Midnordic Youth Council Conference
23-24 April 2010, Vasa
The conference was for youth council representatives from all Midnordic regions. 37 participants took part in 2 interesting conference days. Goals of the conference:
Main goal: how should a perfect youth council work? One result of the conference was to come up with a joint model that can be used everywhere in the Midnordic region. Another goal was to plan and discuss what the Midnordic Youth Network should be working with in the future.
Background: The Mid Nordic Committee has for several years aimed at making young inhabitants interested in democracy and politics, and to make them aware of the need for activities that contributes to regional development. The last initiative by the Committee was within the ProMidNord- project 2004-2007. The Committee is willing too continue the exchange of youth within the Mid Nordic Region, and the aim is to create a long-term sustainable cooperation within a Mid Nordic Youth Network. The purpose of the Mid Nordic Youth Network is to give young people experience of international cooperation but also qualifications on an individual level, for the host region and for the Mid Nordic Committee.
The network has had three meetings during 2009. A total of 15 people including staff from some of the Mid Nordic Committee region as well as Mid Nordic Committee Office joint in for discussions on futures challenges for the network.
