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NextGen Leaders: Financial skills & civic participation

2024-3-LT02-KA154-YOU-0002748172024Youth participation activitiesongoing
Countries: LT|PT · Grant: €58,212
Key competences developmentReaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makersCommunity development

Objectives

The project aims to empower young people by addressing crucial gaps in financial literacy and civic engagement. The primary goal is to equip young participants with essential financial knowledge and the skills to effectively engage in local governance, particularly through participatory budgeting. Boosting young people's personal finance management, tax systems understanding, and proposal development knowledge. The collaboration between Lithuanian and Portuguese partners is essential to address disparities in financial literacy, with partners contributing with their extensive experience in financial literacy training and social innovation efforts. Other objectives include: -Encouraging leadership and advocacy by providing youth with opportunities to take on roles that impact their communities. -Developing proposal writing skills for young people to contribute to community development. Boosting youth involvement in local participatory budget processes.

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