PRESENTATIONThe Structured Dialogue

What?

A participative process for young people and decision-makers to discuss and elaborate recommendations jointly

What?

A tool to ensure that youth policy reflect the rights of young people across Europe

A participative process for young people and decision-makers to discuss and elaborate recommendations jointly

What?

A tool to ensure that youth policy reflect the rights of young people across Europe

A space for young people to contribute actively to the development of youth policy at European and National level

A participative process for young people and decision-makers to discuss and elaborate recommendations jointly

Who?

Young people and policy makers

Why is it a powerful tool?✔ It involves young people in shaping policies that affect them

✔ It enables to mainstream youth in cross-sectorial policies

✔ It is a forum for continuous, joint reflection on the priorities implementation and follow-up of European cooperation in the youth field.

✔ It is a formalized participatory process to which Member States and the European Institutions are committed

✔ The outcome of the process feed into Council Resolutions approved by Member States.

The Process

The Structured Dialogue is organised into 18 month cycle, each cycle being divided into three 6 month phases,corresponding to the 6 month rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Each Trio Presidency chooses 1 overall thematic priority on which the cycle will be focusing, and on which young people and decision-makers will jointly prepare recommendations.

The Process

The Team Presidency engages in discussions with the European Commission and the European Youth Forum and holds an early consultation with the NWGs and INGYOs to define and elaborate the priority for the cycle, which is then approved by the Council of the EU

The Process

Structured Dialogue Cycle18 month – 1 overall thematic priority

Trio presidency

Phase 1Phase 2 Phase 3

PHASE 1Objective: define a common understanding and bottom-up

approach to the overall thematic priority, which will be the basis for the dialogue conducted in the next phases

PHASE 2Objective: gather input from young people and

formulate recommendations on the overall priority

PHASE 3Objective: Include the feedback received in order to

increase the joint-recommendations’ accuracy, relevance and likelihood to be transformed into

policy making

COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS / RESOLUTIONS

Adopted by 27 Ministers for Youth

COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS / RESOLUTIONS

Adopted by 27 Ministers for Youth

The Process

With the new process, instead of having recommendations after each phase of the cycle (3 times), we have one set of recommendations at the end of each cycle, which reflect a 18 month consultation process.

The Presidency country of the last phase holds the responsibility to promote the final joint Recommendations wherever possible, in all relevant sectors, at local and European level and presents them to the Council of the European Union.

The Actors: The managing body

Team Presidency Country

EUROPEAN STEERING COMMITTEE

- 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

National Working Groups-Ministries for Youth Affairs-National Youth Councils, local Youth Council-Experts, researchers

conduct consultations with young people and and regional wherever possible).

Debates between young

people and decision-makers

Debates between young

people and decision-makers

Expert groups and

workshops

Expert groups and

workshops

meetingsmeetings

Expert online consultationExpert online consultation

ORGANISE

The Actors: the INGYOs

International Non-Governmental Youth Organisations

conduct consultations with young people and and regional wherever possible).

Debates between young

people and decision-makers

Debates between young

people and decision-makers

Expert groups and

workshops

Expert groups and

workshops

meetingsmeetings

Expert online consultationExpert online consultation

ORGANISE

How to use the political outcomes?

There can be 2 political outcomes:

Joint recommendations Council Resolution, which approved at the end of the may be adopted by the MSlast EUYC based on the results of the

SD process

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 rights and needs.

How to use the political outcomes?

✔ The Presidency of the EU:

Should precise which recommendations from the cycle the Council endorsesShould promote the Joint recommendations in a beyond the youth fieldShould 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

PRESENTATIONPRESENTATION

NOW IT IS UP TO YOU!

Get involved in the structured dialogue!

Your voice matters!