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2020

Enhancing Youth Participation for a more Innovative and Integrated Adriatic and Ionian Region

Young people are increasingly mobilized by very specific issues, more closely linked to their (personal) interest in a given issue than to a general interest in politics and daily experiences. They choose to be involved in collective forms of civic and political action characterized by lower levels of formality and perceived as less binding and "labeling" than political parties, preferring to affect small but profound changes through their daily interactions. Young people are increasingly active in civic associations, charities, NGOs, and voluntary activities. In addition, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have drastically changed youth participatory behavior and political action, updating traditional actions, like sending e-mails to politicians or offering new ones, like protesting through mail bombing. Local and regional authorities should promote strategies that help to link these new types of action to the conventional participatory paths.

Additional Information

Year of publication

2020

Country(ies) relevant for your entry

Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

Language

English

Authors

AI-NURECC Youth Action

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