📖 Key Readings/Resources

This section has the most important materials connected to the course. 

Here you’ll find: 

• 📖 Key readings 

• 🎥 Helpful videos 

• 🔗 Useful links and tools 

Use these resources to go deeper, understand the topics better, and level up your knowledge. 

If you want to explore more — this is the place to start.   

On community and participation theory 

• Council of Europe — Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC), 2018. The foundational European framework defining the competences young people need for democratic life. Free PDF available at coe.int.
• Robert Jungk & Norbert Müllert — Future Workshops: How to Create Desirable Futures, 1987. The original guide to the Future Workshop method used in Lesson 3.
• John McKnight & Peter Block — The Abundant Community, 2010. The key text behind Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). Accessible and practical.

On youth participation specifically 

• Council of Europe — Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life, 2003. Sets out the principles and standards for youth participation in governance. Short and directly applicable.
• European Commission / EACEA — EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027. The European policy framework that contextualises this entire course. Free at youth.europa.eu.
• Roger Hart — Children's Participation: From Tokenism to Citizenship, UNICEF, 1992. Introduces the famous "Ladder of Participation" — a tool for evaluating how genuine participation really is. Essential reading for anyone designing participatory projects.

On impact measurement 

• Nesta — DIY Evaluation Guide, 2011. A short, practical guide to evaluating social projects without a large budget. Free PDF available at nesta.org.uk.
• New Economics Foundation (NEF) — Proving and Improving: A Quality and Impact Toolkit for Social Enterprise, 2008. Practical and accessible. Includes simple tools for setting indicators and collecting evidence.