Explore the activities we organise to engage young people in local governance and decision-making. Our programs include workshops, training sessions, and community projects designed to empower youth and address their needs.
Winter Democracy Academy
from "Migrant Youth Friendly Cities" training course
Partnership Building Activity (PBA) “Youth participation for sustainable local democracies”
from Study Session "Youth Democracy Academy"
Winter Democracy Academy
from "Migrant Youth Friendly Cities" training course
One Step Higher -Climbing the Ladder of Participation
During the study visit, the participants were able to see a variety of practices and models of youth work that work efficiently and structures that support such practices. Lastly, the participants got the chance to transfer this experience into their own local reality.
Annual Activity Report
The Activity Report 2023 shows a year full of activity and challenges for our network. The number of initiatives we organised, from study visits to training courses, conferences, and seminars, has been truly impressive. Alongside these events, we also developed impactful reports and publications, many of which come out from projects initiated before the pandemic but delayed due to its effects.
Winter Democracy Academy
The Winter Democracy Academy Report highlights the critical role of youth in revitalizing democracy through innovative participatory mechanisms. This initiative provided a space for stakeholders to meet, debate, and cooperate on youth participation issues, emphasizing the importance of their contribution to sustainable societal development. It serves as a call to action for communities and policymakers to harness the potential of youth for a more inclusive and vibrant democratic future.
Winter Democracy Academy
The Winter Democracy Academy International Conference, “Today’s Democracy Challenges,” focused on the critical issues surrounding democracy and citizenship, particularly emphasizing youth involvement. The conference facilitated discussions between young entrepreneurs, youth leaders, researchers, and public organization members. Key topics included the intricacies of democracy, youth empowerment in democratic participation, policy development, political pathologies, and democracy deficits. It also highlighted innovative tools and approaches for youth engagement, the role of youth centres in fostering cultural diversity, and strategies to bridge the gap between youth eagerness and institutional capacity in democratic processes.
Winter Democracy Academy
The “Partnership Building Activity (PBA)” report, under the theme “Building Synergies for Sustainable Democracies,” details an event aimed at enhancing youth participation organized by the DYPALL Network in Lisbon, Portugal. The event brought together participants from various countries to discuss strategies for youth engagement in democracies. The report highlights the success of the event in fostering a network among youth workers and NGOs, sharing best practices in youth participation, and planning future Erasmus+ projects for sustainable collaborative youth initiatives across Europe.
CHLaYdoscope
The training aimed to explore innovative methodologies and tools that collaborate to transform community needs, opportunities, and ideas into valuable resources, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset.
Youth Democracy Academy
Gathering 30 young leaders across 20 countries, the study session aimed to empower participants with vital skills for implementing the “Educate for Democracy” training program. The event effectively advanced participants’ understanding of the importance of revitalising pluralistic democracy and young people’s access to rights and information, aligning with the Council of Europe’s goal of promoting active citizenship among the youth.
Migrant Youth Friendly Cities - A scale of reference
The International Training Course “Migrant Youth Friendly Cities: A Scale of Reference” brought together youth workers, municipality officers, and young individuals with migrant backgrounds from Sweden, Spain, Greece, and Portugal, who gained a comprehensive understanding of how integration strategies and policies profoundly influence the daily lives of young migrants and refugees. They also explored the Assessment Tool and Guidelines “Migrant Youth Friendly Cities”, tools for assessing and improving integration policies.
Partnership Building Activity (PBA) “Youth participation for sustainable local democracies”
The activity report describes the main outcomes and results of the Partnership Building Activity (PBA) “Youth Participation for sustainable local democracies” in Mollina, Spain, within the framework of the University on Youth and Development. The activity aimed to create a space to exchange different realities, promote good practices, methodologies and tools and develop cooperation projects that link young people, environmental policies and local democracies. The PBA gathered 30 representatives of civil society organisations and municipalities who work on the topic of youth participation in decision-making at the local level from Latvia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Romania, Denmark, Netherlands, Serbia, Poland, Armenia, North Macedonia and Portugal.
#EUInfluencers
The youth exchange gathered 27 young influencers from all participating countries to share the results of the #EUInfluencers project implementation in their local communities and to plan the steps ahead. The report outlines the events conducted throughout the exchange program and highlights the key results achieved.
