“How to encourage youth voter participation in elections? How to build electoral knowledge amongst young first-time voters? What is relevant awareness raising measures and how can they bring about change young people’s electoral behaviours?” These are some of the topics that are addressed in “The Vote Outside of the Box” online course developed by the Council of Europe Division of Elections and Civil Society.

With this 6-hour long self-learning course, learners will gain a detailed insight into electoral awareness raising measures and discover more about how to develop a young voter’s profile, how to choose the right type of awareness measure and how to implement them.

The course aims at strengthening the capacity of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) and their stakeholders who wish to develop strategic approaches to raising awareness of electoral processes and building electoral knowledge amongst young people as potential first-time voters.

Beyond Electoral Management Bodies, it may be relevant to other institutions who are interested in these issues, such as Ministries and Agencies responsible for youth policy and other state and non-state actors.

Furthermore, the course focuses on how to develop and plan electoral awareness raising measures targeted at young people, which can be used to help increasing the numbers of young people taking part in elections. The course also focuses on assisting Electoral Management bodies in making strategic decisions and choices about the types of awareness raising measures which are appropriate within their specific context.

The course is based on the Vote Outside of the Box toolkit and is accessible upon registration on the HELP platform.

For further information, please contact us at [email protected].