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Project · Youth Programme

Demographic
Youth Incubator

A programme of awareness and active reflection on the future of society. We do not give answers — we challenge the patterns that lead to wrong decisions today.

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Projection: total births in Slovenia
2024: rekordno nizka rodnost. Trend pada že dve desetletji. Mladi sprejemajo odločitve, ne da bi razumeli, v kakšen svet vstopajo.
Challenge

Myths that shape
wrong decisions

A large part of young people today believe in assumptions based on false premises. At the same time, the world around them is changing rapidly — without context.

What young people believe today
Children limit career and personal freedom.
Family and career success are fundamentally in conflict.
There is “plenty of time later” for family — no urgency.
My individual decisions do not affect society.
Reality we ignore
Demography is changing rapidly and irreversibly — lost time cannot be recovered.
An ageing society means fewer workers, fewer pensions, fewer services — for everyone.
The biological clock does not wait for career success — it is a biological fact.
Each generation shapes the conditions for the next — and for its own old age.
Key moment of the programme

„Tvoja prihodnost ni samoumevna."

„Če danes vsi čakamo — kdo bo jutri sploh tam?"

This moment must be emotional, personal and unavoidable. Not statistics — experience.

Programme structure

Five steps towards
a different mindset

The programme is designed as an experiential journey — not a lecture. Each step builds on the previous one and leads the participant from data to personal responsibility.

01
Reality without filters
Visual presentation of demographic changes: ageing population, declining birth rates, future scenarios. Raw data that cannot be ignored.
Učinek
Mladi vidijo prihodnost — ne kot abstraktno statistiko, ampak kot vizualno realnost.
02
Personal projection
Positioning yourself in your own future. Questions: where will I be in 30 years? Who will be beside me? What kind of society awaits me? Statistics become personal.
Učinek
Abstraktni podatki se spremenijo v osebno izkušnjo in čustveno prepoznanje.
03
Breaking myths
Confrontation with real data on careers and parenthood, the financial aspects of family life, and real-life examples and perspectives — challenging dominant beliefs.
Učinek
Razgradnja napačnih prepričanj, ki so jih mladi prevzeli iz medijev in socialne okolice.
04
Space for reflection
Open questions, structured discussion and guided reflection. Not passive listening — activation of thinking and independent search for answers.
Učinek
Udeleženci ne prejmejo odgovorov — razvijejo lastno kritično razmišljanje.
05
Demographic idea incubator
Collection of participants’ ideas, documentation of proposals and integration of the best into future Institute projects. Young people do not just listen — they co-create.
Učinek
Mladi postanejo soustvarjalci rešitev — in se zavedajo svojega vpliva na prihodnost.
Methodology

What the programme is based on

The programme is not a lecture on demography. It is an experiential method built on four pillars that together create a lasting shift in thinking.

Visual tools
Grafi, demografske projekcije in interaktivni modeli, ki naredijo podatke razumljive in čustveno dostopne.
Emotional engagement
Postavitev v lastno osebno prihodnost. Ko statistika postane tvoja lastna zgodba, se sprožijo prave misli.
Critical thinking
Strukturirana vprašanja in diskusija, ki spodbujajo udeležence k lastnim zaključkom — ne k sprejetju podanih odgovorov.
Participation
Zbiranje in vključevanje idej mladih v projekte inštituta. Njihov prispevek je realen in merljiv.
Outcomes

What young people
take away

Not knowledge as a list of facts. A shift in perspective — that stays.

1
A new perspective on life
Razumevanje, da so njihove osebne odločitve del večje zgodbe — ki ima posledice za skupnost in za njihovo lastno starost.
2
Questioning existing patterns
Postavljanje pod vprašaj prepričanj, ki so jih nekritično prevzeli iz medijev, vrstnikov in kulture „najprej kariera".
3
Sense of responsibility
Zavedanje, da prihodnosti ne more prepustiti naključju ali čakati, da jo uredi nekdo drug.
4
Awareness of personal impact
Vsak posameznik ima vpliv. Generacija, ki razume to, je generacija, ki lahko začne graditi rešitve.
Schools and education

Why
schools

School is the only place where we can systematically reach young people — before they make key life decisions.

What we offer to schools

The programme positions itself as an essential part of modern education — bridging the gap between education and the reality young people will actually face.

Current and professionally grounded content based on data from SURS and NIJZ
Development of critical thinking — a core competence required by schools
Connecting education with the real future students will face
Full programme delivery by the Institute — without burdening teachers
Suitable for
Secondary schools (3rd and 4th year) — at the stage of key life decisions
Grammar schools within sociology, psychology or civic education
Universities and higher education institutions — young adults before their first relationship decisions
Youth organisations, camps and educational centres
Local communities and municipalities seeking programmes for young people
Further development

Incubator as a
living system

The ideas collected from young people are not an archive — they are input material for developing real solutions.

Faza 01
Collection and documentation
Ideje, predlogi in vpogledi mladih se dokumentirajo in sistematično analizirajo po vsakem izvedenem programu.
Faza 02
Analysis and selection
The Institute analyses collected ideas and identifies those with the greatest potential for further development.
Pilot projects
Demographic research
Community programmes
Faza 03
Implementation
Najboljše ideje preidejo v konkretne projekte — s soudeležbo tistih, ki so jih predlagali. Mladi vidijo, da njihov glas šteje.
„Odločitve, ki jih sprejemaš danes, oblikujejo svet, v katerem boš živel jutri."
Key message of the project · Demographic Youth Incubator
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Your school. Your youth. Their future.

We cannot leave the future to chance. We must give young people the context of the world they are entering. The solutions are already among them. Let us help them find them.

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