{"id":392,"date":"2023-03-03T20:17:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:45:22","slug":"how-it-all-began","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/how-it-all-began\/","title":{"rendered":"How it all began"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Youth Democracy Cohort was launched on 15 September 2022 during the European Year of Youth in 2022 as an inclusive platform <\/strong>bringing together governments<\/strong>, civil society <\/strong>and the private sector <\/strong>to advance youth political and civic engagement<\/strong>. Originally, this cohort was designed to take meaningful action toward implementing government commitments from the Summit for Democracy, supported by the European Commission<\/strong> through the Women and Youth in Democracy Engagement (WYDE) initiative. <\/strong>
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The Youth Democracy Cohort (YDC) has since grown beyond the Summit for Democracy, expanding to more than 550 member organisations<\/a><\/strong> and advocating for youth political participation globally<\/strong> via a wide range of impactful activities. In 2025, the YDC received new funding from the Digital Democracy Initiative<\/strong>, to focus specifically on the digital rights of young people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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