JuBReg

Against the backdrop of the Strukturstärkungsgesetzes Kohleregionen and the Entwicklungsstrategie Lausitz 2050, this project promotes the participation of young people in structural change. Through a variety of participatory formats, high school students, college students and apprentices are encouraged to explore their region in a way that allows them to identify more strongly with it and, as a result, develop prospects for staying or returning. A region worth living in within the Germany-Czech Republic-Poland border triangle is a European one and requires the perspective of young people. That is why, in addition to the Lusatian mining region, the project focuses on the Neisse Euroregion to develop a cross-border vision of the future in light of structural change. Participatory 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 gain a clear picture of their own future opportunities within a shared living and working space in Lusatia and the tri-border region. As a European coal-mining region, Lusatia and the Three-Country Corner are intended to become—from the perspective of young people as well—an attractive model region for sustainability in the economy, society and culture and thus an embodiment of a successful Green Deal.