On 5th and 6th October YEE participated in the second project meeting of STEP, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting focused on discussions around the seven Work Packages on which the project is built, including achievements so far and planned actions. Partners also participated in a workshop on the project's pilot cases in Crete, Italy, Spain and Turkey, in which they shared opinions on the current situation in the areas and suggested possible solutions.

Presentations tackled topics such as project management, data analysis of research methods (interviews were conducted with young people and policy-makers in the pilot areas), youth participation, technical integration of the eParticipation platform, engagement and motivation strategies, dissemination, exploitation of results and market analysis. The project's partners discussed on what has been done already, proposed solutions and agreed on the next steps of the project.

STEP aims to develop and test an eParticipation cloud platform, which will promote the societal and political participation of young people in the decision-making processes on environmental issues. YEE will contribute to the identification of users' needs, the strategies for youth involvement in environmental issues and the dissemination of the project and the platform.

Find out more information about the project on YEE website or on STEP official website