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| The Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth will develop a training in October with the title 'Youth participation in the time of Covid.

An essential bet '| The City Council, through the Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth, led by Rebeca Pérez, promotes youth participation with the celebration of a conference that will take place the first half of October to analyze, debate and propose proposals on the new reality of youth during the pandemic.Expert technical staff and researchers on youth from all over the national territory and representatives of the youth association movement will be in charge of this training, which will be entitled 'Youth participation in the covid era.

An essential bet '.The conferences will be held in person, but broadcast through a platform, as well as by streaming so that it can be followed on social networks and thus reach the largest number of attendees.

The recipients are young people, members of related entities, as well as professionals, technicians and volunteers from organizations or companies that work with this group."From the consistory we bet on the active and real participation of our young people and their integration into society with the launch of cultural, social and training initiatives, as well as spaces where they can develop their projects and initiatives," explains Rebeca.

Pérez.Training and advice for youth associationsThe Youth Service organizes a conference every year to provide necessary information and advice to associations in order to offer them the possibility of expressing and debating their opinions and concerns."In this sense, the sessions that will take place next October are framed, and their purpose is to analyze the current situation of young people and show new forms of relationship and participatory methodologies that will be implemented in our municipality," he highlights.

the mayor.The activity will also deal with the situation of youth associations and entities after the state of alarm, both at the health, legal and ordinary operating levels, as well as studying proposals of local administrations for youth and for promoting associationism.Three youth centersThe Youth Service manages a network of youth centers aimed at offering young people spaces for information, training, creation and artistic-cultural expression in its different manifestations, as well as for conducting meetings and developing work and different programs of activities.

For this, the City Council has three spaces: La Nave Municipal Center, Youth Space; 585 m˛ Youth Resource Center, Youth Space; and the Municipal Youth Center of El Palmar, which are already serving after the closure of the pandemic.Subsidies to promote youth participationThe City Council granted in 2019 grants to 69 youth associations for the realization of their activity programs during the 2019/2020 academic year, for a total amount of 70,000 euros.

The deadline for carrying out the activities was extended until June 30, 2020, so that the associations could finish the programs that have been affected as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

Likewise, a new call for subsidies is planned to give continuity to these activity programs.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia