Article 3, Paragraph 1. · Decision (EU) 2021/2316

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1.The measures to be taken to achieve the objectives set out in Article 2 shall include the following activities at Union and, building on existing possibilities, national, regional or local level and, where relevant, in partner countries, linked to the objectives of the European Year:

(a)conferences, events, both cultural or otherwise, and policy initiatives targeting young people to promote an inclusive and accessible debate on challenges, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, that young people, including those with fewer opportunities and belonging to vulnerable groups, face, such as their social situation, access to education and training, and working conditions, and on the course of action that stakeholders at different levels can take;

(b)promoting youth participation and enhancing the use of existing and new innovative tools, channels and programmes that enable all young people to reach policymakers by identifying, collecting and sharing experiences and good practice and raising awareness among policymakers of those tools, channels and programmes;

(c)gathering ideas using participatory methods in an effort to co-create and co-implement the European Year;

(d)information, education and awareness-raising campaigns to convey values such as respect, equality, justice, solidarity, volunteering, a sense of belonging and safety and a feeling of being heard and respected in order to stimulate young people to actively contribute to building a society that is more inclusive, green and digital;

(e)creating spaces and tools for exchanges on turning challenges into opportunities and ideas into actions in an entrepreneurial spirit, while fostering creativity, community and cooperation;

(f)undertaking studies and research on the situation of young people in the Union, paying particular attention to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, producing and using harmonised European statistics and other relevant Union-level data, and promoting and disseminating those results at the European, national or regional level;

(g)promoting programmes, funding opportunities, projects, actions and networks of relevance to young people, including through social media and online communities.