Youth participation in Internet Governance remains a priority in the Youth for Democracy programme which emphasises the development of competences of young people for influencing decision-making processes in respect to e-forms of youth participation and promotion of human rights online.

Every year the Council of Europe Youth Department sends a Youth Delegation to make sure young people also have a voice in the debate. Our current delegation in EuroDIG consists of more than a dozen youth leaders and experts on Internet Governance and Youth Participation and Human-Rights online. The delegation will, amongst other, contribute to the several programme items, focus on youth participation in internet governance, advocate for youth rights online in addition to being able to network and connect with other experts in the field of Internet Governance.

The European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) is an open multi-stakeholder platform to exchange views about the Internet and how it is governed. EuroDIG was created in 2008 by several organisations, government representatives and experts, and it fosters dialogue and collaboration with the Internet community on public policy for the Internet. The main aim of EuroDIG is to promote the engagement of Europeans in multistakeholder dialogue in order to share their expertise and best practice and, where possible, identify common ground.

This enables EuroDIG to pull together national perspectives and to apply and shape European values and views regarding the Internet. Results from the conference (so called EuroDIG ‘Messages’) are prepared and presented to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is also an annual meeting of stakeholders where the Council of Europe Youth Department is present.