{"id":425,"date":"2026-09-15T23:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:21:09","slug":"y-agora-young-people-shaping-local-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/y-agora-young-people-shaping-local-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Y-AGORA: Young people shaping local democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Youth4Society is bringing young people into the conversation about local democracy through Y-AGORA.<\/strong> Working with partners across five countries, we are helping create spaces where young people can share ideas, connect with other generations and shape action in their communities.<\/p>\n<h2>About Y-AGORA<\/h2>\n<p>Y-AGORA \u2014 Youth Agoras: Bridging Generations and Empowering Citizenship Across Europe \u2014 is an Erasmus+ capacity-building project in the field of youth. Inspired by the agora as a place for public discussion, the project supports youth-led local spaces for participation, learning and civic action.<\/p>\n<h2>What the project brings together<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Training and practical tools for youth workers and young people<\/li>\n<li>Local research into the opportunities and barriers to youth participation<\/li>\n<li>Dialogue between young people, community stakeholders and different generations<\/li>\n<li>Youth-led Agoras and local action planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>International training in Belgrade: 1\u20134 June 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Participants from Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia met in Belgrade to explore democratic participation and inclusive youth work. Sessions covered storytelling, communication, stakeholder mapping, media literacy and Forum Theatre. The final day focused on mentoring, active listening, trust and resilience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZmywwCDc3n\/\">Read the training overview<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZMxBlbtli5\/\">watch the closing reflections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Youth participation in Albania<\/h2>\n<p>Youth4Society launched a call for nine young people aged 18\u201330 to contribute to local research, surveys, focus groups, stakeholder dialogue and an action plan. The application deadline was 5 July 2026; this call is now closed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ_9qQ9Cgs1\/\">View the original Albania call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Listening to young people: September 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Project factsheets published in September share findings on civic participation in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. They explore young people\u2019s engagement, access to information and relationships with institutions, helping inform the next stages of local work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdGsYCzjWpp\/\">Albania factsheet \u2014 published 10 September 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdQxF7Hjdwl\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina factsheet \u2014 published 14 September 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdTpdKGDdEm\/\">Serbia factsheet \u2014 published 15 September 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our project partners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Out of the Box International, Belgium \u2014 coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Centre for Social Innovation Centrifuge, Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures (SMOC), Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>ADP-Zid, Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>Youth4Society, Albania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Follow the project<\/h2>\n<p>Explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/new-activities\/\">activity timeline and original project updates<\/a>, meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/partners\/\">partners<\/a>, or learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/about\/\">about Youth4Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For questions about Youth4Society\u2019s involvement, contact <a href=\"mailto:info@youth4society.org\">info@youth4society.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Y-AGORA is funded by the European Union through Erasmus+. This overview covers project updates available through 15 September 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth4Society is bringing young people into the conversation about local democracy through Y-AGORA. Working with partners across five countries, we are helping create spaces where young people can share ideas, connect with other generations and shape action in their communities. About Y-AGORA Y-AGORA \u2014 Youth Agoras: Bridging Generations and Empowering Citizenship Across Europe \u2014 is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/y-agora-young-people-shaping-local-democracy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Y-AGORA: Young people shaping local democracy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-new-projects","category-uncategorized","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}