TORREPEROGIL TOWN COUNCIL

The department of Youth of Torreperogil town council is interested in involving adolescents and young people in citizen participation. For this reason, it is developing a wide range of programs with them. In the first place, this department has promoted a campaign to find youngsters and adolescents who help the town council to know what activities, ideas and values young people are interested in. In this way, it lets town council carry out a proyect which include an abroad range of activities with their motivations and interests. We are located near two important city in our region: Úbeda and Baeza. They were named World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003. We are also close to the Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas, where you can do a lot of outdoor activities. Furthermore, it would contribute to increase and enhance young people participation in the citizenship because it could stimulate the creativity, critical spirit, environmental sensitivity and consciuosness-raising of the problems. We are sure that for mobilising young people, it is necessary to count on them because they are the future of our society.