On August 22, 2024, the second COMMUNITY MEETING of Jelgava city and Jelgava county was held for the improvement of youth work and youth support, which was organized by the Zemgale planning region with the support of the LINK project. It was attended by 27 representatives from both formal and non-formal education institutions, youth centers, probation service, social affairs administration, as well as the young people themselves.
Purpose of the meeting:
- to bring together various community representatives from Jelgava city and county who provide services to young people,
- get to know the services offered to young people and other involved parties,
- promote mutual cooperation and innovation,
- include young people's views on how to improve the services offered to them.
Over the course of four hours, young people and specialists under the guidance of moderators Dace Vīpule-Kulikas and Egita Matulēnas came to new insights using the approach of the Social Innovation Laboratory and informal education methods. By developing a young person's eco-map and a cooperation map of specialists, the participants took a creative step towards effective cooperation in the future.
Thank you for the active young people who shared their opinions and visions! According to the moderators, such meetings are vitally necessary - they are like simulators that train thinking outside the box and promote a youth-oriented approach, including all involved parties.
As part of the project, at least one more similar meeting is planned at the end of this year/early 2025 and then a forum of the involved parties in the spring of 2025, where we will report on the results.
Check out the pictures below!
In the pictures, you can familiarize yourself with the cooperation maps created by the participants, which we will continue to work on in the future.
