📢 Join our #ProgressivesSpeakUp School of young local and regional politicians | Valencia, 2-3 March 2023
👋 Hello
This is a the fourth edition of our “#ProgressivesSpeakUp: School of young local and regional politicians”, a training for young local and regional elected leaders.
It will take place on 2-3 March 2023 in Valencia, Spain, a region led by our member Ximo Puig I Ferrer.
👭🏻 This year’s School will focus on a key priority of European progressives: ensuring gender equality and ending violence against women. Find out more here
Progressive locally and regionally elected politicians can and do make a difference when it comes to designing and implementing effective gender equality measures, thus contributing to a feminist vision of the European Union that safeguards achievements so far and pushes for faster progress in gender equality. They have also a key role to play in the fight against gender-based violence as many of their decisions have a direct gender impact.
The 2023 School aims at looking at different shades of gender inequality and violence against women during a participatory lab taking place in the afternoon of Thursday 2 March and in the morning of Friday 3 March.
The sessions will give you the knowledge to improve legislations and start actions at the local and regional level, and offer the space to share good practices to shape a #EuropeForWomen, starting from the ground.
🇪🇸 Check out the draft agenda here
The two-day programme will include a participatory lab, a study visit, the PES Group public event and, the cherry on the cake, social events to network among young and senior progressive politicians.
Are you engaged in making your municipality or region more equal and safe for women? Then apply to become one of the 25 young local leaders that we will select and financially cover to attend the event.
Applications are open until Wednesday 1 February (23:59 CET).
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
👂🏻 Important to know
- EU nationality is mandatory
- Participants must be elected at the local or regional level, or be an official candidate for the next local or regional elections
- The age limit of the participants is 40 years
- Participants are expected to commit to attend all sessions of the programme, from the afternoon of Thursday 2 March to the evening of Friday 3 March
- A good level of English is required
- The PES Group will select and cover the participation costs of 25 participants
✍🏻 If you haven't done it yet, fill in this questionnaire with your good practices to showcase your commitment and effort to make your city/region more gender equal and safe for women!
FILL IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON GOOD PRACTICES
Any more questions about the event? Contact Anna Tosetto at anna.tosetto@cor.europa.eu.
Looking forward to discussing this important topic with many of you in Valencia and making our cities safer and more inclusive for women.
The PES Group Secretariat