Nearly two in five people are less than 25 years old, but young people are often underrepresented in government (UN, 2024). As the most challenging policy issues of our time accelerate — from climate change, to technology’s impact on well-being, to violent conflict — how do we find solutions to the crisis of representation?
The answer: Experiments by governments and schools around the world that are imagining novel models of deliberation, collaboration, and decision-making, like youth legislative theater and school participatory budgeting.
Join our webinar, Laboratories of Democracy: Global Innovations in School and Youth Participation, where we’ll explore case studies, best practices, and new resources for engaging children and youth in the decisions that will shape their present and future. We will draw on the experiences of experts in school and youth participation from the global People Powered community, as well as government reformers who recently participated in the Inclusive Democracy Accelerator.
📅 Date: November 25
⏰ Time: 9–10:30 am ET / 2–3:30 pm UTC
📍 Location: Zoom
Speakers include:
Christiane Arrivillaga, Participation Specialist, Coglobal, Spain
Emilly Espildora, Researcher, Social Knowledge Network, Brazil
Sanskriti Menon, Senior Programme Director, Centre for Environment Education, India
Santiago Barrail, Policy Officer, European Partnership for Democracy, Belgium
Nikhil Kumar, Resource Manager, People Powered, United States (Moderator)
Why join the webinar?
Engage with regional experts and case studies from Spain, Brazil, and India.
Explore key strategies for engaging children and youth in collective decision-making.
Learn about research findings on the impacts of school participation.
Discover new resources and capacity-building support to put school and youth participation into practice, including new Participation Playbook tracks, impact data, a collection of practical materials, and online resource.
Register early and share your questions to shape our discussion:
Photo credits to CEE and Coglobal