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Youth Participation in a Digitalised World
The EU-CoE youth partnership will organise a symposium on youth participation in the digitalised world to answer questions coming from some recent events and activities, most prominently the World Forum for Democracy, November 2014 in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe No Hate Speech Campaign and the results of the study “Youth Participation in Democratic Life”, published by the European Commission in 2013. Entering into a digitalised world including new ways of communication and educational approaches, different economic settings, political relationships and representative structures has a crucial impact on (democratic) societies and forms of governance.
In the context of growing political and social extremism across Europe, challenging the existing democratic systems, the symposium will allow deepening the reflections on youth participation and the future of democracies in the digital era, on chances and risks stemming from these developments that young people are facing. It will evaluate the young people’s needs and aspirations, identifiable tendencies and prognosis. Related policies and practice examples will be shared and discussed. Besides experts in the field of youth policy, representatives of related policy sectors such as media, economy, child protection, cybercrime, digital agenda for Europe, information society, data protection etc. will be invited.