The Youth Houses in Bogota: a scenario for the articulation of youth demands and the generation of public policies

This article is part of the results achieved with the research project The implementation of public youth policy: an analysis of youth houses in Bogota (2012 - 2017). The purpose is focused on understanding the role of the youth houses in Bogota as a space for the articulation of youth demands and the generation of public policies. As a methodology, 9 group interviews and 5 focus groups were used as primary sources, the review of institutional documents such as the 1116 Distrito Joven project and the 2006-2016 youth policy were also taken as secondary sources. In results, the importance of the participation of the different actors that intervene in the process of implementing the public youth policy in different territorial houses in the city of Bogota is exposed.