On May 28, INTI is organizing the expert meeting “Jonge Helden in New Towns” (Young Heroes in New Towns) in collaboration with Platform31. The expert meeting marks the end of the experimental program Self-organization in New Towns, which has been carried out over the past year by Stuurgroep Experimenten Volkshuisvesting (now Platform31). You are welcome to participate.
The expert meeting is about self-organization by young people in New Towns. We see that New Towns often fall short in the area of social and cultural facilities for young people. This is one of the reasons why young people often leave New Towns. We wonder how the city can more successfully connect with the youth who continue to live in these New Towns. To find out, it’s important to know exactly what young people need from their city; and who better to ask than the young people themselves?