Exchange of Political Literacy Practices @ Greece 

The exchange took place in Kalamaria, Greece for the three-day exchange. During the exchange, participants had a brief overview of the project and a presentation on youth policies by local governments with examples from Greece, a fishbowl session took place with representatives in the inner circle from the municipalities of Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Thermi and Thermaikos and a different young participant who joined the discussion every 10 minutes, in the outer circle the partner organisations were observing the discussion. The topic of the discussion was “The idea and strategy of Youth Councils: a presentation of the experience of Northern Greece”. 

Participants visited the City Council Hall of Kalamaria with a warm welcome by the Mayor of Kalamaria Mrs Chrysa Arapoglou and continued with a forum with young policy makers and civil servants from Greece, such as the Mayor and Deputy Mayors of Kalamaria and the CSOs of Greece. Then, it was followed by the “Youth Policy Workshop: We are the policy makers”. Participants were divided into groups and given a realistic policy challenge for youth, then had 30 minutes to draft a mini action plan and then present it to the other groups. 

Partners presented the good practices of the Get Political booklet with interactive activities.