Goal
- Strengthening formal and informal mechanisms of youth participation
Expected Outcome
- Increased mobilisation of youth in policy-making
- Increased co-creation of relevant policies with youth
Beneficiaries
- Youth in the Western Balkans region
- National Administrations
- National Youth Councils
The Western Balkans Youth Lab Project is EU funded and RCC implemented which strives to create a longer-term structured regional dialogue between youth organisations and national administrations focused on jointly developing policies which will increase youth participation in decision-making, to improve the overall socio-economic environment for and mobility of youth in the Western Balkans economies through different types of activities.
WB Youth Lab Project consists of four interlinked components:
EU-Western Balkans Summit in 2018 placed special emphasis on creating further opportunities for youth, and called for establishment of a Western Balkans Youth Lab in order to provide space for innovative policy-making addressing the needs of young people and to tackle the issue of brain-drain.
