EU funded multi-stakeholder initiative to create a network of Hub Websites that support young people (16 -21. It is a pilot project which aims to involve young people in policy making related to Internet Governance.

The HuWY (Hub Websites for Youth Participation) project aims to get young people talking about policies and laws which affect the Internet and channel this to people in governments and parliaments, working on these policies. Young people choose the topics and questions, host the discussions on their web pages and post the results on Hubs provided by the project.

HuWY partners provide information and support and involve young people and youth groups. HuWY also organise people working on Internet policies to read and use the results. The online Hubs hold supporting information, space for the results of young people’s discussions and feedback from policy-makers.

This can be summarised as 3 specific aims:

• To support young people to influence policies related to the Internet;

• To publish feedback from policy-makers about this influence;

• And to pilot a distributed discussion model for eParticipation, centred on the Hub websites.

These specific aims are designed to further 3 high level objectives:

1. Increasing involvement in democracy;

2. Involving young people in policy developments related to the Internet and its governance;

3. And advancing e-participation.