What is youth engagment? Why are some youth engaged while others are not? How does TakingITGlobal use technology to engage youth from around the world? Listen to this podcast and hear from youth who discuss what they think is needed to be active in one's community.

Listen to this podcasts and hear our Development and Communications Coordinator talk a bit about what Taking IT Global is all about. Also, hear about our work with the Telecentre.org project and with the XVI International AIDS conference that just passed in Toronto.

From the Scouts to sports groups, political youth organizations, to environmental clubs, youth activities in many countries are coordinated by National Youth Councils. Over the past months, TakingITGlobal has conducted an international research project looking at their creation, evolution, purpose and structures. As part of a Canadian mapping project, this research was supported by the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.

In an interview with the researchers of the report themselves, Franziska Seel and Clarisse Kehler Siebert, as well as with Leif Holmberg of the European Youth Forum, TakingITGlobal's first podcast lets you hear first-hand why National Youth Councils are so important.