The Youth Council of the Parla City Council has opened the deadline for project submissions for a new edition, the sixteenth, of the «Living Ideas» contest, an annual competition that promotes the development of ideas driven by young people, associations, teachers, and other educators willing to collaborate in this area by promoting different and innovative activities that go beyond the usual programming and share the objective of promoting youth well-being in the city.
As has been done since 2010, the Youth Council of the Parla City Council annually celebrates «Living Ideas» to encourage the creativity of the young people in the city. Individuals aged between 12 and 35, associations, or educators working with this population sector can submit their projects until Monday, October 20 at 09:00 hours.
To participate, they must complete the annex found in the official competition rules and submit it to the email juventud@ayuntamientoparla.es. The Youth Council emphasizes that, to resolve doubts, present a well-adjusted idea, and ensure a good presentation, assistance can be requested until October 13, 2025, at 9:00 hours.
Different modalities to guide the projects and 6 prizes of 600€
There will be 6 prizes of 600€ and activities can be proposed to strengthen and broaden expectations around these modalities:
1) Educational area: activities that support study and academic development, promotion and guidance in vocational professional interests and/or improvement of professional skills.
2) Emotional area: activities aimed at improving the physical, sexual, and emotional health of the youth population.
3) Social area: to promote youth participation in the municipality, either within the framework of Active Youth, or by promoting #ElAteneoJoven.
4) Digital area: promotion of technological skills, understanding, management, and interpretation of the digital environment, innovation and creativity through the digital field, digital education, fake news, and/or digital ethics.
5) Professional area: activities that promote the development of vocational interests and the improvement of pre-employment skills for professional development.
6) Cultural/creative area: in the context of young talent and in any of the musical, photographic, dance, leisure, environment, audiovisual media, performing arts, plastic arts, etc. dimensions.
After the submission deadline, on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at the Pedro Zerolo Youth Center, all candidates will defend their initiative before a jury. The publication of the winning projects –which must be implemented between January 2 and December 15, 2026– will be announced on November 13 on the website www.lacasajoven.com, where all information can already be found.
