From Digital Skills to Digital Rights: Repositioning Youth in Digital Democracy
Digital participation should go beyond access and technical skills. The key democratic question is whether young people are meaningfully involved in shaping the rules that govern the digital space.
As a partner in the EYDR – Youth Participation in Digital Democracy project, CCIS contributed to strengthening youth agency in digital democracy across Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Spain. Over two years, the project combined research, capacity building and cross-border cooperation to support young people in moving from digital engagement to policy influence.
Through mapping research, the Youth Digital Democracy Accelerator Programme and international exchanges in Belgrade and Oviedo, the initiative helped translate lived digital experiences into structured democratic participation and policy-relevant advocacy.
EYDR demonstrates that digital transformation must be accompanied by democratic safeguards, rights-based governance and meaningful youth inclusion.
Read the full EYDR Project Summary Report here: