{"id":118358,"date":"2022-09-16T03:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=118358"},"modified":"2022-09-16T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T09:25:29","slug":"international-democracy-day-commission-launches-youth-participation-cohort-to-promote-democracy-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/international-democracy-day-commission-launches-youth-participation-cohort-to-promote-democracy-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"International Democracy Day: Commission launches Youth Participation Cohort to promote democracy worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marking the International Day of Democracy and the European Year of Youth, the European Commission launched yesterday the Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort to support young people in promoting democracy locally and globally.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The European Commission is one of the co-leaders of the Cohort along with the governments of Nepal and Ghana, the European Partnership for Democracy, AfricTivistes, and the European Democracy Youth Network. The launch took place at an event gathering together representatives of governments, EU institutions, USAID, civil society organisations, academia, and think tanks.<\/p>\n

Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta\u00a0Urpilainen<\/strong>, said: \u201cThe broad engagement and participation of young people at all levels of policymaking is the engine that drives strong and stable democracies forward. The European Commission is committed to advancing youth democratic participation worldwide, as shown equally by the imminent adoption of our first ever Youth Action Plan for EU external action<\/em>.\u00a0I am proud that we are joined by so many partners in launching together the Youth Participation Cohort<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Discurso sobre el estado de la Uni\u00f3n de 2022 pronunciado por la presidenta Von der Leyen<\/a><\/h4>\n

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A global inter-generational alliance to reimagine democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort is one of several multi-stakeholder platforms that are being launched as\u00a0part of the Year of Action of the Summit for Democracy\u00a0initiated by President of the United States, Joe Biden, in December 2021 and where\u00a0President of the European Commission, Ursula\u00a0von der Leyen<\/strong>, also participated.\u00a0The Cohorts bring together governments, civil society, and private sector \u2013 and their resources, activities and expertise \u2013 to advance good governance and democratic renewal around the world.<\/p>\n

The Youth Political and Civic Engagement Cohort has the following objectives:<\/p>\n