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The Energy of youth
8a. 8b. 8c. 1st European Rural Youth Parliament 2017
The European Rural
Youth Parliament
(ERYP)
weak and makes it hard for young accessible. It is about engaging
and old to work together. The youth young people in the practicalities
workshop in Dronten planted the of working in this arena, equipping
seed which grew into the European them with the tools to be active while
Rural Youth Parliament (ERYP), an the older generation takes a more
young people have been actively informal consortium of rural youth advisory role. It enables adults and
included in rural development work, organisations within the European elderly people to listen to young
this is not always the case. Frequently Rural Parliament (ERP). Our resolution voices, their experiences of rural life
it is very difficult to have young voices at the end of the youth workshop and their ideas for solutions. Crucially,
included in rural decision making. germinated a new rural youth bringing youth into focus early on
There is a lack of fruitful dialogue movement. The Youth Parliament is means incorporating both visions
and collaboration between ‘adult’ important because sustainable, long- and experiences into reflection and
and youth rural movements which term involvement of young people decision making and taking each
keeps the voice of the rural youth means making rural decision-making other seriously.
Whilst there are examples of how
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