About SALTO Participation & Information

We believe and know that participation should happen everywhere! No decision about young people should be made without their involvement.  Youth participation is and should be an integral part of democratic governance on all levels. But youth participation can also happen outside of youth work, education, policy making and public sector in general. It can and should be promoted in other areas, such as private sector, family life and sport.

We are exploring trends and ways of participation, bring together expertise and organise trainings and events. Why SALTO Participation AND Information? Participation and information are connected as there is no participation without information.

OUR TOPICS:

• Youth Participation
• Media and Information Literacy
• Digital Transformation
• Communication skills

Discover resources like training materials, tutorials, research, articles and videos on these topics designed for youth workers and youth leaders in the Participation Resource Pool. Find inspirational youth (work) project examples here.

WHAT WE DO?

• We share our expertise and experience to strengthen synergies between the European Union’s youth policy, programmes and practitioners.
• We explore and promote best practices. Through sharing stories, we can inspire and encourage more positive action in Europe.
• We publish up-to-date research and strategies on youth participation, create tools and organise trainings. Our purpose is to give young people and youth workers the opportunity to learn, develop and thrive.
• We support the entire network of National Agencies, the European Commission and partners involved in their work.
• We help to ensure the quality and recognition of youth work and youth foster participation, non-formal learning and informal learning for young people.

Read more about our priority areas here.

Since 1 January 2018, after the restructuring of the SALTO network, SALTO PI was founded and has a home in Estonia, hosted by the Estonian National Agency for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps / Estonian Education and Youth Board (Harno). From 2007 till 2017, SALTO Participation RC was hosted by Bureau International Jeunesse (BIJ) in Belgium and SALTO Information RC was hosted by the Swedish National Agency.