On July 17-18, a forum of youth organizations was held on strengthening youth participation in the formation and implementation of youth programs and access to information about funding. At the forum in the city of Sudova Vyshnia in the Lviv region, active representatives of youth public organizations, student self-government bodies, children's and sports organizations, public activists, and representatives of authorities working with youth gathered. 50 representatives from Kirovohrad, Lviv region, Kyiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Odesa and the region, Volyn, Vinnytsia region, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Rivne region, Luhansk, Khmelnytskyi and others took part in the forum. The purpose of the forum was the exchange of experience and information between youth NGOs and public activists, authorities regarding access of youth and organizations to public information, participation in the formation and implementation of acts determining the directions of youth programs, funding from state and local budgets, protection of their rights and the rights of youth to information, participation in rule-making, monitoring of the activities of authorities. The event was held over two days. On the first day, participants took part in discussion and exchange of experience, development of joint actions in the "open space" format. Issues proposed by the participants and relevant to the youth of their regions and cities were discussed: issues of legislative regulation of access to information about youth programs and their funding from local and state budgets; the state of youth participation in the formation and implementation of public policy; advocacy campaigns and lobbying of youth organizations; ways of cooperation and influence on decisions of authorities in youth affairs; problems of youth access to program funding and funding criteria; how to strengthen youth participation in the formation of public policy. On July 18, trainings were held for representatives of youth public organizations and student leaders on obtaining and lobbying for access to information, appealing illegal refusals to provide information, monitoring the activities of authorities in youth affairs, successful practices and campaigns. The forum was held by the Committee for Support of Student Self-Government in partnership with the Center for Public Advocacy, the Association of Young Reformers within the framework of the project "Implementation and Protection of the Right to Information about Youth Programs" with the support of the "Rule of Law" program of the International Renaissance Foundation. The project aims to improve the implementation and protection of the right of access to information about youth programs and their funding from state and local budgets, training and activation of organizations in the implementation and protection of the right to information. The program and photos of the forum on the StudUA.org portal: