{"id":10046,"date":"2026-02-18T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/?p=10046"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:30:21","slug":"from-participation-to-influence-strengthening-youth-agency-in-digital-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/en\/from-participation-to-influence-strengthening-youth-agency-in-digital-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"From Participation to Influence: Strengthening Youth Agency in Digital Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital participation is often reduced to access and technical skills. Yet the real democratic question is different: <\/span><b>who shapes the rules of digital space, and are young people meaningfully part of that conversation?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past two years, an international partnership of organizations from the Western Balkans and the EU, coordinated by SCiDEV, implemented the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Youth project <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Participation in Digital Democracy: From Digital Skills to Digital Rights of Youth with Fewer Opportunities\u201d (EYDR)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together with partners from Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Spain, EYDR worked to move youth engagement beyond digital literacy towards structured participation in digital democracy and rights-based governance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Reframing Youth Participation in the Digital Sphere<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EYDR began from a shared recognition: young people are among the most active digital users, yet their participation rarely translates into influence over digital policy, platform governance, cybersecurity debates, or AI regulation. In many Western Balkan contexts, digital transformation has advanced faster than democratic safeguards and inclusive participation mechanisms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address this gap, the project combined research, capacity building, cross-border exchange, youth-led production, and policy dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two national Mapping Reports in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mapping-Digital-Democracy-Albania.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mapping-Montenegro.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Montenegro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provided evidence-based assessments of how young people participate in digital democracy, where systemic barriers exist, and which policy opportunities remain underused. These reports informed not only research outputs, but also the design of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/eydr-partners-launch-youth-digital-democracy-accelerator-programme\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Digital Democracy Accelerator Programme<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and structured discussions with public institutions, civil society, and media actors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Building Capacity That Translates into Agency<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the centre of the project stood the Youth Digital Democracy Accelerator Programme \u2014 a structured, mentored pathway supporting young people to translate lived digital realities into democratic participation and policy-relevant advocacy. The programme strengthened three interconnected capacities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">understanding of digital rights (privacy, safety, expression, accountability);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">critical engagement with digital power (platform logics, information ecosystems, risks and harms);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">policy-facing communication (translating evidence and youth experience into positions institutions can engage with).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within this framework, youth workers and young participants engaged in a structured process of learning, mentoring, and applied policy work. The programme resulted in youth-led awareness campaigns, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=URuMqtjEQ6o\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podcasts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/news\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">op-eds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced with young participants, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scidevcenter.org\/2025\/10\/27\/eydr-launch-of-youth-policy-briefs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">policy briefs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> addressing safe digital spaces, online participation, artificial intelligence, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/ctrl-participation-how-montenegrin-youth-reimagined-digital-democracy\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on the mentoring process,<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Milica Mutavd\u017ei\u0107 from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights highlighted the strong motivation and creativity of the Montenegrin youth team throughout the development of their digital democracy campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two international mobilities in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/youth-digital-democracy-accelerator-programme-mobility-in-belgrade\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgrade<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eydr.scidevcenter.org\/youth-digital-democracy-accelerator-programme-mobility-in-oviedo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oviedo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> strengthened the European dimension of the project, enabling comparative reflection between Western Balkan accession countries and an EU Member State. This<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/en\/bchr-at-the-eydr-final-conference-in-tirana\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> transnational cooperation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allowed participants to situate local digital challenges within broader European debates on democracy, rights, and governance.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-10036 media-10036\" class=\"align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trening.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the youth involved, the impact was tangible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajla Mansi reflects:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThrough EYDR, I worked on writing a policy paper, which gave me a practical look into research, teamwork, and how ideas turn into real policy discussions. It was a really interesting approach that helped me gain a broader view on things.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uestli Guci describes the experience as transformative:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeing part of the EYDR Oviedo mobility was a turning point for me in terms of professional development. Working together as equals from the Balkans on AI in fact-checking not only taught me advanced research techniques, but also introduced me to young changemakers dedicated to digital rights. Collaborating with Ajla Mansi exemplified the intersection where technical expertise meets policy impact.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xhorxhia Behaj highlights the intersection of technology and rights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEYDR helped me better understand the challenges of cybersecurity in Albania and the factors behind cyberbullying. Participating in the mobility in Belgrade showed me the importance of digital tools and activism for society. I finalized my EYDR journey with a policy paper on tech-facilitated gender-based violence, connecting technology with human rights.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These reflections illustrate a core outcome of the project: <\/span><b>not only increased knowledge, but strengthened agency and policy confidence among youth participants.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Institutional Strengthening and Policy Dialogue<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond individual development, EYDR strengthened cooperation among partner organizations across Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Spain. Peer-to-peer mentoring, joint methodology development and coordinated implementation established a durable foundation for continued collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structured engagement with institutions such as the State Minister for Youth and Children in Albania, the National Youth Agency, and the National Authority for Cyber Security contributed to more informed and youth-inclusive dialogue on digital rights and democratic participation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across these strands, EYDR reinforced youth and organizational capacity and supported a more evidence-informed, rights-based framing in national conversations on digital democracy \u2014 linking youth experience, research findings, and policy dialogue in ways that can be carried forward beyond the project cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Continuity Within the Consortium\u2019s Strategic Work<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For consortium partners, EYDR sits at the intersection of ongoing work on digitalization and democracy: democratic oversight of digital transformation, protection of digital rights, accountable technology governance, resilience to digital harms, and inclusive participation in policy processes shaping public life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EYDR strengthened this agenda by generating research-based insights and youth-informed perspectives, and by broadening the constituency engaged in digital rights dialogue, bringing young people, particularly those with fewer opportunities, into spaces often dominated by institutional or technical actors.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-10038 media-10038\" class=\"align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UVODNA-FOTKA-VEST-ERAZMUS.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Conclusion: From Youth Voice to Youth Influence<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital democracy is not built through visibility alone, but through rights, accountability and inclusion, and through the ability of communities to engage institutions with credible arguments, evidence and lived experience. Over two years, EYDR demonstrated what becomes possible when research, participatory capacity-building and cross-border cooperation are combined: youth participation can move from engagement to influence, from content creation to policy contribution, and from isolated initiatives to sustained democratic practice. The project reinforces a guiding principle: digital transformation must be accompanied by democratic safeguards and rights-based governance. Young people already shape the digital public sphere daily; enabling them to shape the rules that govern it is both a democratic necessity and an investment in resilient institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The EYDR Project Summary Report is available <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EYDR-Project-Summary-Report_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgcentar.org.rs\/en\/projekti\/youth-participation-in-digital-democracy-from-digital-skills-to-digital-rights-of-youth-with-fewer-opportunities-in-the-western-balkans-eydr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EYDR <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was funded by the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Youth programme of the European Union and implemented from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2025, coordinated by SCiDEV in partnership with UZOR, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Asociaci\u00f3n Youropia, Centre for Comparative and International Studies, Erasmus Student Network Tirana, National Youth Agency (Albania), and SHARE Foundation.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital participation is often reduced to access and technical skills. 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