Civic Labs for Young People (CLYP)

Project Aim and Objectives
CLYP project aims to innovate, expand and improve the youth sector, in order to create a better space for young people to become self-confident, autonomous, and resilient citizens, enhancing their civic engagement and social entrepreneurship initiative. The objective of the CLYP project is to provide and equip youth organisations with the framework, methods, and tool for starting Civic Labs for Young People as a cross-sectoral innovate space for youth personal ‘incubation‘ and community project experimentation.

Learning resources & project outputs:

Over the course of the project, ATU will collaborate with the project team to create:

The CLYP Hitchhiker’s Guide to Post-Pandemic Youth Engagement
CLYP Youth ’Self-Incubation’ Cards and Journeys
The CLYP Small-Wins Programme

Partners
The Civic Lab for Young People (CLYP) project was initiated by Atlantic Technological University (Ireland), Asset Technology (Greece), C.School for Creative Acts (Romania), Gutenberg – the German-speaking Students’ NGO (Romania), Donegal Youth Service (Ireland), We Organisation (The Netherlands), and KomPro (Norway) to support the personal development of young people by building their self-confidence and resilience, and further to encourage the civic and entrepreneurial development of young people.

Funding
Funded by the European Union (2024-2026): Erasmus+ KA2 CLYP (Civic Laboratories for Young People) EC Project Number: 2023-2-IE01-KA220-YOU-000180842.

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