Alpski kompas: mladi za kakovostno življenje v Alpah

<< Background >>The project addresses the need for an inclusive insight into the needs of Alpine youth for a quality life in the Alpine region. In 2023-24, Slovenia held the presidency of the Alpine Convention. The theme of the presidency is quality of life. With our project, we wanted to put young people at the forefront and find out what it is that constitutes quality of life for young people in the Alpine region. We also wanted to create a stronger link between research, practice, and policy in the field of youth and sustainable development. We wanted to give young people the experience of drafting policy demands and presenting them to delegations from the Alpine countries to strengthen their political participation and active citizenship. We also wanted to reinforce the values and objectives of the EU with a view to greater inter-state integration and international civic engagement. The project addressed the needs of our target groups, which are: to strengthen the knowledge and skills of the partner organizations in the field of quality of life, to empower young people in Alpine regions, and to raise awareness among decision-makers and the public about the needs and challenges of young people (to influence policymaking). << Objectives >>Main objective was to empower young people from SI, GER, FR and LCHT to become active citizens, to support them in making political demands, and to prepare them to speak in front of decision-makers. We wanted to enable them to participate as citizens in formal and informal activities at local and international levels and focus on advocacy for EU values and objectives.Strengthen partner organizations for transnational and cross-sectoral cooperation in the field of quality of life as a tool for the realization of EU values. Educate to understand the needs of young people to better influence youth and Alpine policy. Important objective was to upgrade competences in youth work The 3rd set of objectives was: to raise awareness among decision-makers, professionals and the general public about the implementation of EU values and objectives, approaches to address environmental, economic and social challenges, and to ensure quality of life in the Alps. Climate change is having an increasing impact on the Alpine space, so we addressed the EU's environmental objectives. We linked research, practice, and policy and produced an article for a scientific journal. Results have contributed to the establishment of a dialogue with decision-makers<< Implementation >>Strengthening partner organizationsThe Quality of Life seminar featured presentations by experts from ESPON (Sandra Di Biaggio), the Living Labs (Carlo Sessa) and the Institute for Systems Integration Studies and Quality of Life in Policy Making (Tomaž Miklavčič) from the MNVP. Workshop: Youth participation in the Alps for transfer of good practices, with the participation of CIPRA SI and Int., Idrija2020, CYC and YPAC Survey on young people's views on quality of lifeLiterature review, preparation of a technical paper (in the process of publication in the scientific journal) and interview questions. Interviews were reviewed and improvements suggested by experts at GIAM. We conducted 15 interviews with young people, analyzed them by country and prepared an overall analysisPracticeNational youth meetings, webinar: Quality of life and sustainable development, workshop: Alpine policy frameworks and opportunities for youth participation, 6 living labs, workshop: How to shape policy demands from needs and challenges?6 young people presented them at the Standing Committee of the Alpine Convention in MB and project staff presented the dossier. The results are included in the politically binding doc.10th State of the Alps Report<< Results >>Beyond the concrete results the most important one is the knowledge we gained during the project. Another one is the enthusiasm of the IT delegate who said we could collaborate in the next IT Presidency of the Alpine Convention1.WP -Report on the webinar on quality of life as a tool for the realization of EU values and objectives-Report of the workshop on youth participation in the Alps for the transfer of good practices2. WP-1 research report-expert article Quality of life among young people in the Alps-reports of 15 interviews carried out -1 list of quotes from the young people interviewed3.WP-1 report of the workshop on Alpine Policy Frameworks and Opportunities for Youth Participation in the Alps4.WP-1 report on the results of the six living labs-3 Youth postulates Alpine compass for a quality life in the Alps-1 podcast on quality of life for young people in the Alps 5.WP-1 Dossier Quality of life and youth in the Alps-1 Dossier Quality of life and young people in the Alps-1 press release -1 interview on Radio-Incorporation of results into policy document 10. State of the Alps Report-1 position paper: putting young people before tourismWithin all the WP, we published 4 newsletters & 36 social media posts