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Explore our selection of resources, publications, and tools dedicated to fostering youth participation and sustainable democracies.
From innovative projects to insightful publications, our catalogue provides valuable resources to empower young people and promote active engagement in democratic processes.
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2024
Study on structured youth engagement
The publication titled “Local Youth Councils – Analysis of Policy and Mechanisms” explores the role and effectiveness of Local Youth Councils (LYCs) in enhancing youth participation in decision-making processes across Europe. It compares the impact of LYCs in Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, and Portugal, analyzing their structures, challenges, and successes. The study provides recommendations and resources to improve youth engagement at the local level, aiming to foster more inclusive and impactful youth participation in governance. The analysis serves as a resource for policymakers, youth organisations, and LYC members.
2023
Cities of Welcome
This publication is a collection of good practices to help municipalities and organisations deepen their knowledge on how to implement inclusive, quality practices that improve the participation of young migrants and young people with migrant backgrounds at the local level.
WE A.R.
Racism and intolerance are on the rise in Europe and episodes of discrimination directly affect young people on multiple levels. For this reason, the “We A.R” project was implemented with the aim of promoting the Anti-rumour Methodology from the Council of Europe in youth organisations and educational settings as a tool to address the challenges of equity, diversity and inclusion, and to engage young people in creating more inclusive, intercultural and fair societies.
Migrant Youth Friendly Cities
The assessment tool “Migrant Youth Friendly City” is a scale of reference for municipalities to better understand their integration policies, methods and strategies and analyse how they can be changed, improved or maintained to ensure the integration of young migrants, young refugees and youth with migrant background under different indicators (legal, socio-economic, socio-cultural) and their active participation in society. This tool represents the second intellectual output (IO3) of the “Migrant Youth Friendly City” project. It works in conjunction with the Guidelines (IO2) under the same project, intended for use after the assessment.
CHLaYdoscope
A comprehensive resource designed to equip Youth Community Leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to drive innovation and positive change within their communities.
2022
Fostering a Culture of Participation: Mainstreaming Local Youth Councils in Europe
Local Youth Councils (LYC) have two main dimensions: one is pedagogical, and the other is civic and democratic. These structures are often the first contact with more formal democratic means for many youngsters. This project aims to strengthen young people’s democratic participation at the local and regional levels by improving existing LYC’ processes and practices. To understand the multiple models of LYC, the consortium mapped and collected data from the different partners. This publication gathers information regarding various aspects of the LYC, such as its composition, organization, goals, resources available, and other relevant information. Also, it compiles the inside perspectives regarding importance, effectiveness, youth representation, and impact for 10 LYC from 5 countries.
Digital Participation Tools for Youth Engagement in Local Governance
Digital tools can be used to support the already existing structures and processes of youth participation or incentivize e-participation in online environments or a combination of both that can be complementary. Therefore, a European consortium led by DYPALL Network has decided to conduct this Study on digital participation tools for youth engagement in local governance in order to collect practice examples of digital tools that strengthen youth participation in decision-making processes at the local level.
Game+
This publication aims to provide youth workers with methods and tools to use digital games or tools to gamify their working methods. It will shed some light on existing educational games and gamification practices from different countries, present easy-to-use tools to gamify learning experiences and highlight key challenges and significant benefits of using this method in youth work. It is the result and the 1st Intellectual Output of the project GAME+: Gamification and Access for Millennials in Erasmus+, developed by four non-governmental organisations: Bangherang APS (Italy), Center for Youth Activism CYA KRIK (North Macedonia) and DYPALL Network (Portugal), under the coordination of Europe4Youth (Poland) and is financed by the Polish National Agency for Erasmus+ Programme.
#EUInfluencers
This Toolkit aims to support young people in being EU Influencers towards their peers by increasing their understanding of the EU, developing critical thinking and combating fake news. Tackling the topics of EU and its structure, the impact of the EU on the local communities, how to tackle misinformation about the EU and combat fake news and how to transmit this information to other young people using peer learning and non-formal education methods. It was developed within the #EUInfluencers project that gives an active role to young people from Serbia, Italy, Croatia, Portugal and Sweden to be the influencers of EU towards their peers.
Management systems of coworking spaces for social innovation
The publication presents 19 carefully selected practices mapped among coworking spaces from 9 countries with a focus on youth participation and entrepreneurship, boosting social entrepreneurship and positively impacting local communities.
Mapping best practices for youth friendly cities
Based on extensive research on existing labels of youth friendly cities and good practices in different dimensions, this publications presents various solutions and examples to improve youth friendliness of a city, while voiding obstacles and possible risks.