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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · 10d

🎓 Our Zenodo community is now live! A growing open space where you can explore the project’s research outputs and insights through the #deliverables!

Visit it here: shorturl.at/A2ThX

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rorosoro.bsky.social @rorosoro.bsky.social · Sep 25

Have been excited to work with colleagues @eui-eu.bsky.social school of transnational governance to compile these initial seeds of democratic innovation and the talents of WeDo (Barcelona) who created the beautiful card deck. These are a key part of our new co-creation workflow launching soon!

YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 25

🌱 Let’s talk about the #Seeds of democracy!
1️⃣ Problem-based ad hoc Citizens’ Assembly... It may sound complex, but it’s quite simple!

A temporary group of everyday people, randomly selected, who meet to learn, deliberate and propose solutions to a specific challenge.

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 25

✨ Why is it innovative? It goes beyond voting/consultations! People get time, resources and balanced info to co-create recommendations: bringing diversity, fresh perspectives and trust.

🇪🇺👉 Explore all the democratic innovation here: shorturl.at/5l1Si

YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 25

🌱 Let’s talk about the #Seeds of democracy!
1️⃣ Problem-based ad hoc Citizens’ Assembly... It may sound complex, but it’s quite simple!

A temporary group of everyday people, randomly selected, who meet to learn, deliberate and propose solutions to a specific challenge.

🧵👇

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 15

🌍 Today is the #InternationalDayofDemocracy: a moment to celebrate, reflect, and keep pushing democratic innovation!

We mark this day by closing an important moment: the refinement of our #RegionalWorkshops: shaping a methodology that makes youth voices central in imagining the #FutureOfDemocracy

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 10

🇫🇷 Un workshop vibrant à Paris pour imaginer la démocratie de 2040!

Young participants from across Northern Europe joined the #RegionalWorkshop, bringing ideas & energy that make the YouthDecide 2040 journey grow bigger every step.

💥 Merci beaucoup, équipe!

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌱 Big democratic impact grows from small seeds! The #DemocraticInnovations or seeds help you in the process of imagining a better 2040!

In #YouthDecide2040 workshops, these #Seeds inspire new ways to strengthen democracy locally & beyond!

🌐 👉 Explore them here: shorturl.at/5l1Si

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 4

The #Journey to 2040 continues:

Paris 🇫🇷 6–7 Sept 2025
Oslo 🇳🇴 11–12 Sept 2025

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 4

Back in 2003, sociologist Barbara Misztal remind us in Memory and Democracy' that democratic life depends not on memory itself, but on how the past is recalled and made meaningful in the present. This insight shapes how we weave memories into visions for the future in YouthDecide 2040. 📚

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Sep 4

What’s your first memory of democracy❓

At #YouthDecide2040 we start our workshops with this simple but powerful question. Memories of family, elections or even silence become seeds for rethinking what democracy means today and what it could mean tomorrow... 🌱

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Aug 29

👩‍🎨 The Journey to 2040 makes the invisible visible: not just outcomes, but the process of creating, testing & living YouthDecide 2040! 👉🎨 Today we share a glimpse of this story: small artistic expressions!

Next #RegionalWorkshops stops:
Paris 🇫🇷 (6–7 Sept)
Oslo 🇳🇴 (11–12 Sept).

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Aug 1

☀️ Even on holiday, #DemocracyMatters! Tune into the #CommunicatingDemocracy podcast 🎧

Evi Kiorri talks with Anna Przybylska about trust & digital participation.

Perfect for a beach walk or train ride.

🎧 Listen → shorturl.at/Ng3sg

Digital platforms of public participation - a deliberative democracy or a delusion? | Ausha

About the podcast The EuroPCom podcast series on public communication is produced by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in close cooperation with the EuroPCom partners. Host: Evi Kiorri, Jo...

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Jul 25

🔥 A record-breaking summer. Climate disasters are rising, and so is authoritarianism...

Can democracy survive the #ClimateCrisis? Or could it emerge stronger?

We bet on #youth and democratic renewal!

🔗 Read the full post at #YouthDecide2040's LinkedIn:→ www.linkedin.com/posts/youthd...

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · May 23

The #YouthDecide2040 consortium met in Florence for our first GA!

✨ Lessons learned from the Creative Retreat, mapping the next steps, shaping stakeholder engagement strategies, and documenting the life of the project as it unfolds!

Next stop? #RegionalWorkshops across #Europe❗❗

YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · May 21

🔍 The YouthDecide 2040 journey begins now! We’re planting the first seeds of what’s next:

✨ Reflections on the futures we want
🤝 Designing tools for Europe’s democratic futures
🌍 #RegionalWorkshops coming soon!

Ready to join the #journey?

#YouthDecide2040 #DemocracyFutures #CreativeRetreat

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · May 9

🇪🇺 75 years after the #SchumanDeclaration, we’re still shaping the future of democracy — and this time, young people are at the heart of it. Now more than ever: #HappyEuropeDay!

👉 Regional workshops now open – join the #OpenCall:
🔗 app.smartsheet.eu/b/form/f5469dc13f3b49d5adf831b1f23cc115

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · Apr 15

🗣️What if the future of democracy had your voice baked into it?

Are you a European resident over 18? This call is for you! hashtag #YouthDecide2040 is your chance to co-create a vision of European democracy that feels like yours.

✈️ Travel & accommodation covered!
Apply now! lnkd.in/eN2bjHQ2

YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 2

📣 Youth Decide 2040 is looking for participants to join our regional workshops and co-create the future of European democracy!

Be part of an immersive workshop where diverse voices come together to imagine and shape resilient, thriving European democracies.

Who can apply? ⤵️

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European Partnership for Democracy @epd.eu · Apr 17

#Programmes 🧩

💭 What democracy do we want for 2040? The answer to this question cannot but include #youth!

📢 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social is looking for participants for regional workshops to think and co-design the future of European #democracy.

Have a look below! ⬇️

YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 2

📣 Youth Decide 2040 is looking for participants to join our regional workshops and co-create the future of European democracy!

Be part of an immersive workshop where diverse voices come together to imagine and shape resilient, thriving European democracies.

Who can apply? ⤵️

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 7

Anna-Kate Blackwell enriches the @youthdecide2040.bsky.social project consortium by contributing her expertise in organisation engagement and #UK, #EU and international youth #policy.

🌐 To learn more about the European Youth Forum visit www.youthforum.org

Representing Europe’s youth | European Youth Forum

We are the voice of young people in Europe, standing up for their rights and striving for societies where young people are empowered and are encouraged to achieve their fullest potential as global cit...

www.youthforum.org

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 7

The European Youth Forum is the biggest platform of youth organisations in Europe and works to empower young people to participate actively in #society to improve their own lives and advocate for their rights.

They promote youth #participation, making young people catalysts for positive change ⤵️

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 7

💬 YouthDecide 2040 consortium comprises 11 partners with research expertise in areas of democracy research, foresight, participatory deliberation, co-creation, and strategy development.

📌 Today we showcase our partner the @youthforum.bsky.social ⤵️

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 3

🔗 For more info and to apply, visit www.youthdecide2040.eu

The call for applications will remain open through the month of May 2025.

📑 YouthDecide2040 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement nº 101177438.

Youth Decide |

www.youthdecide2040.eu

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 3

Workshops will take place in:

📍 Central/Eastern Europe – June 2025
📍 Southern Europe – July 2025
📍 Western Europe – September 2025
📍 Northern Europe – September 2025
📍 ‘Future’ Europe – June 2025

✈️ Travel & accommodation covered for selected participants.

Fill the application form 📄 ⤵️

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 3

🧭 The wider, the better

Are you a European resident over 18? This call is for you!

We're fostering intergenerational discussions on the future of European democracy, centring youth voices (18-34).

🗺️ Where will the workshops be held?

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YOUTH DECIDE 2040 @youthdecide2040.bsky.social · Apr 2

📣 Youth Decide 2040 is looking for participants to join our regional workshops and co-create the future of European democracy!

Be part of an immersive workshop where diverse voices come together to imagine and shape resilient, thriving European democracies.

Who can apply? ⤵️

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