Youth forum on urban development

Between 2015 and 2017, UfU e.V. held a four-day urban development youth forum twice a year. Over two and a half days, young people from current funding projects of the Federal Institute for Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Planning (BBSR) as well as from other projects discussed a current topic from the field of urban development. As part of a program lasting several days (usually at the weekend), they developed their own positions and proposals on a key topic. At the subsequent youth forum at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the young people discussed these positions and proposals with the State Secretary responsible for construction and urban development. Examples of topics discussed at the youth forums were: “Affordable housing”, “Refugees in the city”, “Small towns – what does the future look like?”, “Young people in the big city”.