"Youth Friendly City" is a project designed to provide young people with opportunities to evaluate friendliness of their city or municipality  towards the young people. This project enables connection  of the young people and decision makers at the local level, with the mediation of youth workers, for effective evaluation and monitoring of local youth policies and services in their communities, promotion of participation and active involvement of young people in local policy development and strategies, and support for the creation of youth-friendly cities.

The initiative started in 2017 with a pilot project and support from the USAID Citizen Participation Project which included the municipalities of Krushevo, Struga and Centar. You can find more about the activities implemented in the first phase of this initiative at our YouTube channel. The product that completed this phase is a video with detailed explanations of what a 100% youth friendly city means.

In 2019, the initiative continues to develop with the support of the US Embassy in North Macedonia, including the municipalities of Struga, Prilep, Karpos and Kratovo.

The main goal of the project “Youth Friendly City” is to develop the skills of young people, representatives of civil society organizations and local youth councils to effectively evaluate local youth policies and services in their communities, to promote encouragement, participation, active engagement and support in the process of creating youth friendly cities. 

The main goal of the project “Youth Friendly City” is to develop the skills of young people, representatives of civil society organizations and local youth councils to effectively evaluate local youth policies and services in their communities, to promote encouragement, participation, active engagement and support in the process of creating youth friendly cities.

Within the project in the past months  we have worked on the development of a declaration for a joint commitment "100% youth friendly municipality". Considering that young people are often involved in local politics with their problems and challenges, the declaration "100% youth friendly municipality " offers a concept in which young people are a solution, not a problem. In the run-up to local elections 2021, the declaration was sent to mayor candidates. With the declaration we want to encourage the elected mayors to recognize the potential of young people in planning, creating and making decisions and policies important to the young people. 

The purpose of the declaration is to promote municipalities as attractive places where young people decide on their future.