Who we are
Areas of work
YOUDEX
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 participants in democratic societies.
Duration
01 mar 2025 – 31 may 2026
15 months
Contact
QUEST · info@quest-eu.org
Flovira · stijn@flovira.be
EUDEC · info@eudec.org
Call
Erasmus+ · KA210-YOU
Project: BE05-KA210-YOU-000273959
Target
Young people aged 14–25 with everyday experiences of democracy in families, democratic schools and civic spaces.
A space for young voices
YOUDEX’s general objective is to provide youth with tools and spaces to collect and share lived experiences of democracy, empowering peers to learn, enjoy and enforce their participation rights in democratic societies.
Collect and share hands-on experiences of EU youth active-citizenship
Support youth to communicate their democratic experiences, with training on digital-storytelling & changemaking
Empower youth with tools to understand their rights in family, schools and societal settings
Connect young Europeans with diverse backgrounds & experiences of lived-democracy
Foster safe, accessible digital spaces for youth to express themselves and exercise participation rights
Promote a pluralistic approach to democracy that reflects youth interests and specific characteristics
Explore our work
01 Speak up
This activity will equip young people with tools and guidance to develop oral storytelling skills through digital media, such as podcasts and interviews. It aims to strengthen their capacity to communicate personal and collective narratives in meaningful and creative ways.
YOUDEX Toolkit
Open resource
02 Youth in Action
In this phase, young participants will take the lead in co-creating the project’s podcast. They will decide on the topics they wish to explore and begin collecting testimonies from their peers, fostering a participatory and youth-led content creation process.
Lien and Tim’s Story
Open resource 
Denis Anahis and Frida’s story
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Bo and Rada’s story
Open resource 
Pierre’s story
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Brophy’s story
Open resource 
Krysia’s Story
Open resource 
Noemie’s Story
Open resource
03 Hear me Out
This activity will take place during the IDEC@EUDEC conference in August, an international gathering of approximately 800 advocates for children’s rights. The YOUDEX youth will participate in creative workshops and share their experiences through various artistic expressions, including drawing, photography, and crafts.
Aine’s Interview
Open resource 
Disco’s Interview
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Iris’s Interview
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Mali and Piet’s Interview
Open resource 
Ishaan’s Interview
Open resource 
Paula’s Interview
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Friedrich and Frida’s Interview
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Ijsbrand’s Interview
Open resource 
Princess and Mary’s Interview
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Kalin’s Interview
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Tymoteusz’s Interview
Open resource 
Pavel’s Interview
Open resource
Noemie’s Story
Open resource
04 Read me loud
As the final output of the project, a collection of all the stories and creative productions will be published in the form of digital zines. These will be disseminated through online platforms to amplify youth voices and perspectives on democracy.
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.
Open resource
In collaboration with
Flovira
Belgium
EUDEC
Germany
QUEST
Belgium
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Cala Wioska School
Cala Wioska School
Biography coming soon.
Creating a Safe, Inclusive and Supportive Classroom
Sehlim Charles
Biography coming soon.
Young Children’s Voices in Educational Decision-Making: Power and Participation in Disadvantaged Preschool Classrooms
Duygu Yalman Polatlar
Duygu Yalman Polatlar is an Assistant Professor at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, Türkiye. Her research focuses on early childhood education, children’s literature, children’s rights, and children’s participation.
Alperen Avcı
Alperen Avcı is a lecturer at Muş Alparslan University, Türkiye, and a PhD candidate in Preschool Education at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University.
Rights-based Participation of Children with Special Educational Needs in Educational Decision-Making
Lenka Mazáková
Lenka Mazakova is a co-founder of the Slobodna skola. She specializes in inclusive educational practices for students with diverse needs and behavioural challenges in democratic school environments.
From Participation to Practice: How Evidence-Based Wellbeing and Equity-Focused Leadership Can Shift Power Towards Children’s Voices in Education
Geetika Goyal
Biography coming soon.
Jayne Carter
Biography coming soon.
Reimagining Educational Research Through Children’s Participation: Insights from Transdisciplinary and Participatory Approaches
Sarah Zerika
Sarah Zerika holds a PhD in Educational Sciences and is a Substitute Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Geneva’s Centre for Children’s Rights Studies. Her research focuses on children’s rights and participation in education, school climate, transdisciplinary approaches, and the ethics of research involving children.
Johanna Zelck
Johanna Zelck is a research and teaching assistant at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Her doctoral research focuses on children’s interpretation and negotiations of the generational order and adultism.
Maude Louviot
Biography coming soon.
From Consultation to Co-Creation: Child Leadership in Practice in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia
Nejira Pasic
Nejira Pašić is the Children’s Rights Project Lead for Southeast Europe at the Global Campus of Human Rights, where she leads children’s rights mainstreaming and programming, including the Child Leadership Team and Youth Advisory Group. She is also a Lecturer at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, teaching research methods, public policy and human rights.