Rural youth participation in policy-making

About this episode

This episode explores rural youth participation in policy-making across Europe through research and interviews with experts.

As part of the ‘Rural Youth Forward’ project, in this episode we are delving into our research on the different realities and trends on rural youth participation in policy-making across Europe. Dan chats to Victor Cătălin Toma and Catalina Gurgu from the Active Development Association about their work on youth participation, as well as their flagship project - the European Youth Village programme. Find out more and read our Rural Youth Forward resources here: https://bit.ly/3MLXfmS. Thi...

People in this episode

Host: Dan

Guests: Victor Cătălin Toma, Catalina Gurgu

Topics covered

• youth participation
• policy-making
• rural youth
• Europe
• research
• community engagement

Keywords

• rural youth
• policy-making
• youth participation
• Europe
• Active Development Association
• European Youth Village

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Active Development Association, European Youth Village programme, Rural Youth Forward

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