The paper maps the field of e-participation and related activities, as well as its relationships with other governance concepts. Areas of recent development in terms of e-participation applications are briefly reviewed. The paper selectively highlights conclusions from the literature on different participation tools, as well as a list of key problematic areas for policymakers.
Earth Activist Training is taking our mission online to build a resilient community as well as share, educate, and organize around the abundance of solutions permaculture can provide us now. Our mission is threefold: To bring the knowledge and resources of regenerative ecological design to communities with the greatest needs and fewest resources. To teach visionary, practical solutions and personal sustainability to social change activists, and to teach practical skills, organizing, and activism to visionaries. To provide a community platform that empowers cross-pollination and connection between regenerative political, environmental, and spiritual movements.
The Youth Participation Strategy aims at enhancing youth participation in democratic life through the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes. Young people are increasingly now involved in ‘alternative forms’ of participation, including youth activism, community volunteering, online activism or youth social movements such as the climate activism movement.
The project aims to develop the Third Mission of universities into social engagement. The path involves the construction of a set of tools and specific knowledge addressing both HEI lecturers/trainers and students.
