Against the backdrop of the Structural Strengthening Act for Coal Regions and the Lusatia 20502 development strategy, the project promotes the participation of young people in structural change. Through a variety of participation formats, school pupils, students, and trainees are encouraged to explore their region so that they identify more strongly with it and develop prospects for staying or returning. A livable region in the D-CZ-PL border triangle is a European one and needs the perspective of young people. That is why, in addition to the Lusatian mining area, the project focuses on the Neisse Euroregion in order to develop a cross-border understanding of the future with a view to structural change. Participation formats such as Youngster Agency, Future Camps/Productions, Future Guides, and Future Congress actively involve the younger generation in shaping the transformation processes. In doing so, they make their own future opportunities visible in a shared living and working space in Lusatia/the border triangle. As a European coal region, Lusatia and the border triangle should also become an attractive model region for sustainability in the economy, society, and culture from the perspective of young people, and thus an expression of a successful Green Deal.
The project is funded by the support program STARK – Stärkung der Transformationsdynamik und Aufbruch in den Revieren und an den Kohlekraftwerkstandorten des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE).
