...Youth participation is the involving of Youth in responsible, challenging action that meets genuine needs, with opportunities for Planning and/or Decision-making affecting others in an activity whose impact or consequence is extended to others— i.e., outside or beyond the youth participants themselves. Other desirable features of youth participation are provision for Critical Reflection on the participatory activity and the opportunity for group effort toward a common goal.

Meaningful youth participation involves recognizing and nurturing the strengths, interests, and abilities of Young People through the provision of real opportunities for youth to become involved in decisions that affect them at individual and Systemic levels.

• Youth Councils


• Participatory Action Research


• Collegiate Forum


• youth as members of boards of directors

• Collegiate Forum, the first international student policy center


• The Podium: A Collegiate Journal, where tomorrow's leaders speak today


• The Wellspring , a web log about youth affairs opportunities in Australia and at the United Nations (UN).

• Youth Voice


• Youth Empowerment


• Community Youth Development


• Youth Movements