Based on the European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life, the Youth Board of Cyprus, in collaboration with the Union of Cyprus Municipalities and Communities, promotes the operation of Municipal and Community Youth Councils.
Municipal and Community Youth Councils provide advisory support to local authorities since their purpose is to record and promote the suggestions of young people on what concerns and affects them, to the local authorities. They contribute towards a constant and substantial connection and dialogue between local authorities and the youth, in order to enable municipalities and communities to identify young people’s interests and problems and deal with them in the best way.
Municipal and Community Youth Councils have developed rapidly in Europe in recent years. In Cyprus the institution of Municipal and Community Youth Councils was introduced in 2001 – beginning of 2002, with the support of local authorities and the YBC. The first Municipal Youth Councils were formed in Aradippou and Paphos Municipalities.
List of Municipal and Community Youth Councils (April 2021)
Municipal Youth Councils
- Λευκωσία
- Άγιος Δομέτιος
- Αγλαντζιά
- Γέρι
- Έγκωμη
- Δάλι
- Λακατάμια
- Μόρφου
- Λατσιά
- Στρόβολος
- Ύψωνας
- Μέσα Γειτονιά
- Κάτω Πολεμίδια
- Άγιος Αθανάσιος
- Λεμεσός
- Πάφος
- Αθηένου
- Αραδίππου
- Λάρνακα
- Καραβάς
- Λάπηθος
- Λευκόνοικο
- Κερύνεια
- Αγία Νάπα
- Αμμόχωστος
- Παραλίμνι
- Ακανθού
- Κυθρέα
Community Youth Councils
- Αγία Μαρίνα Ξυλιάτου
- Κατωκοπιά
- Πεντάγια
- Πάνω Πολεμίδια
- Καλό Χωριό
- Κάτω Δίκωμο
- Κυθρέα
- Μηλιά
- Βατυλή
- Άχνα