Youth City Meeting

The 2025  Youth City Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 8th, from 12:00 to 14:15 in Tullisali (back hall) as part of the Toivon Agenda event days. A great group of children, young people, and adults is expected to attend once again.

Program for May 8th

12:00 The Youth City meeting begins, the chairpersons open the event

Opening speech by the Youth Council ONE

Presentation of budget and statement proposals by representatives of the participation groups

Voting and presentation of results

Distribution of participation scholarships

14:15 The City Council ends

For the audience

Schools will register pupils and a teacher for the Youth City meeting: 5 students + 1 teacher per school

Registration is open from March 10th to April 15th via this link: registration for the City Council.

The number of audience members is limited due to space constraints, and you will receive a separate confirmation of your participation by email.

A snack will be available for those who wish after the City Council. The snack can be eaten in Tullisali or taken to go. You can indicate whether you will take the snack when registering.

Youth City Meeting

  • The Youth City Meeting is an annual event where children and young people decide on various acquisitions and statement proposals.

    The City Meeting has been allocated a budget of 10,000 €, which the children and young people decide how to distribute.

    The work of children and young people starts in classrooms, progresses to student councils’ boards, and continues to regional participation groups. Representatives from the participation groups, i.e., children and young people, bring proposals from their area to the City Meeting. The chairpersons of

    the City Meeting are also young people from Oulu.
    Proposals brought to the City Meeting can also be statement proposals. Ideas that need more than €10,000 or continuous funding are statement proposals.

    All pupils in Oulu have the opportunity to influence the proposals by coming up with good development ideas in their classes. Any child or youth can also submit development ideas directly to regional children and youth participation groups or the Youth Council ONE.

    You can check the children and youth participation group for your area here: District Based Youth Participation Groups – Nuorten Oulu 

  • Decision-making at the City Meeting
    The Children and Youth City Meeting is an annual event where children and young people decide on various acquisitions and vote on development ideas, i.e., statement proposals.
    The City Meeting has been allocated a budget of €10,000, which the children and young people decide how to distribute.
    The work of children and young people starts in classrooms, progresses to student councils’ boards, and continues to regional participation groups. Representatives from the participation groups bring proposals from their area to the City Meeting.
    Proposals brought to the City Meeting are published on this site before the meeting.
    The proposals can be funding or statement proposals.
    In funding proposals, money is requested for a specific purchase. The requested amount can be any sum under €10,000. Proposals requiring more than €10,000 or continuous funding are statement proposals.

District Based Youth Participation Groups

You can check the participation group for children and young people in your residential area here.

District Based Youth Participation Groups

Youth City Meeting 2024

  • City Meeting Decisions

    The City Meeting decided to allocate funds for the following proposals:

    • Proper dressing rooms at Vanaranta in Haukipudas, €2000
    • Nets for football goals at Paulaharju School’s field, €200
    • Better basketball hoops at Ylikiiminki School yard, €830
    • Improving the recess yard at Alakylä School by acquiring two benches and a ball wall, €1800
    • Sports equipment available for loan with a library card throughout Oulu, €2500
    • Reviving Niemenranta School library (purchasing more books for Niemenranta primary school’s library), €1300
    • A pool table and its accessories for Yli-Ii School, €1000

     

    Statements under Further Processing

    Statements proposed for further processing:

    • Increasing the number of free study places in Oulu city centre (self-study places, quiet reading rooms)
    • Adding more spices to school meals, e.g., salt, pepper, grill seasoning, and aromatic salt
    • More bus services for lines 10 and 14

    In the further processing of the statements, the participation group and experts will gather for a joint meeting to discuss the matter and aim to bring it to decision-making.

Video recording of the Youth City Meeting 2024

Below you can see a recording of last year's Youth City Meeting. You can also watch the video on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWYTEQjSr2c&t=8s 

Contact

Noora Mäkinen

coordinator