The Youth Department of the City Council of Cartagena (Concejalía de Juventud del Ayuntamiento de Cartagena)

The Youth Department of the City Council of Cartagena (Concejalía de Juventud del Ayuntamiento de Cartagena) is a municipal public service aimed at meeting the demands and needs of young people in Cartagena in any field in which they arise, from employment to housing, through health, education, social care, rights as citizens, international mobility, training and healthy leisure. Responding to the very diversity of the youth group, the attention is provided in a personalized way, from services such as the Youth Space, the Informajoven or the qualified multiplier point of the Eurodesk Network, which allow a personal listening and the establishment of own itineraries for each young person, including the monitoring of their results, or aimed at the youth population in general through programs such as the Mandarache Literary Award, the local volunteer program Implica2, the Language Exchange, the T-LA (alternative leisure time), Between Strings and Metals and Urban CT, among others. The direct beneficiaries are the young people of Cartagena between 14 and 30 years. To this group (1/4 of the total local population) can be added the group that is between 31 and 34 years, corresponding to what we call "late youth" that, for reasons of delay in the age of emancipation, may be interested in some of the services provided by the Department. General objectives 1. To enable adequate conditions for young people to develop their lives, make decisions and solve their personal and collective problems with the highest possible level of autonomy, as well as to know and be able to adopt healthy behaviors in the biological, psychological and social. 2. To promote that young people acquire values, attitudes and behaviors based on individual and collective responsibility, coexistence, respect, equality, dialogue and consensual decision-making, which favor social cohesion. 3. To educate and encourage the participation of young people, promoting associations and volunteering, as active agents in the social, cultural and community fabric to which they belong, so that they can improve their quality of life and that of the people around them. 4. To offer practical, objective and clear information, guidance and advice on various issues of personal and collective interest, according to the needs, priorities and demands of young people in Cartagena. 5. Facilitate spaces, resources and services that promote moments of encounter and interaction between young people in the locality in their leisure and free time. 6. Promote the design, management, organization, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of actions aimed at young people. 7. To promote networking (cooperation and coordination) among agents involved in working with young people and youth policies.