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Minecraft as a youthful policy tool

July 31, 2024

The MC-YOU Consortium is proud to introduce an innovative effort to harness the power of Minecraft for meaningful youth engagement, bringing together exemplary practices from across Europe in one publication. This curated collection offers a window into the creative ways Minecraft has been utilised for youth participation, particularly in the realms of city planning and spatial design. By showcasing diverse projects, the “Minecraft as a Youthful Policy Tool” publication aims to inspire and educate, providing valuable insights and methodologies for future initiatives.

The project partners undertook a comprehensive research process, identifying promising examples based on a set of agreed criteria. The result is a selection of ten standout Minecraft projects conducted across 21 different locations in 18 European countries. Each example offers detailed descriptions that include timelines, participant demographics, project goals, involved organisations and cities, methodologies, and specific implementations of Minecraft. Additionally, the collection features comments and links for further exploration.

This publication serves as both a source of inspiration and a practical guide. It highlights the potential of Minecraft as a tool for youth engagement and participatory planning, illustrating how digital platforms can bridge gaps and foster collaboration. By learning from these documented experiences, the MC-YOU project, and others like it, can build upon proven strategies to further empower young people in shaping their communities.

Through this collection, we aim to provide an overview of existing practices, showcase their success, and offer a foundation for future projects. The diversity of the examples underscores the versatility of Minecraft as a platform, capable of engaging youth in meaningful and impactful ways across different cultural and geographical contexts. We hope this publication will serve as a valuable resource for anyone interested in leveraging Minecraft for youth participation and urban development.

The project is jointly implemented by 8 partners: Network partners OTB (Belgium), UBC (Poland), Piloting cities (Faro, Riga, Sandanski), Youth stakeholder partners YEPP (Germany/Europe), CESIE (Italy) and quality assurance partner LINK (Italy).

 

The project has been funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

Why Out of the Box International

The seemingly ever-lasting depression of European economies has shaken the very foundations of many European societies. The shear rate of unemployment in Europe and the omnipresent environmental crisis coupled with the often frustratingly slow process of decision making in the EU, are calling for civil society actors to step in and fill the void.

In the aftermath of the 2008. economic crisis, the apprehension of falling under the spell of apathy of economic depression across the continent has not been easy to shake off. However, pinpointing the culprits for the current state of affairs on any particular EU decision maker is not the answer. Nonetheless, the fact remains that the current approach to the economic and environmental crisis hasn’t yet shown the affected citizens the light at the end of the tunnel.

As representatives of the civil society we feel the need to make our voice heard in the midst of the current debate on economic crisis. Being a social enterprise we offer new and feasible ideas in education and community work, creative cross-sectorial cooperation among different actors and strong networking coalitions to turn these dire economic challenges into possibilities through social entrepreneurship initiatives which aim at benefiting wide range of citizens, particularly vulnerable groups and those affected by the economic crisis.

Social entrepreneurship is a simple concept that has been put into practice by civil society actors for the benefit of a specific social group or people, and this is precisely what we want: to create projects and initiatives with fresh ideas in different policies, educational programs or tools, support businesses, empower cultural initiatives and offer different solutions to individuals, corporate bodies, everybody who believe that we can have more Creative, Innovative and Cohesive Europe.

 

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