DUFs campaign

up until now and

in the future

DUF: Campaigning on two levels

– Creating debate on democracy amongst young people and memberorg.

– Political lobbying to lower

the voting age

Creating debate amongst Youngsters

• Youth hearings

I. In High Schools

II. In movie theaters

• Participation in music and youth Festivals• Development of educational tool kit• Merchandise

Political lobbying:

Development of back-

ground documents

- Legal aspects of lowering of the

voting age, statistics on participation etc.

- For internal and external use

• Hearing in the parliament

• Media coverage (articles, TV etc)

• Surveys on youth participation

Now: Re-vitalisation of the Campaign

• 2008: development of new campaign• Stronger focus on political

lobbying• Stronger European focus • Stronger public campaign

What have we learned?

• Young people takes politics to seriously • The public takes democracy to seriously

• Politics is about opinions.

Why a European focus?

– Important aspect of political lobbying

• United we stand stronger! • Great point of reference

– Exchange of experiences– Common activities that attracts media

covering

Questions?