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Mobilizing Youth for Policy Change: Effective Lobbying Strategies

Develop strategies to address visa hurdles, enhance student exchanges, improve information dissemination, and boost funding for youth initiatives. Engage with youth, NGOs, institutions, and businesses through networking, lobbying, and media campaigns.

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Mobilizing Youth for Policy Change: Effective Lobbying Strategies

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  1. Develop Strategies for Lobbying: Youth Mobility 1. Define the Problem 2. Options how to Overcome the Problem 3. What/Who is Your Audience? 4. How do you send the Message on the Need to Change Policy/Policies? 5. Tools to Do it 6. Sequencing 7. Measuring Impact

  2. Defining problem • Main problem stated are: • Visa problem – procedure and time needed for getting visas; • Youth/student exchanges, programs and implementation of Bologna process; • Lack of information on regional networks regarding voluntary service; • Lack of information network in general. • Lack of funds and bad economical situation.

  3. The audience • Youth, students, youth and other NGOs; • National institutions – ministries for foreign affairs, education, culture, work and social affairs; • International institutions – EU commission, embassies, youth related organization on EU level and other international organizations. • Business organizations - companies and foundations.

  4. How to overcome problems and send SMS? • Pressure through networking!!! • Build youth network in region and share information; • Initialize actions of relevant institutions regarding visa problem; • Ask for intergovernmental agreement; • Lobby relevant institutions and universities for implementing Bologna; • Demand precise time table considering visas and Bologna; • Increase motivation and awareness of young people, they can do things!!!

  5. Tools • Media – Internet, press conferences, debates, campaigns.. • Lobbying; • Round tables; • Research papers on the issues; • Promotions; • Intercultural meetings and exchanges; • Bologna – study visits, exchanges.. • Peer information exchange; • Entertainment activities – Use fun for being heard! National Regional International

  6. Sequencing Levels: National Regional Local International

  7. Measuring impact • NUMBER of youth programs, networks, exchanged students, grants, promotion materials; • Space in media – Number of articles, commercials.. • International cooperation in youth strategies; • Liberalization of visa regime; • Evaluation – self-evaluation, governmental institutions and university evaluations; • Research!!!

  8. Participants • CRPM Macedonia • Kosova Youth Network • Institute for Democracy and Mediation Albania • MJAFT Albania • +2 radio Albania • Albanian Youth Council Albania • Euro<26 Serbia

  9. Thank you for your attention Hope you apply this at your country

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