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One of I-STEP’s four core areas
Inclusive Participation develops inclusive involvement of people, communities and organisations in shaping what affects them.
Inclusive means creating conditions where people are able not only to take part, but also to influence decisions, shape processes and contribute to meaningful change.
Inclusive Participation strengthens the ability of individuals, communities and organisations to shape the decisions, services and policies that affect their lives.
Consultation that changes nothing is not participation. Inclusive Participation works on involvement that carries weight: how people are brought into decisions about services, programmes and policy; how a community’s own account of a problem reaches the people designing the response; and what has to be true — in time, money and power — for that to be more than a formality.
Community organisations, public authorities, civil society organisations, facilitators and anyone committed to strengthening democratic participation and community engagement.
APPJuventude is a partner in this Porto Metropolitan Area-led project with organisations in Greece and Romania, connecting young people’s priorities with local policy and territorial innovation.
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APPJuventude participated as a partner in this Porto Metropolitan Area-led project, combining youth consultation and digital tools to support youth policies across 17 municipalities.
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Coordinated by APPJuventude. Builds structured youth participation through cooperation between young people, youth workers, municipalities and intermunicipal bodies in Portugal.
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Makes civil society organisations genuinely intergenerational: skills for associative leaders, a collaborative map of inspiring practices and a European community of practice.
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Inclusive sport as youth work for young people with disabilities: a validated methodology, pilots in Portugal and Ukraine, trained practitioners and an open digital toolkit.
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Helps universities turn student belonging into an institutional practice across digital and on-campus life, with an evidence base, an educator toolkit and a shared platform.
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