The City Council created the Local Youth Roundtable as a space for engagement, information and activation in youth service – Jerez City Council

Jerez promotes a new space for youth participation, created thanks to the coordination of efforts between the City Council and twenty-three groups involved in contributing ideas aimed at promoting youth entrepreneurship and coordination regarding information, organization of activities and dynamism of proposals. For interest. The city's Deputy Mayor for Equality and Diversity, Susana Sanchez, and Participation and Youth Delegate, Carmen Pena, chaired the law to form the local Youth Council, which already includes appointed members to represent all participating groups. Pedro García Rosado, from the Dado Trucado Association, assumed the position of Youth Vice President, and Paola Doña Menaccio, from the Crimos Europe Association, was elected as his replacement.

Carmen Pena welcomed this constitutional law and thanked the work and commitment of both the participating entities and youth staff, since the beginning of the process and the exchange of proposals, two years ago. The delegate pointed out that “the goals of the local youth council are fundamental, and will benefit not only youth groups, but the entire city.” “We are talking about enhancing the importance of youth in our municipality, and promoting youth participation in all areas.”

“We want to establish direct contact with groups and young people to learn directly about their interests and needs; we will provide a space for the exchange of information and training between institutions and entities,” the delegate stressed, noting that “we will create a reference space in Jerez to propose measures to improve the quality of life of Jerez's youth and strengthen social relations.” Economic and cultural participation in every sense of the word.

The youth entities participating in this project unanimously approved on February 22 the internal operating rules for the Local Youth Council, as a space for action, representation and participation for youth associations; Youth departments in entities; And those youth groups that want to do this.

The local youth council will have representation from the following groups: Pololu Youth Association, Enid, Western Participation Club, We Create Europe, Red Cross Youth, Don Bosco Foundation, Girlsgay, Altair Scout Group, Leonardo da Vinci Society of Friends of Europe, Inter, Smash Cadiz, Team Green Tim Jerez, Educational Initiative Association, Southern Region Community Process, Diocesan Delegation of the Catholic Scout Movement, Kenya Scout Group Association, Secretariado Gaetano Foundation, San Juan Bautista Los Descalzos Scout Group, Dies Trucado, Mornez Foundation, Juventud Federation. From the Brotherhood of Steel, CEAin, and the Prometeo scout group.

The objectives of the Local Youth Roundtable will be to promote the importance of youth in Jerez, and to promote individual or collective youth participation, in the cultural, social, economic or political sphere. The aim of this engagement space is to establish direct contact with groups and young people in the city to learn first-hand about their interests and needs, so that youth programs can adapt as much as possible to their realities.

Hence, the youth delegation and entities are joining forces to provide a space for information exchange and training between all institutions, entities and associations affiliated with the local Youth Council, and to create a reference space in Jerez to propose measures to improve quality. The lives of the youth of our municipality.