Participation Resource Pool
The Pool is here support you in promoting democratic participation with evidence-based resources and confidence!
Ready to dive in? Let’s make a splash together.
How does the Pool work?
This website is a hub of evidence-based resources selected for their general quality, relevance and user-friendliness, based on identified thematic and pedagogical gaps and opportunities.
It gathers readings, tools, and inspiration for learners, educators and other actors in formal and non-formal education sectors of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps, such as National Agencies and decision-makers.
The contents available on our Pool have diverse verified sources:
– produced, co-created or commissioned by SALTO Participation & Information;
– submitted to us directly by the authors;
– recommended by partners and/or researchers;
– identified through desk research, in events, and others.
Help us keep the Pool fresh and submit your own resources (projects, tools, articles, etc) – click here!
Why does the Pool exist?
In sum, the Pool is here to offer user-friendly verified information, tools and real-life examples on democratic participation at your fingertips!
We believe information is the cornerstone of participation, and thus this platform provides inspiration resources that can contribute to a raise in numbers, quality, visibility, and diversity of projects and initiatives that meaningful participation.
It is curated for offering such information to professionals and learners in formal and non-formal education and all actors involved in Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps, such as National Agencies.
Our objectives
- Promote a rights-based understanding of democratic participation and youth participation;
- Inform and inspire on how the Programmes can be used to promote meaningful democratic participation guided by EU values.
- Give visibility to diverse, current and relevant evidence and practices, real-life examples, and types of expertise on democratic participation;
- Offer easily accessible quality knowledge and tools and that can be used for improving projects about democratic participation;
- Enhance the capacity, creativity and motivation to engage with the topic of democratic participation;
- Foster participatory design, implementation and evaluation methods in funded projects and National Agencies’ initiatives, including institutional approaches of shared-decision making;
- Contribute to the quality implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and communication of the horizontal participation priority in the Programmes.
In result, we aim to increase the quality and impact of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps.
Who is behind it?
The Pool is powered by the team of SALTO Participation & Information Resource Centre (SALTO PI).
Our mission is to inform, support, and inspire the promotion of meaningful democratic participation – one of the four horizontal priorities – through the Programmes and beyond, across all sectors of formal and non-formal education.
We are of one eleven SALTO Resource Centres mandated and funded by the European Commission to support and enhance the quality of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.
SALTO PI is hosted by the National Agency of Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps in Estonia, operating within the Education and Youth Board of Estonia (HARNO), but supporting all Programme actors across Europe.
Meet the Team
Here are the members of our team who work to make sure the Participation Resource Pool never runs dry!
How was the Pool created?
In 2019, the Pool was born on initiative of the SALTO PI team, for and with diverse actors from the Youth sector and the enthusiasm and financial support of National Agencies (particularly the partners of New Power in Youth SNAC) and the European Commission.
Over the years, it has adapted to the needs of the sector and offered dedicated content pages on Youth Participation, Media Information Literacy, Communication and Digital Transformation, that were created with experts and practitioners, including the SALTO Youth Participation Think Tank and the Digital Transformation Advisory Board, and other advisers, ambassadors and other consultative groups whose fundamental contributions we are grateful for.
In 2023, SALTO PI’s mandate expanded to cover both Youth and Education & Training fields, which reflected in new content and structural changes to include also School Education, Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education in Participation Pool.
Join this collective creation by sharing your resources and feedback here!