Youth Dialogue has chosen to focus on forming a network of young persons recruiting from groups that do not usually speak up, using the UNIK (unique) method.

The main tool is very simple and consists of four postcards in four different colors. On one side, there is a short text describing a political engagement type and on the back there is a form where the youth can register to join UNIK.

Young persons who do not usually identify with concepts like politics read the descriptions of the different political engagement groups, and see that the material applies to them regardless of how they identify themselves.

Each year we have about five workshops where important issues that concern young perons are discussed. An invitation goes out to all those wo have registered to join UNIK.

To make all young persons participate equally in the workshop they are divided into groups, independent of which group they originally belonged to. The message is reinforced by the material showing what the colors represent, giving each participant an identity.

With the information on the back of the cards we have created a still growing network of now over 440 young persons in Västerås. The network consists of young persons with an even mixture of genders, cultural backgrounds and engagement level. This is also reflected in the young persons who attend our workshops.

Due to the simplicity of the project resources, it has been straightforward to implement.