Prensa Juvenil Canaria announces the culmination of the working phase of its project, What Island Do We Want? This initiative has brought together 70 young people between the ages of 14 and 16 from Lanzarote and La Graciosa to encourage their active participation in public policy.
The project will culminate in a key event on October 17 at the Parliament of the Canary Islands. At this meeting, 30 young people will debate the Draft Law that they themselves prepared, entitled Law on the Geographical Regulation of Tourism and Transport.
### Youth Proposal for Generational Change
The main objective of this law proposed by the youth is to regulate tourist presence in urban centers and residential areas. They seek to reorient tourist activity towards services that benefit residents, thus promoting the generational renewal of the Canary Islands' youth.
During the process, the youth worked on a participatory methodology for research, debate, and group formulation of proposals. They presented some 16 amendments to the Bill, which will also be subject to debate in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
### Objectives and Methodology of the project
The project, developed from September 2024 to October 2025, has successfully established spaces for real participation and direct dialogue between adolescents, young people, and policymakers.
The main objective was to achieve inclusion and the acquisition of meaningful learning.
The 70 direct participants, second-year secondary school students, were organized into discussion groups to understand political decision-making and seek solutions to the problems that concern them.
The association prioritized inclusion, offering different participation formats such as round tables, online forums, debates, and collaborative projects.
Young people were involved in deciding the topics to be discussed, which guaranteed the relevance of the topics and a sense of belonging and empowerment.
What island do we want? has had the collaboration of the Education Area of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the General Directorate of Youth, and the City Councils of Teguise and San Bartolomé. The success of the initiative lies in promoting the construction of participation spaces that favor youth organization in each municipality of Lanzarote.