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In August, our one-year project called Youth Power in Motion, financed with the support of the European Youth Foundation, was closed, the main goal of which was to create a stable student council by training local youth.

In the first phase of the project, young people had the opportunity to participate in various training sessions using non-formal methods, thanks to which they strengthened the team, strengthened their personal skills and abilities, learned about effective communication, research methodology, negotiation techniques, got acquainted with the mechanisms of decision-making processes and lobbying. At the same time, they conducted a research study examining the needs of their own community, based on the results of which they developed an action plan, which was presented at the town hall. After that, they started implementing their own mini-projects, organizing quiz nights for local youth. As an outstanding activity of the project, during May and June, attention was drawn to active participation in the 3 secondary schools operating in our town. At the end of our project, an EU Parliament simulation took place, where they could experience the importance of debate and the complexity of decision-making processes.

During the one-year term, the members of the student council already made themselves known at the regional level, as the vice-president of the student council participated in a two-day regional meeting, where she gathered ideas for the future. In addition, an end-of-summer interactive activity took place at the beginning of September.

During the project, 20 students actively participated, 11 self-knowledge and training sessions took place, 2 times young people had the opportunity to present their ideas to local decision-makers, 3 awareness-raising actions, 1 EU Parliament simulation was organized, and 5 other programs were organized so far.

The current priority for them is to recruit new members. Our goal as an association is to continue to provide them with effective training and knowledge, therefore we are working on launching a debate club as a continuation of the project in order to enable high school students to advocate themselves more effectively in their own communities and in front of decision-makers.