Young People Leading Change? Cities in Dialogue for Inclusive Policies and Practices – May 23, 2025, in Milan

The first Milan-based event of the Global Districts project, co-organized by ACRA, WeWorld, and the Municipality of Milan, in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, the University of Bologna, the Fondazione con il Sud, and under the patronage of the Municipality of Naples.

🗓 Friday, May 23, 2025 – from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM
📍 Casa dei Diritti, Via Edmondo De Amicis 10, Milan
📝 Open to the public – registration required via the form

How can we build fairer, more inclusive, and participatory cities by truly centering the voices of young people?

This is the question behind the event “Young People Leading Change? Cities in Dialogue for Inclusive Policies and Practices”—a space for dialogue co-organized by ACRA, the Municipality of Milan, and WeWorld, in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, the University of Bologna, Fondazione con il Sud, and under the patronage of the Municipality of Naples, within the framework of the European project Global Districts, funded by the European Union.

Global Districts targets young people aged 15 to 30 who are experiencing social and geographical marginalization, with the aim of promoting their active participation and leadership in addressing global challenges.

These are young women and men who are too often excluded from decision-making processes, yet they hold essential ideas, energy, and visions for imagining new cities.

The May 23 event is a platform for dialogue between public administrations, civil society, youth representatives, experts, social organizations, and policy makers to co-create concrete policy recommendations and inclusive practices for youth engagement.

Objectives of the meeting:

• Launch a co-creation process for more inclusive local youth policies
• Strengthen intergenerational, inter-institutional, and intercultural dialogue
• Promote Global Citizenship Education as a tool for participation

Who is it for?

• Representatives of public institutions, civil society, and policy makers
• Social workers and educators

Three participatory working groups will address key topics such as:

• Breaking social divisions: How to overcome center-periphery gaps through education and housing paths
• Participation and power: Physical and dialogic spaces, language, and the sharing and transfer of power (trust and motivation)
• Gender and intercultural intersectionality: Policies and tools

🎯 Be part of the conversation and help shape new visions of cities and citizenship.

👉 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNYEC_-qytxkM-vtrwZF_F95SokMCiad7Atalxd1nEcBJrHQ/viewform