"FUTURE CITY!"

Albert FUCIK
Rennweg 29
6020 Innsbruck - Austria

Duration: From March 2008 till September 2008

Partnership: Partner 1 (BENEFICIARY): Dachverband der Jugendgemeinderäte Baden-Würtemberg association (Germany) Partner 2: Kreisjugendring - regional public authority (Germany) - Partner 3: Jeugendgruppe Ainet - informal Youth group from Eastern Tyrol (Austria)

How did you come up with the idea?

"Albert Fucik, the manager of the project, went to Feldkirch in Vorarlberg which is in Austria. There he saw the Kinderstadt "City of Children" which fascinated him. So he decided to do something similar in the Tyrol. He extended the idea and created this innovative project for young people."

Brief description and aim of the project:

"The "zukunftsstadt" is a fictious city invented by and for children and young people. In this fictious city, young people are able to make their own decisions and are actively involved in the democratic process. Through their contribution they influence the development of the project.

In this city children have for example the chance to study at university, start a business or a political career. They can assume any role which exists in a real city. There will be political elections. They can present themselves as candidates or vote for each other. The keeping of the election pledge and its consequences directly affects both the children and young people.

Eveyone is almost daily faced with migration almost daily. They have to deal with different languages, cultures and religions. Special attention will be paid to the integration of young people whose mother tongue is not German."

Objectives:

We want to:
- bring together the ideas of young people from different European regions
- give young people an understanding of participation
- support different competences
- support political education
- get our theme across through to children, young people and adults
- sensitise young people to Policy and Economy
- support integration (culture, people with disabilities, generations)
- impart political and economic awareness.
- give young people the possibility to experience the sustainability and consequences of decisions.

Strong points of the project:

This is one of the few projects which really concerns democracy.
In our city, everything is determined by young people. Adults only make sure that the basic conditions are provided.
Moreover, we set a high value on integration. For example you can see different languages (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Turkish) on our webpage. Languages, cultures or religion should not be a barrier to participating in our project.

Finance:

Total amount : 76 442 €
32.2% Youth in Action programme
19.63% Land Tirol
19.62% sponsors
15.70% entrance fee
12.35% donation