Background
Projects should build a bridge between young people and decision-makers with the help of “OPIN”. There are very diverse possibilities and options to initiate eParticipation projects with both online and offline components. For instance: a local council acquires land to create a recreational space for young people. Instead of deciding behind closed doors, the council initiates a participation process to involve young people in the idea collection and decision-making processes. “OPIN” s tools “idea collection” and “mobile polling” would facilitate this. A different example could be a youth organization with a large network of members, who want to prepare a position paper or a working plan. “OPIN” s feature “collaborative text work” would render it possible that members from different areas can work together on the same platform and vote on each paragraph.
Eligibility
- Legally established youth (work) organizations
- Non-governmental organizations targeting young people or
- Public administration of any size and level
- To be registered and working in one of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, Belarus or Kosovo (under the UN Resolution
1244/99).
- The organizations have to be non-profit.
Eligible projects should
- Involve young people in a decision-making process;
- Target young people between 15 and 30 years old;
- Combine online and offline participation;
- Use one or more functionalities of the OPIN platform;
- Be technically feasible with the OPIN software.
Grant size
- 10 project proposals with 10.000 € each to implement youth eParticipation projects using the digital toolbox “OPIN”
Deadline: 31 December 2016