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Youth Participation YOUDEX Youth Democratic Experiences YOUDEX will engage young Europeans who have practised democracy, since the early stages, in different spheres of their lives, such as their families, schools and local communities. The project will co-create with them a safe digital space for them to share their personal stories and experiences of being active […]

Reimagining Education through Children’s Rights

Online Conference 20th November Free registrations will open soon https://quest-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/background-video.mp4 More than thirty-five years after the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), children’s rights are firmly established in international law and increasingly present in education policies and discourse. Yet their translation into the everyday life of schools remains […]

Experiencing Democracy in the Classroom

Experiencing Democracy in the Classroom I 28th July, 2026 I Online Agenda coming soon! Member Forums are spaces where our community comes together to exchange ideas and share successful educational practices, as well as discuss challenges related to different educational topics. This year’s theme focuses on democratic education and how schools put democratic values into practice […]

Rescuing play: why schools should take it seriously

Too often, for adults, teachers, risk-averse institutions and school systems, play appears as something problematic: risky, unproductive, difficult to manage and almost impossible to measure. The article challenges this view by pointing to the increasingly pernicious marginalisation of play and to the risks this represents for children and for society more broadly.

Inclusive Education Across Our Community

This year’s Inclusion Member Forum theme focuses on inclusive pedagogies which have proved to better support students from non-dominant socioeconomic backgrounds, and aims to enrich our understanding of inclusive education practices and challenges across our community.

Nothing about the Planet’s Future without youth

For the last two years, we worked with young people across 5 European countries who are living through the reality of the socio-ecological crisis.
Using Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR), they took a deep dive into the emotions that come when their lives and futures are taken out of their hands, and figured out how to turn this into collective action and empowerement.

YOUDEX Zine

Welcome to the YOUDEX Digital Zine, a collaborative space where young people from across Europe share their stories in participating in our democratic society.