EGov4Youth - Empowering Youth through e-Government: bridging engagement and digital governance

<< Objectives >>Civic participation of marginalized youth is a central issue on policy agendas around the world. Recently, it has become even more important due to the pandemic, which, however, has also encouraged the acceleration of digitization of public services. EGOV4YOUTH intercepts these challenges by creating E-GOV skills and tools for local development aimed at facilitating collaborative youth/PA processes in decision making.<< Implementation >>EGOV4YOUTH creates training for NEET youth in E-GOV focusing on technologies for E-Governance, digital civic participation, open data and transparency, safety and ethics, and resources for local development. In addition, the project activates collaboration between youth and PA in developing E-GOV tools for youth civic participation in decision making and creates long-term alliances between PA, youth associations, research, and the private sector.<< Results >>EGOV4YOUTH delivers: 1 research report on barriers, skill gaps, and innovative solutions in E-GOV; 1 training program targeting NEET youth (prioritized highly skilled aged 24/29, i.e., at higher risk of exclusion); 1 MOOC and 1 dialogue platform for decision making between youth and PA, co-developed by youth and institutions; 1 permanent network mechanism for bottom-up co-design of youth-driven local development policies.