The Councillors Commission wants authorities to be required to develop and implement strategies to engage meaningfully with young people.
This could involve improving consultation with the young about local decisions that affect them, or wider ranging initiatives such as creating young mayors.
The recommendation is one of 61 made by the commission, which was set up by the Communities and Local Government department to look at the incentives and barriers to serving on local councils.
In its report, Representing the future, it argues that getting young people involved in local democracy is vital they are to be encouraged to become councillors.
As well as recommending more engagement, it also calls for education on local democracy to become part of the citizenship curriculum.
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