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Participation of young people in the political life of the country is important. People are subject to media influence in the new digital environment and at the same time can create media. People should be prepared for responsible participation in public discussions as early as school. There are problems that concern students in school and in the city and students can join solving them by creating and offering media content on topical decisions of the local authorities. The project aims at preparing pilot teams of teachers and local media representatives in 5 cities who will undertake an educational initiative to prepare students to join a model of participatory journalism or citizen journalism. Involvement of students in the project will aim to achieve two important goals, namely raise their media literacy and promote their civic engagement with solving local problems. The students will learn to apply the Access to Public Information Act and follow the sessions of the Parliament. The following activities will be organized: 4 information meetings targeted at local authorities, a two-day seminar, visits of journalists at school, a series of one-day workshops for students and 25 publications mainly to reflect the work of the local authorities. A learning e-guide will be prepared to share the learning materials used in the project. The target groups are teachers and media representatives and direct beneficiaries are students aged 15-19.