The First Time Voters Project is a networking and education program initiated by various youth organizations who remain committed in raising the awareness of the youth in the political system. It is a continuing process of developing a new generation of electorate who exercise their right to suffrage and maximize youthful and critical tools in determining the fate of the country and their future.

The First Time Voters project (FTV) started in year 2001, where 4.5 million aged 18-21 years old first time voters were disenfranchised due to lack of awareness on the ongoing registration and the incapacity of the Commission on Elections to register efficiently all the first time voters. Now in its 4th elections-participation campaign, the First Time Voters Project aims to launch a renewed advocacy to register, educate, and mobilize first time voters to engage the candidates and vote on the basis of platforms and reform agenda. In 2010, an estimated 27.6 million young voters age 18-34 years old will take to the polls. 9 million of these young voters are first time voters that can be located in schools and barangays (villages). These numbers, if harnessed, can make or break the turn out of the elections-for the candidates and for the future of the Philippines.

The First Time Voters Project envisions an informed critical young electorate who actively participates in Philippine political processes geared towards new politics and transformative governance.

Now on its 8th year, the network's pioneering programs remain relevant in engaging first time voters to participate actively in electoral and political processes:

Networking of Youth and Students Organizations

Registration Awareness Drive

Political Education for First Time Voters

Formulation and Monitoring of Youth Agenda

Alternative Youth Events