The step project: societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues

Maria Vogiatzi; Christodoulos Keratidis; Manos Schinas; Sotiris Diplaris; Serdar Yümlü; Paula Forbes; Symeon Papadopoulos; Panagiota Syropoulou; Lazaros Apostolidis; Ioannis Kompatsiaris; Machi Symeonidou

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70284-1_12

The step project: societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues

Maria Vogiatzi^*, Christodoulos Keratidis, Manos Schinas, Sotiris Diplaris, Serdar Yümlü, Paula Forbes, Symeon Papadopoulos, Panagiota Syropoulou, Lazaros Apostolidis, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Machi Symeonidou

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Abstract

Decisions on environmental topics taken today are going to have long-term consequences that will affect future generations. Young people will have to live with the consequences of these decisions and undertake special responsibilities. Moreover, as tomorrow’s decision makers, they themselves should learn how to negotiate and debate issues before final decisions are made. Therefore, any participation they can have in environmental decision making processes will prove essential in developing a sustainable future for the community.

However, recent data indicate that the young distance themselves from community affairs, mainly because the procedures involved are ‘wooden’, politicians’ discourse alienates the young and the whole experience is too formalized to them. Authorities are aware of this fact and try to establish communication channels to ensure transparency and use a language that speaks to new generations of citizens. This is where STEP project comes in.

STEP (www.step4youth.eu) is a digital Platform (web/mobile) enabling youth Societal and Political e-Participation in decision-making procedures concerning environmental issues. STEP is enhanced with web/social media mining, gamification, machine translation, and visualisation features.

Six pilots in real contexts are being organised for the deployment of the STEP solution in 4 European Countries: Italy, Spain, Greece, and Turkey. Pilots are implemented with the direct participation of one regional authority, four municipalities, and one association of municipalities, and include decision-making procedures on significant environmental questions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internet science
Subtitle of host publication	INSCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Editors	Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Jonathan Cave, Anna Satsiou, Georg Carle, Antonella Passani, Efstratios Kontopoulos, Sotiris Diplaris, Donald McMilan
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	148-156
Number of pages	9
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319702841
ISBN (Print)	9783319702834
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70284-1_12
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2017
Event	4th International Conference on Internet Science, INSCI 2017 - Thessaloniki, Greece Duration: 22 Nov 2017 → 24 Nov 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	10673
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Internet Science, INSCI 2017
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Thessaloniki
Period	22/11/17 → 24/11/17

Keywords

E-participation
Social media mining
Environmental decision making
Youth engagement strategies

UN SDGs

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Vogiatzi, M., Keratidis, C., Schinas, M., Diplaris, S., Yümlü, S., Forbes, P., Papadopoulos, S., Syropoulou, P., Apostolidis, L., Kompatsiaris, I., & Symeonidou, M. (2017). The step project: societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues. In I. Kompatsiaris, J. Cave, A. Satsiou, G. Carle, A. Passani, E. Kontopoulos, S. Diplaris, & D. McMilan (Eds.), Internet science: INSCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1 ed., pp. 148-156). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10673). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70284-1_12

Vogiatzi, Maria ; Keratidis, Christodoulos ; Schinas, Manos et al. / The step project : societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues. Internet science: INSCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. editor / Ioannis Kompatsiaris ; Jonathan Cave ; Anna Satsiou ; Georg Carle ; Antonella Passani ; Efstratios Kontopoulos ; Sotiris Diplaris ; Donald McMilan. 1. ed. Cham : Springer, 2017. pp. 148-156 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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The step project: societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues. / Vogiatzi, Maria; Keratidis, Christodoulos; Schinas, Manos et al.
Internet science: INSCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. ed. / Ioannis Kompatsiaris; Jonathan Cave; Anna Satsiou; Georg Carle; Antonella Passani; Efstratios Kontopoulos; Sotiris Diplaris; Donald McMilan. 1. ed. Cham: Springer, 2017. p. 148-156 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10673).

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Vogiatzi M, Keratidis C, Schinas M, Diplaris S, Yümlü S, Forbes P et al. The step project: societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues. In Kompatsiaris I, Cave J, Satsiou A, Carle G, Passani A, Kontopoulos E, Diplaris S, McMilan D, editors, Internet science: INSCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 1 ed. Cham: Springer. 2017. p. 148-156. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2017 Nov 2. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-70284-1_12

The step project: societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues

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