From Training to Policy Impact!

After building skills through the Digital Democracy Workshop Series and the mobilities in Belgrade and Oviedo, the CCIS Youth Research Group is now deeply engaged in youth-led advocacy in Albania.

Since May, the team Kora, Hiselda, Edmirjano, Mirsa, and Sindi has been working intensively with their CCIS mentors, Nevila and Holta, in dedicated working sessions. Together, they are shaping their very first policy paper: from defining the research questions, to drafting the methodology, to gathering responses from youth peers.

This is not just about research it’s about turning youth insights into concrete policy recommendations for safer and more inclusive youth participation in digital democracy.

Their next step? Finalizing the policy paper and together with the other youth groups are launching a social media campaign designed by their peers to spread the findings far and wide.

Part of the Erasmus+ Project “Youth Participation in Digital Democracy”, CCIS is proud to mentor this team of dedicated young researchers whose voices will help shape Albania’s digital future.

Stay tuned—the journey from research to policy action is well underway!

DISCLAIMER: The Youth Digital Democracy Accelerator Program is part of Youth Participation in Digital Democracy: From Digital Skills to Digital Rights of Youth with Fewer Opportunities (EYDR) project and aims to strengthen the capacities of Albanian and Montenegrin youth to meaningfully engage in digital activism through an approach that balances protection and digital participation.

EYDR is funded by the Erasmus Capacity Building in the Field of Youth of the European Union and is implemented under the leadership of SCiDEV in partnership with UZOR, Beogradski centar za ljudska prava, Asociación Youropia, Centre for Comparative International Studies, Erasmus Student Network in Albania, National Youth Agency in Albania, and SHARE Foundation.