The programme encourages the active involvement of young people in the process of social transformation.
The Ramon Molinas Foundation is collaborating with the Marianao Foundation with the objective of developing ESFERA Jove, a programme created in Sant Boi de Llobregat that aims to encourage social and community involvement of young people. The initiative encourages young people get involved in the process of social transformation.
A total of 250 young people between 14 and 25 years old in the neighbourhood of Baix Llobregat will participate in a programme with a backbone in training, to empower them to improve their environment, their neighbourhood and their city. The project makes young people the protagonists, encouraging decision making, leadership and their involvement in the revitalisation of their community.
ESFERA Jove is made up of three initiatives: youth participation training and action, a project incubator and a youth centre. The programme endorses youth participation as a form of socio-educational intervention that empowers young people and has great benefits. A generation of youth with skills in self-autonomy, leadership and entrepreneurship will be able to build a fair, free and supportive society in the future.
The collective of young people between 14 and 25 are a vital resource for the development of society. According to data from the Observatorio municipal in the neighbourhood of Baix Llobregat, around eight thousand inhabitants of Sant Boi – 9.5% of the population – belong to this age bracket. In the whole of Spain people aged 14-25 make up 9.7% of the population, representing just over four and a half million people, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
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