Project number: 101246228

Implementation period: 2025- 2027

MOVING from conflict to participatiON – How can justice-involved youth participate in society and decision making processes that affects them?

Driven by a shared commitment to create systematic change, MovingON aims to lifting this youth participation in democratic life, by boosting youth agency, creating opportunities and supporting them to freely express their views, contribute to and influence societal decision-making on matters affecting them. The aim is to move from conflict to participation, where these young people contribute and are active within the democratic and civic life of their (our) communities. The expected impact of MovingON project is to amplify the voices of justice-involved and at-risk youth, encouraging policymakers to invest in policies that take a developmental perspective to crime prevention responses that support healthy youth development. By giving voice to justice-involved and at-risk youth, we expect to offer a window on (1) what is “driving” juvenile offending and (2) what can policymakers and society do to develop effective interventions to address youth crime.

The MovingON project engages a wide range of actors connected to youth empowerment, justice systems, and community inclusion. The project targets justice-involved and at-risk young people, youth workers and mentors, local and regional authorities, youth organisations, grassroots groups, justice practitioners, policymakers, and the broader communities in which young people live. It also involves associated partners such as municipalities, probation services, volunteer centres, and other institutional stakeholders. Beyond these groups, the project aims to raise awareness and foster positive narratives within society as a whole, promoting understanding, inclusion, and supportive environments for young people navigating challenging circumstances.

Project working process:

• Work Package 2: Participatory Evaluation & Policy Recommendations – WP2 aims at uplift participants ongoing participation, ensuring their perspectives are taking into consideration in all project activities. It is linked to the specific objective of using a participatory approach, and draft key-recommendations to address wasted talent, disengagement, social exclusion and marginalisation of at-risk youth, with special emphasis on (1) what is “driving” juvenile offending and (2) what can policymakers and society do to develop effective interventions to address youth crime.
• Work Package 3: From Conflict to Participation: conjoint approach – WP3 shapes a roadmap to move from conflict to participation. WP3 main objective is to prepare justice-involved and at-risk youth for making their voices being heard from the local to the EU leve;
• Work Package 4: From local to the EU level. – After applying the bottom-up approach to boost justice-involved and at-risk youth’s agency and equip them with leadership skills to contribute to society and make their voices heard, in WP4 our focus is to create safe avenues for young people participating in the project share their vision for Europe from the local to the EU level.

MovingON is a transnational project that brings together 6 different EU countries, involving 9 organisations that daily work on the protection and promotion of the rights of justice-involved and at-risk youth, as well as on developing comprehensive approaches that provide healthy opportunities for these young people.

• APROXIMAR- COOPERATIVA DE SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL –  Portugal (project coordinator)
• MUNICIPIO DE CASCAIS –  Portugal
• STICHTING 180 / GEDRAGSINTERVENTIESEN ONTWIKKELP – Netherlands
• Stichting wijkvennootschap Agniese – Netherlands
• IASIS – Greece
• FUNDACION DIAGRAMA INTERVENCION PSICOSOCIAL –  Spain
• CENTRUL PENTRU PROMOVAREA INVATARII PERMANENTE –  Romania
• Directia Generala de Asistenta Sociala si Protectia Copilul –  Romania
• A ROCCA –  Italy

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