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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.

Studies & Research

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CL-YE Models and Mechanisms of Youth Engagement 
CL-YE Models and Mechanisms of Youth Engagement 

Climbing the Ladder: fostering a culture of Youth Engagement

This publication examines diverse models and mechanisms of youth engagement across Europe, with the goal of raising awareness about the importance of involving young people in decision-making processes at the EU, regional, and local levels, while highlighting the need for meaningful participation.

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Mapping best practices of youth friendly cities

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.

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New forms of youth political participation Statistical survey

European Union - Council of Europe Youth Partnership

The survey, conducted by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership, explores the evolving landscape of youth political participation. This report offers key insights into the preferences and engagement patterns of young people across Council of Europe member states. It comprises three sections, covering research methodology, findings on topics like information access and political involvement, and concludes with key takeaways for future study.

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Perspective on Youth Participation

Finnish Youth Research Network

This paper analyses why youth participation is considered important, how youth participation has been seen and what models have been created, and how youth participation is connected to different views about democracy. The paper also involves some critical remarks about how promoting youth participation could be made better.

Policies & Guidelines
Youth Participation Strategy

SALTO Participation & Information

The document contains the strategy for enhancing youth participation in democratic life through the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes. The overall scope of the Youth Participation Strategy is to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy in fostering youth participation in democratic life as well as the European Youth Goals relating to youth participation by using the full potential of the Erasmus and ESC programmes.

Manuals & Toolkits
Youth Workers 2.0

External Resources

Source: Erasmus+ KA2

The booklet aims to provide youth workers with resources and good practices in the field of ICT, improving their knowledge of usage of different digital tools and making them understand what kind of skills are needed in different contexts.

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The future of young people’s political participation: questions, challenges and opportunities

Youth Partnership of the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

The compendium is an outcome of the symposium “The Future of young people’s political participation” (Strasbourg – September 2019) which presents various ways of young people’s engagement in political processes and decision making and how different stakeholders can contribute to encouraging, empowering and enabling young people’s participation.

Manuals & Toolkits
Toolkit for multipliers – Youth Democracy Academy

Youth Democracy Academy

Source: DYPALL Network

The toolkit aims at giving multipliers all the tools needed in order to create a succesfull GOTV campaign within the Youth Democracy Academy project. In particular, the toolkit contains: European Union Factsheet, Facilitation Toolkit, Campaign Initiatives and Resources.

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E-Participation Guidelines for Decision-makers: Social listening through the digital dashboard

DEEP-Linking Youth Project

The report explains the Digital Ecosystem for E-Participation Linking Youth (DEEP-linking Youth),
approach to e-participation and how it can be used as an instrument to stimulate young people’s
active participation in democratic life, with the Digital Dashboard as our outlet for empowerment.

Manuals & Toolkits
Youth & Political Parties: Toolkit for Youth Friendly Politics in Europe

Toolkit

Source: European Youth Forum

The study includes a number of concrete recommendations on what political parties can do to improve their appeal among young people, and improve youth turnout in the elections. It can serve as a toolkit for political parties that wish to be better at including young people, promoting youth interests, and campaigning for young people