Youth for Participatory and Localized Action in Neighborhoods
About the project
Across Europe, cities are evolving rapidly but youth voices remain underrepresented in shaping their future. As urbanization accelerates, challenges such as social inequality, environmental degradation, and weak governance call for inclusive and innovative solutions.
Despite their creativity and stake in the future, young people are often excluded from formal urban planning and decision-making. This disconnect limits the potential for cities to grow in ways that reflect the real needs and experiences of younger generations.
Y-PLAN is an Erasmus+ project (Sep 25-Aug 27) that aims to empower youth as active agents in urban planning by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and tools to meaningfully participate in decision-making processes shaping their communities in Cyprus, Greece, Serbia, and Belgium.
Y-PLAN project will:
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Build youth competencies in GIS mapping, data visualization, and participatory design.
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Foster youth-led neighborhood planning with local authorities and stakeholders.
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Create a digital and physical urban archive to support evidence-based advocacy.
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Enable youth to express community needs and visualize proposals.
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Support small-scale tactical urbanism interventions as proof of concept.
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Develop an online guidebook with methods and best practices for replication.
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Disseminate outcomes through workshops, events, and stakeholder engagement.
In this way, Y-PLAN project shaping a new generation of youth-led, community-driven cities where voices are heard, ideas are visualized, and change starts locally.
