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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.73,0:00:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, my name is Alberto Cottica.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.14,0:00:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work at the Council of Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.47,0:00:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a project called EdgeRyders,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.17,0:00:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is about the transition of young people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.60,0:00:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an independent, active life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.37,0:00:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the data,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.40,0:00:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young europeans seem pretty much like a lost generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.93,0:00:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unemployment is very high,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.17,0:00:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what’s worse, about one person in five
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.90,0:00:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not in employment, education or training.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.97,0:00:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This does not happen only in your early twenties.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.40,0:00:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It actually gets worse as you go towards your mid-thirties.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.20,0:00:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we’re looking at here is a general loss of autonomy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.70,0:00:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the adult population.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young just happen to be in the line of fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.85,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that’s not the whole story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe, and indeed the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.90,0:00:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are full of extremely entrepreneurial, brilliant, generous,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talented, young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.17,0:00:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They find new paths to activism,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.77,0:00:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example leveraging the diversity of backgrounds
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.01,0:00:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of second and third generation europeans
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.68,0:00:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make society more open.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.83,0:01:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They start companies to build large-scale urban games
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.60,0:01:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are used to reappropriate public spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.90,0:01:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use them in new ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.88,0:01:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They move to North Sea islands
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.01,0:01:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explore the way small communities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.97,0:01:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can switch to renewable energy sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.80,0:01:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding a new sense of purpose as they do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.23,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they make learning easier to access
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by launching free, peer-to-peer, online schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.43,0:01:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people don’t work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.87,0:01:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they’ve never even met.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.17,0:01:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But their activities seem to be connected
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.43,0:01:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a coherent picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.20,0:01:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this picture is that of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.43,0:01:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world we’ll all be living in tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.53,0:01:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, though you certainly can view them as successful
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.67,0:01:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are by a measure of success
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.73,0:01:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not the same as that normally accepted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the society at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.90,0:01:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many struggle to make a living
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.30,0:01:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have done so as they started their journeys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.20,0:01:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like you and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.13,0:01:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to make a living with integrity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.10,0:01:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to live the kind of life that we want,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.27,0:02:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to have a say in our communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.90,0:02:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many people in Europe and elsewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.83,0:02:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young and not so young,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.53,0:02:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are thinking very hard about these problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.70,0:02:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that makes them - us - the experts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.43,0:02:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you pull together a lot of experts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.03,0:02:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you have is a think tank.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.50,0:02:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EdgeRyders wants to be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.53,0:02:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest think tank in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.43,0:02:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the youth’s transition
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.40,0:02:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an independent active life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.53,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does this work?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.30,0:02:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it starts by exploring the transition space.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.87,0:02:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means sharing what we are doing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.50,0:02:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we build our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.50,0:02:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning from each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.73,0:02:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figuring out together what to do next.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.03,0:02:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a gaming element.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.83,0:02:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Society’s typically not generous with rewards
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.43,0:02:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for young people’s efforts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.30,0:02:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we think it’s important to honour them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.40,0:02:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we do it with points and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.87,0:02:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second step is to aggregate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.17,0:02:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the individual journeys into common solutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.63,0:03:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generate a policy vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.50,0:03:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring it to the attention
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.43,0:03:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\Nof the European and national authorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.50,0:03:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The space where we do all this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.17,0:03:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an interactive online platform
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.93,0:03:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called EdgeRyders,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.43,0:03:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developed here at the Council of Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.03,0:03:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on free software.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.90,0:03:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EdgeRyders is designed to be scalable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.50,0:03:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whether you’re a regional government,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.27,0:03:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a local authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.94,0:03:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a private or third-sector organisation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.20,0:03:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you care about this problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.17,0:03:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please come see us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.63,0:03:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we’ll discuss possible partnerships.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.45,0:03:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, good luck with your journey.