Rural Youth Europe has launched a series of podcasts called 'Rural Voices'. The first episode is about shrinking spaces for civil society and it explores the challenges and restrictions faced by civil society – with a particular emphasis on young people and their organisations.

There is also a blogpost describing the study session which took place last month in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, France. Participants aimed to identify positive examples that promote civil society participation, including mechanisms used by national and/or local/regional authorities and initiatives by civil society.