Date post: | 18-May-2015 |
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DUFs campaign
up until now and
in the future
DUF: Campaigning on two levels
– Creating debate on democracy amongst young people and memberorg.
– Political lobbying to lower
the voting age
Creating debate amongst Youngsters
• Youth hearings
I. In High Schools
II. In movie theaters
• Participation in music and youth Festivals• Development of educational tool kit• Merchandise
Political lobbying:
Development of back-
ground documents
- Legal aspects of lowering of the
voting age, statistics on participation etc.
- For internal and external use
• Hearing in the parliament
• Media coverage (articles, TV etc)
• Surveys on youth participation
Now: Re-vitalisation of the Campaign
• 2008: development of new campaign• Stronger focus on political
lobbying• Stronger European focus • Stronger public campaign
What have we learned?
• Young people takes politics to seriously • The public takes democracy to seriously
• Politics is about opinions.
Why a European focus?
– Important aspect of political lobbying
• United we stand stronger! • Great point of reference
– Exchange of experiences– Common activities that attracts media
covering
Questions?