Consultations

So what is HuWY?

The HuWY (Hub Websites for Youth participation) project aims to support young people's eParticipation in policies about the Internet and its governance, through a distributed discussion.

 HuWY partners provide information, support and organise influential audiences for young people's suggestions. The hub websites hold supporting information and structured space for results and feedback from policy-makers. Young people choose the topics and questions, host the discussions on their web pages and post the results on the Hubs.

The HuWY project aims to pilot an effective way for young people to be involved in decision-making and to pilot a model of distributed discussions, which could be used by people of various ages, focused on a range of topics.

The main project objectives are:

1. Encourage young European citizens to be active within the EU democracy
2. Involve young people in policy developments related to the Internet and its governance
3. Support positive Internet use and to foster initiatives to agree on Internet policies
4. Advance eParticipation as tool of future citizen involvement tool
5. Pilot distributed discussion model

Current consultations include:

• Creating young person friendly version of Juvenille Justice rules
• Transfer 2010 from primary to post primary education (11 plus debate)
• A listening/scoping exercise to see the value in older people and younger people working together (intergenerational work)

If you are interested in getting involved in these consultations, please contact Leighann McConville on 028 9033 1990 or email leighann.mcconville@niyf.org

Recently completed consultations

• What we want: A consultation on the priorites for youth
• Network for youth

 Our reports on these consultations are available in the publications section