Consortium of the Civic Debate Club project was working jointly to achieve the aim that was set in the project application. All the project results were finalized, moreover, said awareness has been increased among participants of the focus groups and multiplier events who also already gained new knowledge that is important for their participation in public life. We reduced barriers which hindered young citizens in active participation in local governance, EU democratic processes, dis-enfranchisement, and cause exclusion of youths with fewer opportunities and social obstacles. The project promoted young people’s active citizenship and social responsibility in their local communities with the Civic Debate Club initiative and specifically created instructions on how to create groups (committees) and how to choose topics that were most relevant to their community. The project fostered mutual understanding through inclusivity, constructive engagement, and networking, encouraged youth participation and advocacy via practical application of digital youth work strategies, raised awareness of active citizenship and civic responsibility within the youth work sector and to policy makers and funders nationally.
In the recent decades, there was a decline in the level of civic and political engagement of young people across Europe and all over the world. The education (both formal and non-formal) that young people received was critical. If youth workers enabled young people to raise ethical, social, civic, and political issues, allowed them to discuss controversial topics, encouraged them to express their own opinions and to listen to one another in order to explore a variety of different perspectives, youth tended to acquire higher levels of political interest, trust, and knowledge, which in turn boosted the likelihood of them voting in the future. It was also beneficial for their engagement if youth organizations themselves operated on democratic principles and provided opportunities for young people to contribute to formal decision-making, for example, through youth councils and youth representation in working groups. Through implementation of this project, our project consortium promoted quality youth work and suggested some new ways to enhance the quality of programs and initiatives aimed at young people.