Yes, we stole that line from “How I met your mother”. But we are curious whether you have already met your mayor– have you?

We think that meeting your mayor can be very beneficial – for you, for your local, for your city. For Europe. That is why we drafted a manifesto with pro-European statements which a representative of a municipality can sign. By this the municipality pledges to carry out activities which improve the participation of youth in society connected to areas of the EU Youth Strategy.

But where to start with this? We thought you will have questions so we prepared an Advocacy toolkit for you. It explains each step of contacting the municipality and some experiences of AEGEE-locals who are already in touch. Additionally, it explains how to use the Y Vote Manifesto. With it you can reach your municipality and help us reach out to many!

Interested? Here’s your checklist:

  1. Download and read the toolkit to find more info about this project.
  2. Get in touch with your mayor.
  3. Have a look at the manifesto and agree on points that your city may implement. You can also add your own ideas for promises the city can agree to.
  4. Adapt the manifesto by deleting the parts you don’t want, or check the boxes of the ones you want and have your mayor sign it.
  5. Send a copy of the signed version to us!

Attachments

The Previous Project Team

Viola Bianchetti

Comité Directeur appointed member

Elitsa Hadzhieva

Financial & Fundraising Manager

Leonardo Manganelli

Content Manager

Philipp Blum

Project Manager

Katharina Krüll

Administration Manager

Leonie Riebesam

Local Actions Manager

Anna Süß

Communications Manager

Dorothea Harles

External Relations Manager

Florian Wagner

Voting Guide Manager

Previous Patrons

Julia Reda

Member of the European Parliament

Tokia Saïfi

Member of the European Parliament

Karoline Graswander-Hainz

Member of the European Parliament

Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Member of the European Parliament

Miroslavs Mitrofanovs

Member of the European Parliament

Petras Auštrevičius

Member of the European Parliament

Dietmar Köster

Member of the European Parliament

Elmar Brok

Member of the European Parliament

Petri Sarvamaa

Member of the European Parliament

Heidi Hautala

Vice-President of the European Parliament

Bas Eickhout

Member of the European Parliament

Hilde Vautmans

Member of the European Parliament

Karima Delli

Member of the European Parliament

Evelyne Gebhardt

Vice-President of the European Parliament

Laima Liucija Andrikienė

Member of the European Parliament

Benedek Jávor

Member of the European Parliament

Laurenţiu Rebega

Member of the European Parliament

Knut Fleckenstein

Member of the European Parliament

Bart Staes

Member of the European Parliament

Anna Záborská

Member of the European Parliament

Tomáš Zdechovský

Member of the European Parliament

Julie Ward

Member of the European Parliament

Tiemo Wölken

Member of the European Parliament

Alain Lamassoure

Member of the European Parliament

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Member of the European Parliament

Maria Noichl

Member of the European Parliament

Birgit Collin-Langen

Member of the European Parliament

Igor Šoltes

Member of the European Parliament

Angelika Niebler

Member of the European Parliament

David Martin

Member of the European Parliament

Marc Tarabella

Member of the European Parliament

Luigi Morgano

Member of the European Parliament

Eva Maydell

Member of the European Parliament

Jo Leinen

Member of the European Parliament

Kati Piri

Member of the European Parliament

Michaela Šojdrová

Member of the European Parliament

Andreas Schwab

Member of the European Parliament

Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso

Vice-President of the European Parliament

Birgit Sippel

Member of the European Parliament

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament

Terry Reintke

Member of the European Parliament

Pascal Arimont

Member of the European Parliament

Elly Schlein

Member of the European Parliament

Sabine Verheyen

Member of the European Parliament

Paul Tang

Member of the European Parliament

Arndt Kohn

Member of the European Parliament

Ivan Štefanec

Member of the European Parliament

Martin Häusling

Member of the European Parliament

Iuliu Winkler

Member of the European Parliament

Petra Kammerevert

Member of the European Parliament

Yana Toom

Member of the European Parliament

José Inácio Faria

Member of the European Parliament

Maria Arena

Member of the European Parliament

Dita Charanzová

Member of the European Parliament

Ismail Ertug

Member of the European Parliament

Supporting organisations

Do you need more information? Or do you want to tell us about your contact with your mayor? Please write to us! We want to gather as many signed manifestos as possible to make the impact visible!