The workshop on youth participation and social media

2-4 July 2013, Hammamet (Tunisia)

The workshop on youth participation and social media that brought together 25 participants looked at effective ways of using the potential of social media for youth participation in society nowadays.

Building on the needs assessment done with youth organisations and youth led civil society movements during the last year, this workshop explored both, the added value and the existing constraints of social media use for active youth participation as a means to develop and consolidate inclusive, participatory and pluralistic democracies.

Among the themes tackled during the workshop were: the impact of social media on youth participation, the exchange on relevant tools and practices and the awareness raising on media diversity and ethics.

As an outcome of the workshop, guidelines for the efficient use of social media by youth and civil society organisations were proposed. The workshop was  covered instantaneously via social media.

The facebook page of the event is : http://www.facebook.com/YPSMedia

• Guidebook on social media and youth participation
• Report
• Program of the workshop
• List of participants

Presentations :

• Ethics in social media and youth participation :
  • Input on Social Media & Privacy (Silvio Heinze, Social Media expert)
• Youth participation and social media from a research point of view
  • Input by Robert Thomson, PEYR,
  • Input by Sofia Laine, Finnish Youth Research Network,
  • Input by Badi Melki, Institut of Applied Science in Humanities, Tunis University)

Further information on the workshop and the 1st Mediterreanean University on Youth and Global Citizenship that included this event, can be found here:

More information about the Mediterranean University on Youth and Global Citizenship