Engaging youth in active citizenship

The idea of this workshop is to inform young people about active citizenship and youth participation and how important is everyone of them to actively contribute through their engagement. 

We are doing it in order to motivate young people to get active 

Envelops and newsprint 

Envelops and newsprint 

The introduction part starts with the icebreaker "Who Am I?" in order to help the participants to build self esteem, an opportunity to know each other better and also to present their views for a concrete chosen topic.                                                                                               

First, write these three questions in a newsprint: 

-Who Am I?                                                                                                                     

 -What am I doing for my community?                                                                         

 -What means active citizenship to me?                                                                                

1. Give all participants 3 small pieces of paper and envelope                                                  

2.Have everyone find a partner, preferably someone they don't know well                                

  3.Each person in the pair then has 45 seconds to answer the first question (facilitator should let group know when 45 seconds is up each time)                                                             

  4.After time is up, have each person write down their first impressions of their partner on one of the pieces of paper and give the paper to their partner. That person then puts the paper into his/her envelope without reading it.                                                                                     

  5.Each person when finds a new partner and repeats the process with the second question and the second piece of paper, then finds new partner and proceeds with third question.          

6. At the end of the activity, have participants go back to their seats and read what other people have written about them.

Active citizenship - in this part the participants have the chance to learn more about active citizenship.                                                                                                                         

  Levels of active citizenship - the participants learn more about the levels of active citizenship.           

Youth participation - young people learn more about the meaning of youth participation and about the Rager Harts Ladder of participation.