AMP's youth strategy capacity building programme

The LAMP Programme – AMP Innovation Labs on Youth Public Policy is a strategy training programme by the AMP that, together with other resources and action plans, contributed to the design of the Metropolitan Youth Strategy of the Porto Metropolitan Area.

Eighteen decentralized laboratories were implemented throughout the metropolitan territory, promoting workshops and training sessions in key thematic areas, from Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda in Youth policies, to the link between these policies and the climate agenda, green economy, international cooperation and digital transition, among many others.

Aiming at solving local/metropolitan challenges and problems, the LAMPs enabled to outline a comprehensive and up-to-date vision of youth policies in the territory, focused on the alignment of practices with the best national and international political and technical guidelines, where the sharing and transfer of knowledge was a common and constant element.

In addition to the 18 thematic and dedicated LAMPs, 3 specific Labs were also conducted as part of the work developed with the AMP’s Metropolitan Youth Strategic Group, in key areas such as Housing, Mental Health and Mobility.

Using methodologies of non-formal education, co-creation and collaborative work, these sessions held in the 17 municipalities and the AMP, integrated experts from each thematic area and involved decision-makers, youth professionals and young people in multiple focused listening sessions, giving raise to proposals for local strategies and contributing to the AMP’s Metropolitan Youth Strategy.