Content
This playlist empowers you to take action in shaping inclusive, accessible, and participatory spaces for all young people.
Through hands-on activities, you’ll explore local and digital environments, identify barriers to participation, and develop creative solutions that foster engagement. You’ll gain practical advocacy, collaboration, and leadership skills while working to make public spaces, youth centres, and online communities more inclusive and welcoming.
By completing this playlist, you’ll develop valuable critical thinking, problem-solving, civic engagement, and teamwork skills. Your efforts will contribute to European Youth Goal #9: Space and Participation for All, ensuring that young people have meaningful opportunities to engage in their communities and democratic life.
Why should you care?
Make participation spaces work for everyone: Learn to assess and improve public, community, and digital spaces, making them accessible and inclusive.
- Create youth-friendly environments: Design innovative solutions that promote engagement, safety, and belonging in spaces where young people gather.
- Strengthen your voice in decision-making: Develop advocacy skills to influence local leaders and push for meaningful change in youth participation spaces.
- Expand digital participation: Explore how to create and manage online spaces that encourage positive interactions, learning, and collaboration.
- Lead change in your community: Gain hands-on experience in project management and bring your ideas to life by implementing small-scale initiatives.
- Earn recognition: Receive digital badges that highlight your skills in civic engagement, leadership, problem-solving, and collaboration, demonstrating your commitment to inclusive participation.
How partners and organisations in Cities of Learning can support you:
- Showcase best practices: Highlight successful examples of inclusive youth spaces and participation initiatives that inspire action.
- Encourage youth involvement: Use outreach and digital platforms to motivate young people to engage in shaping their local and digital spaces.
- Facilitate connections: Provide opportunities for young people to collaborate with local organisations, decision-makers, and fellow youth advocates.
- Organise workshops and events: Partner with community organisations to host training sessions, co-design labs, and advocacy workshops that support youth participation.
- Promote ongoing engagement: Use the Cities of Learning platform to share success stories, foster collaboration, and encourage sustained efforts to create inclusive participation spaces.
This playlist is part of the European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning cooperation partnership, implemented by four partner organisations:
- System&G, lead partner in Greece
- CODEC, Belgium
- Badgecraft, Lithuania
- System&G, Finland
The EU Erasmus+ programme co-funded this activity.

Activities to complete
Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated