Youth are often seen as potential agents of change for reshaping their own societies. Considering their size in terms of numbers in developing countries unleashing the potential of even a part of this group promises to substantially impact societies. Youth are more naturally equipped with the skills to make use of the potential of ICT and actually are seen as the driver of this transformation.

They are even called digital natives due to their ease with technology. Nevertheless, exploratory studies by the Berkman and Open Society Institute show that that use of technology is not automatically linked with political or social issues. It also showed that not all youth had the same inclination or possibility – the latter especially in developing countries – to make use of technologies. The challenge is to enable those that are able and motivated to unleash their potential. Therefore we're currently mapping the existing bodies of knowledge on this theme.