The YouthMetre project aims to empower young people through open data, geospatial data, and geoinformation. It seeks to address barriers that distance youth from policymaking and encourage their participation. YouthMetre will develop innovative approaches using data dashboards, training, and tools to involve youth in decision-making from local to European levels. Open data and geoinformation can rejuvenate democracy and reform institutions by improving transparency and accountability.

1. Open data, geospatial data
and geoinformation to
empower young people
http://www.youthmetre.eu
3 November 2018

2. A world of geographic
information

3. European Youth Strategy
EYS (2010-8) has two main objectives:
•Provide more and equal opportunities for
young people in education and the job
market
•Encourage young people to actively
participate in society

4. Eurobarometer Surveys
• Examined active engagement of youth
Youth increasingly distanced from
policy making and decisions

5. Barriers to participation

6. Forward Looking Project
• identify, test, develop innovative policy
approaches
• potential for mainstreaming …...
• improving education / training systems
• in-depth knowledge on target group(s)
• methods / tools that help policies develop
• conclusions relevant for policy makers

7. YouthMetre Challenge
http://youthmetre.eu/training/
Online resources / training materials - v. soon
Training for Local Authorities - Nov 2017
Training for NGOs - January 2018
MACRO level
MESO level
MiCRO level

8. Young people are
heard
Young people give
their opinion
Views taken into
account
Involved in
decision making
Participatory
Action

9. http://eryica.org/page/principles-online-youth-information

11. Bonney, R., Cooper, C. and Ballard, H., 2016. The theory and practice of Citizen Science:
Launching a new journal. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 1(1).
Finquelievich, S., 2014. From Cultural Consumers to Cultural Prosumers: Citizens’ Co-creation of
Cultural Changes in Information Society. Internet and Socio-Cultural Transformations in Information
Society, p.137.

12. Barriers to participation

13. Structured
Dialogue
Connect
YM to SD?

14. Research & data sets
http://youthmetre.eu/policy-research/

15. 15 Study Groups
http://youthmetre.eu/study-groups/

16. 20 Key Findings
http://youthmetre.eu/policy-research/

17. YouthMetre
Key features:
•a dashboard of European data on Youth
•a database of good practice initiatives
•Crowdmap / cases of proposed initiatives
•a high profile launch event
•training of multipliers
•Final event – showcasing developments

18. http://youthmetre.eu/youthmetre/
Youth Development Index
Based on 87 indicators
Related to youth well-being
NUTS 3 level

19. http://knowto.org/ym/
Data Dashboard

20. Good Practices
http://arcg.is/1TAbmn7

21. http://youthmetre.eu/study-group-surveys/
Crowdmap: Youth ideas

22. http://youthmetre.eu/study-group-surveys/
Crowdmap: LA Practices
How to implement?

23. The GeoCitizen App

24. information
inspiration
interaction
implementation

25. Process:
Orient - Browse
Identify - Collect
Share - Discuss
Propose - Rate
Implement -
Monitor

26. Pilot in Marche region

27. YouthMetre Training
http://youthmetre.eu/training/
Online resources / training materials available
Non formal learning approaches
Training for Youth / Youth Workers – Feb 2017 onwards
Training for Local Authorities - Nov 2017 onwards
Training for NGOs – June 2018 onwards

28. European Commission (2015),
Creating Value Through Open
Data http://tinyurl.com/j6qypoe

29. YouthMetre: What Impact?
(Graham et al., 2015)
• rejuvenating democracy
• reforming corrupt institutions
• holding business and government to
account
• improving the quality of data available
• changing relationships between data
producers, data users and institutions
Graham M, De Sabbata S and Zook MA (2016), Towards a study of information
geographies, Geo, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/geo2.8/abstract

30. YouthMetre Training
http://youthmetre.eu/training/
Online resources / training materials - v. soon
Training for Local Authorities - Nov 2017
Training for NGOs - January 2018
Using Open
Data
Information
Participatory

31. People’s Politics

32. Web: http://www.youthmetre.eu
Newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/YouthMetre1
Email: eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: @youthmetre
Karl Donert: eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk

33. Karl Donert
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
@karldonert
@eurogeography
Karl Donert
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
@karldonert
@eurogeography