Deadline: 1-Jul-25
The People Powered and Coglobal are leading the Democratic Innovations Accelerator (DIA) Youth participation in policymaking and governance.
Over the course of six months, the cohort of 40 civil society and government organizations will develop and deliver an action plan for implementing a democratic innovation aimed at enhancing the engagement, participation, and influence of citizens, particularly youth in the democratic processes that affect their lives, schools and communities.
Benefits
- Participants will gain free access to:
- A dedicated mentor to assist in the development of a participatory program action plan
- Step-by-step resources such as the Participation Playbook, their interactive online tool for designing participatory programs.
- Practice-oriented live sessions and online courses.
- International peer-learning opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Staff members of civil society organizations or non-governmental institutions such as schools, universities or community organizations.
- They encourage partnership with a government institution to facilitate the implementation of the action plan.
- Government officials, staff members and policymakers who want to launch or improve an innovative participatory program.
- They encourage partnership with a civil society organization/non-governmental organization to strengthen support for the program in the community.
- Organizations should nominate a lead participant who has professional proficiency in English. To be eligible for the program, applicants must be based in one of the 27 EU Member States or Horizon Europe countries (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom).
For more information, visit People Powered.