Believing that democracy must be lived, not just taught, the Council of Europe invests in making youth participation at every level of governance in its member States a reality. Youth representatives advise on election integrity, civic education, digital participation, develop deliberative democracy initiatives and work on both revitalising and innovating democracy in member States and the Council of Europe itself.

 The Council promotes youth voting, critical engagement, and civic responsibility, supporting young Europeans to be informed, passionate and agents of their own democratic presents and futures.