Welcome to the first episode of the Urbcast x ACT NOW series recorded during the ACT NOW Mayors' Conference 2022 (organized by The Innovation in Politics Institute) which Urbcast was the Media Partner of. Over the next 4 weeks I will be presenting 4 interesting talks with deputy mayors and innovators from Belgium, Poland, and Sweden. 
In this episode we will talk about: How to create a city FOR, BY, and WITH youngsters? ?
My guest is Jinnih Beels - Vice Mayor of Education and Youth, Antwerp, Belgium.
The topics we discussed:

What does democracy mean in Antwerp?
How to make the difference between what people want and need?
How to work with the youth in the city planning?
Why is it important to have an ear 
Top down participation 
How to prioritize city policies and find founding for realizing projects and agendas?

You get to know more about Jinnih, ACT NOW conference and the Institute:

Jinnih: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jinnih-beels-80568965/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=be
ACT NOW Mayors' Conference: https://innovationinpolitics.eu/actnow/conference/
The Innovation in Politics Institute: https://innovationinpolitics.eu

You can listen to the episode at: urbcast.pl/en/actnow1
You will find more information about the podcast at: https://linktr.ee/urbcast or urbcast.pl/en
Music: spear_oh
Photo: Calvin Leander Herbstrith