Youth
The Presence recognizes the vital role of young people as agents of change. It promotes youth engagement, youth participation and education on democracy by helping youth to reach out to parliament, international organizations and to central and local authorities. The Presence strongly encourages Albania's young people to build their leadership skills, to participate in regional and national youth exchanges and to contribute in speaking out on all issues that matter to youth. Young people are supported to give their direct contribution in a wide spectrum of issues starting from youth representation, youth engagement and youth networking, and reaching out to issues falling under the first OSCE dimension such as raising awareness and boosting communities’ responses against radicalization, and violent extremism.
Since 2018, the Presence relies on its Youth Advisory Group, consisting of active young Albanians, to further its efforts to integrate a youth perspective, youth-specific considerations, concerns, needs, and priorities, into its planning and programmatic activities.