Achieving impact with your findings and outputs

Communicating the findings of your 'Co-Creating Our City' project is essential if it is to create impact and a change in how youth engagement is practiced. Because the project is rooted in collaboration with young people from the local community, it is vital that the findings are shared with young people in these communities in accessible and engaging ways, especially to young people who may be underrepresented in deliberative democracy and city dialogue. At the same time, the project is designed to inform and inspire action from city leaders, meaning community-generated insights need to be translated into meaningful policy or programmatic change.

I always thought I have to do this or I'll create change when I grow up. And then coming here and doing this, I realized, oh, I can do change. Like right now, I don't have to wait.

Mauricio Martinez Aguirre

Citizen Scientist, Charlotte

In these workshops our voices are heard, but we also want to hear the voices of other young people. That's what really motivated me, because I thought: I can make a change with this project.

Rochelle Namunyak Kirschbaum

Citizen Scientist, Düsseldorf

This chapter gives practical tips on how your 'Co-Creating Our City' project can achieve the following two key aims: (1) bringing the results back to (young) people and communities in your city, and (2) motivating city leaders to act on the findings.