UF Poland: Your City's Biggest Treasure

Your City’s Biggest Treasure

How to become a capital of youth

In 2024, many European countries, including Poland, recorded the fewest births since World War II. Even worse for small and medium-sized cities: young people are flocking to the capital where they expect to stand a better chance in life. The challenge is on: How to become attractive for young people to stay and shape their cities? In this session, we hear from the European capitals of youth on how taking the youth’s needs seriously is an ever-rewarding task.

Eugene Quinn

Creative Urbanist at Whoosh | Austria

Aleksandra Kulik

Board Chairwoman at Sempre a Frente Foundation | Poland

Agnieszka Parol-Górna

Director of Youth Policy Bureau at City of Lublin | Poland

Kaja Możdżeń

Social change maker at City of Lublin | Poland

Alex Yeloyeva

Founder at UDesign.Academy | Czechia

Francisco Javier Bokesa Abia

Deputy Mayor at City of Fuenlabrada | Spain

Alicia Muñoz García

Agnieszka Krzyżak-Pitura