How to Make Projects to Enhance Youth Participation Successful. A Comparative Analysis of Six Youth Dialogue Projects-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

How to Make Projects to Enhance Youth Participation Successful. A Comparative Analysis of Six Youth Dialogue Projects

Published:2023 Issue: Volume: Page:111-124
ISSN:2731-3379
Container-title:The Future of Europe
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Author:

Kirtzel Christoph,Lorenz Astrid^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractExercising democratic participation rights is not a matter of course in the EU, especially for young people in peripheral areas of East Central Europe. Yet the future of European democracy significantly depends on the active citizenship of young people. On that basis, the European Commission supports projects fostering the participation of young citizens across Europe. Based on the experiences of six of these projects in post-socialist EU regions, this chapter sheds light on common success factors. They include tailoring a project to the target group, involving participants in the organising process, making young people’s voices heard and linking the local and the European level. As we show, these aspects partly coincide with the award criteria used by the Commission to decide on project funding. In sum, the analysis can contribute to making further youth projects successful.

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-29793-9_9

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