Empowering Sweden’s Youth
Since summer 2020, Another Tomorrow has been supporting Youth 2030 in empowering the next generation. We’ve helped the non-profit create processes and formats allowing youth (ages 13 to 25) to become more involved in democratic processes, and have established structures that allow them to influence their local communities.
Youth 2030 Movement is a movement of democracy activists, young leaders, child rights activists, and allied adults working to tear down obstacles between young people and power.
In our role as strategic advisors we’ve developed a full hackathon concept for them, complete with running schedule and resources. It can be executed both online and offline – ensuring the ongoing pandemic won’t be an obstacle. It brings together youth and decision makers to co-create around their local communities. We’ve also trained their whole organization in facilitation and supplied them with new methods for engaging and learning about their target audience.
Image via Youth 2030
The aim is to enable the younger generation in Sweden to have an influence on the topics that will, or already do, affect them and their sense of the future – be it local job opportunities, the availability of after-school activities or questions of mental health.
At Another Tomorrow, we are firm believers in involving the people affected by change, and people representing a variety of perspectives, in the actual change processes. The type of future created tends to be determined by who is allowed to partake in the conversation. And so inclusivity is as important as ever when it comes to the democratic process; early on giving youth a space to be heard and the ability to impact their own lives and opportunities, letting them into the conversation regarding their own futures and communities.
We’re proud to have had a part in enabling this.
“We’re very grateful for Another Tomorrow’s strategic advice and support in developing the right methods for our democracy and innovation project. In times characterized by political and social unrest, as well as constant change due to an ongoing pandemic and the climate crisis, it’s difficult to work for a more inclusive future. That’s why it feels safe to work with a company used to complexity and has the patience needed to get us through all the changes affecting our project.”
Header image: Emma Grann