our webpage. Languages,
cultures or religion should not be a barrier to participating
in our project.
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