Name and description of the project:
Youth Monitor. Local and Regional Public Policy Monitor for Youth
The project aims to create a support mechanism for defining and making policy decisions related to youth public policy investments and implementations in various territories.
It emphasizes the importance of understanding the diverse youth populations in these territories to develop more targeted interventions and projects.

Duration, programme, funding (Cerv or Erasmus+) and partnership

The partnership includes:

• Área Metropolitana do Porto (AMP), which comprises 17 municipalities in the most prominent sub-region of Northern Portugal
• APPJuventude, an organization aiming to value and promote the role of youth workers in Portugal,
• Diputació de Barcelona, a local government association in Catalonia, encompassing 311 municipalities
• Municipality of Radmnicu Sarat, in Romania
• Municipality of Cinisello Balsamo
• University for Continuing Education of Krems

Specific objects of the project:

• Promote local and regional territorial cohesion in youth public policies.
• Ensure the functioning of the "social elevator" and reduce inequalities in young people’s access to opportunities.
• Create a monitor for youth public policies in the involved territories.
• Provide up-to-date information on youth public policies, their practices,
  and impacts.
• Empower young people, professionals, policymakers, and civil society
  entities in using this tool.
• Identify projects proposed by young people and stimulate local and
  regional investments in solutions presented by young people.

Project Activities:

• Project Management
• Mapping of Local and Regional Youth Policies
• Analysis Tool - Monitor
• Measurement, Evaluation, and Recommendations of Local and Regional Youth Policies

Final results
The project will result in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of the "Local and Regional Youth Public Policy Monitor." This monitor will serve as an essential mechanism for policymakers, with active youth participation, promoting social mobility and positive discrimination among rural and urban youth, ensuring equitable access to opportunities.