With the young for the young Holder: Ljudska univerza Slovenska Bistrica Name: With the young for the young 20th May 2016, Slovenska Bistrica Invited participants: Competent ministries MESP (Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning), MLFSAEO (Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) Representatives of educators Local community Employment service The young: SSU (Slovenian Student Union), NYCS (National Youth Council of Slovenia), young unemployed, university students, secondary school students, primary school students, local youth association representatives With the young for the young About participation, employment and politics Please, prepare your mobile phones!

Findings Our predictions ≠ the young‘s replies Unemployment of the young is a big problem! Everybody has a mobile phone! They don‘t know the apps well and they don‘t use them. Getting an apartment is very hard for the young! There are possibilities for social participation – they don‘t know them well, so they don‘t use them! Politics want an interlocutor, national or local! They need additional knowledge and competences for employment!

Recommendations THE YOUNG SHOULD WORK LIFELONG LEARNING Engagement, realising the need for changes and learning ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE YOUNG Volunteers active in associations, holders of different functions in local environments, active citizens SOLVING HOUSING PROBLEMS