The Youth Trends Observatory (YTO) was awarded at Forum PA in the “gender equality” category of the 2023 Sustainable PA Award.

The award is promoted by FPA and ASviS, the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, with the aim of recognizing experiences, solutions, and projects implemented by administrations (central and local), as well as associations and start-ups, to promote and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the UN 2030 Agenda.

Among the reasons for the award: The general objective of the “Youth Trends Observatory” project was to promote equal gender opportunities and youth inclusion by combating deviance, violence, and social conditioning (stereotypes and prejudices) with particular attention to gender and psychological distress. The YTO consisted of three intervention modules. The first concerned primary schools in Rome, the second secondary schools throughout Italy, and the third the development of the Agenda for childhood and adolescence policies. The activities of these modules, which constituted a unified line of intervention, made it possible to produce new and detailed knowledge about the youth universe, deliver training activities on distress, deviance, and social conditioning, and define actions aimed at promoting well-being, equal opportunities, and inclusion (https://www.forumpa.it/progetti/forum-pa-2023-i-vincitori-del-premio-pa-sostenibile-2023/).

The YTO is a project managed by the research group on Social Change, Evaluation and Methods (MUSA) of IRPPS, with particular contributions from Antonio Tintori, project leader, Loredana Cerbara, and Giulia Ciancimino.