The research on “Scouts Voluntary Service” conducted in December 2013 and proceedings of the 6th Congress on Civic Participation show that young people under 25 do not have knowledge on how to manage funds in non-governmental organizations on the local level and in informal groups. There is a huge gap in the financial education of young people. Neither do they have skills and knowledge necessary for cooperating with local authorities in developing youth policy and in getting and spending funds from the local government budgets.
The aim of the project was to increase the youth participation in and their impact on activities of local governments and also improve the young people’s abilities to manage their organizations.
During the project implementation, 221 young people from 5 voivodships were prepared to managing finance in their organizations and to cooperate with local governments.
Young people participated in training sessions on managing financing, developing and implementing social activities and on cooperation with local authorities. 37 youth community initiatives were implemented.
The project beneficiaries were groups of young people under 25 from the following voivodships: Mazovian, Podkarpackie, Lower Silesian, Łódzkie and Pomeranian.
Bandalag Islenslra Skata, the project partner, shared their knowledge on how to fundraise for the activities of young people.