I.Metshin: «Joint work with youth is one of the most important conditions for successful development of cities»

(KZN.RU, April 4). The Mayor of Kazan took part in XXXVI plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. The event was held from April 2 to April 4 in Strasbourg.

Forum is devoted to the topic «Mayors on the democracy guard». The head of the capital city of the RT is the deputy chairman of the Committee on Current Issues of the Congress and he presents the country as a part of Russian delegation according to the Decree of President of the Russian Federation. Youth experts from the capital city of the RT, the delegates of Europe countries took part in the work of the Congress.

Ilsur Metshin spoke at the plenary meeting as a co-speaker on topic «Protection of social rights of the youth: the role of local and regional authorities». He noted that the issues connected with  access to social rights for the youth are increasingly being heard today. In particular, this also applies to Kazan, there are more than 40% of the population younger than 35 years in the city. «Formation of inclusive society, where young people can live with dignity, have family and develop in various areas with the equal access to social rights is our priority. We develop the youth activity. More than 70% of the establishments of youth policy were updated for the last 3 years in Kazan. More than 50 objects is the largest network of the centres of social service of children and youth in Russia», - said the Mayor of Kazan.

In Kazan the specific attention is paid to heightening the professionalism of specialists on work with youth, the system of student grants and training for upgrade the skills and employment of the youth, the program on material and administrative support young families in obtaining housing. «The world championship WorldSkills-2019 will raise the prestige of the working professions among youth to all Russia, it is scheduled for this August in Kazan», - noted I.Metshin.

As well he reminded colleagues of International workshop in support the youth to social rights together with Council of Europe and Russian partners which was held in Kazan last October. About 50 participants from 19 countries visited the event.

«Involving of the youth with disabilities and special health needs in decision-making process in the youth field is our important growth point. We want the voice of all youth groups to be heard, we desire their problems to be understood by local authorities, and their ideas to be realised», - emphasised I.Metshin. As well he  supported the Youth Department of the Council of Europe initiative to hold the event Enter youth week  entitled «Our rights. Our life».

In summary, the Mayor of Kazan assured the participants of the Congress of the readiness and ability to respond to global challenges on local level. «We firmly believe that the joint work with youth and for youth is one of the most important conditions for successful and sustainable development of cities, regions and countries», - summarized he.

Within the framework of visit to Strasbourg, as well the head of the city visited the European Youth centre, where he met with Tina Mulkakhi, the director of the centre, and Kazan Youth experts studying the intercultural experience with coach and Council of Europe experts participation.