Engage
With “Engage” the EU Youth Strategy aims towards a meaningful civic, economic, social, cultural and political participation of young people.
Member States and the European Commission are invited to:
- Encourage and promote inclusive democratic participation of all young people in society and democratic processes;
- Actively engage young people, youth organisations and other organisers of youth work in policies affecting the lives of young people on all levels;
- Support youth representations at local, regional and national level, recognising young people’s right to participate and self-organise;
- Support and convey the EU Youth Dialogue in order to include diverse voices of young people in decision-making processes on all levels;
- Foster the development of citizenship competencies, through citizenship education and learning strategies;
- Support and develop opportunities for ‘learning to participate’, raising interest in participatory actions and helping young people to prepare for participation;
- Explore and promote the use of innovative and alternative forms of democratic participation e.g. digital democracy tools.
Find out more
- EU Youth Dialogue
- Erasmus+ programme
- European Solidarity Corps
- Salto Resource Centers
- You can find the previous (2010-2018) youth strategy on the following page: EU Youth Strategy 2010-2018