This is a reference for Monia Izabela Dericks Wisniewska

Municipalities4Democracy - Youth participation in municipal decisions

The training activity took place
in Segovia, Spain
organised by Spanish National Agency
29 June - 05 July 2025
Reference person

Laszlo Foldi

(Coordinator of the Democracy Reloading Partnership)
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Aims & objectives

- to share experience of the participants regarding local youth participation in decision-making,
- to understand the content and the functions of the online Toolkit, and the prepare the participants for further independent use,
- to identify ways and ideas for your municipality to further develop the local youth participation,
- to understand the potential for municipalities to use the Erasmus+ Youth programme and its funding opportunities to achieve this

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Monia Wisniewska - Spain
Pablo CastiƱeiras - Spain
Bernard Morceau - Belgium
Laszlo Foldi - Hungary as coordinator of the Democracy Reloading Partnership

Training methods used & main activities

The methodology of the training course is based on non-formal experiential learning. Participants will share their experience and practices, there will be few presentations by experts and most of the sessions will be interactive and participatory. The tools of Democracy Reloading will be used and presented in the training course.

Outcomes of the activity

The training course was meant primarily for municipal youth policy officers and local political representatives, focusing on youth policy and citizens, secondly it is also open to youth workers who coordinate / support youth council or other types of youth participation structures, who want to implement or improve the youth participation in municipal decision-making,.

The participants gained practical knowledge on how to use the Democracy Reloading tools to enhance and to improve the quality of the youth participation in municipal decisions.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Design and preparation of the training content and materials
Training and facilitation
Evaluation and Final report

I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.

Testimonial of the reference person

Monia demonstrated a high level of non-formal trainer skills and strong dedication towards the topic, she seemed to have significant experience in the field of youth participation. She was open to challenge herself both in learning about the theme as well as reflect on her competences as trainer.

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