This handbook explores how cities can make digital youth participation more meaningful by recognising young people as partners in urban governance. Young people are already actively shaping their cities through community organising, volunteering, cultural activities, mutual aid, and digital networks, yet formal participation often gives them limited influence over decisions that affect their lives. The…
This document presents YUP citizen scientists’ journeys through Global Youth Exchange (GYE), a five-day international workshop held in Kuala Lumpur as part of the YUP Project. Bringing together sixteen young citizen scientists from Solo and Denpasar (Indonesia) and Bar Elias and El Mina (Lebanon), this exchange strengthened the citizen scientists’ capacities as co-researchers and co-producers…
This compilation of reports outline the processes and outcomes of the City Fora, a series of multi-cities forums and activities designed to present, consolidate, and discuss the core research findings generated by Work Package 1 (WP1) of the YUP project. The City Fora is a milestone within Work Package 2 (WP2) of the YUP project…
This report presents findings from the first phase of the Co-producing Digital Platforms for Youth Inclusive Urban Governance (YUP) Project, which has explored how young people (aged 10-24) in Surakarta (Solo) and Denpasar in Indonesia, and Bar Elias and El Mina in Lebanon take action in their cities, and the barriers and supportive factors they…
This report presents findings from the first phase of the Co-Producing Digital Platforms for Youth Inclusive Urban Governance (YUP) Project, which has explored how young people (aged 10-24) in Surakarta (Solo) and Denpasar in Indonesia, and Bar Elias and El Mina in Lebanon take action in their cities, and the barriers and supportive factors they…
By Rawiyah Salma Young people today are born as so-called digital and technology natives. Digital media not only serves as a source of entertainment in their daily lives, but also acts as a medium for youth participation in city activities, reflecting modern forms of civic engagement. However, despite the advantages of digital media, can it also…
By Rawiyah SalmaHow do young people take action on what matters to them? What factors encourage them? What challenges do they face? Continuing the survey story series, this section explores how young people in four cities take action on issues they care about in their communities. Let’s meet Putri. Putri is a 17-year-old from Solo, currently…
By Rawiyah Salma, Asri Septarizky How was the YUP survey taken and who was involved? In this post, we will present a snapshot of our respondents’ backgrounds before delving further into how they participate in the cities. From June to August 2024, we reached out to 4,248 young individuals aged 10–24 who are living, working, studying,…
The YUP project is now in an exciting new phase of co-learning, knowledge exchange and the co-production of digital tools. In the coming months this will involve the undertaking of one city-wide forum in each of the case study cities with the participation of young people and city stakeholders (including municipal government actors or those…