The Handbook for Innovative Democracy
The Handbook for Innovative Democracy presents tangible policy proposals for decision-makers originating from IYTT youth conferences. These proposals aim at strengthening democracy in the three policy areas: Governance, Education, and Equity.
The Handbook presents the proposals into policy areas and resource parameters necessary for policy implementation. It is a user-friendly, quick-to-use guide that inspires democracy-renewal fitting the needs, contexts, and capabilities of decision-makers.
Below, you may explore the proposals using the parameters and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Resource parameters for implementation
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2025: 9. CGI – Common Ground Index
CGI - Common Ground IndexProposalThe creation of the Common Ground Index (CGI) is a necessary means of bridging the gap [...]
16 January, 2026
2025: 8. 3rd Spaces
3rd SpacesProposalThe 3rd Spaces proposal emerges from the identification of three main challenges: echo chambers, limited safe spaces, and a [...]
2025: 7. Healing Connections & Collective Memory
Healing Connections & Collective MemoryProposalCommunities fall apart when there is little holding them together, and this is occurring right now [...]
2025: 6. Improving Microeconomic Equity
Improving Microeconomic EquityProposalTwo main factors, economic inequality and patriarchal power structures, can often be found in the world’s most oppressive [...]
7 January, 2026
2025: 5. Preventing Election Buyout
Preventing Election BuyoutProposalVoting is a foundational aspect of democracy, making it necessary to protect its ability to represent the will [...]
2025: 4. Increasing Voting Equity
Increasing Voting EquityProposalIn countries where participatory elections exist in principle, true civic engagement in democratic institutions often remains far from [...]
2025: 3. Social Media Regulations
Social Media RegulationsProposalIn a rapidly digitizing world, social media is becoming one of the most common ways by which people [...]
2025: 2. Critical Wanderer
Critical WandererProposalCritical Wanderer is a gamified learning platform for users aged 10 and above that promotes critical thinking and media [...]
2025: 12. Civic Engagement Ambassadors Program
Civic Engagement Ambassadors ProgramProposalMany young people feel overwhelmed by global issues, personal problems, and a lack of support. We have [...]
2025: 11. Online Civic Engagement Hub
Online Civic Engagement HubProposalThere are significant gaps in awareness for programs like IYTT and other exchange opportunities that are critical [...]