The European Youth Week 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ is coming up!

It’s your chance to engage in matters close to your , by organising your own debate or taking part in events across Europe.

24-30 May Online and offline

http://youthweek.eu/

A warm welcome to everyone! Are you on board? We are delighted to announce the European Youth Week 2021! During the week of 24 to 30 May, various exciting events and inspiring sessions will be held across Europe focusing on the theme “Our future in our hands”. Future is created now and you have the power to set up goals and contribute to initiatives on how to make things better. Moreover, this year we are launching the new EU Youth programmes 2021-2027! The new Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps can provide an opportunity for you to become more engaged in society, contribute to green causes, face the future challenges with increased digital skills and be more inclusive and open towards diversity.

Want to learn more about new EU funding opportunities or raise your opinion about the processes that matter to you? Take part in various events and discussions and raise your voice for a noteworthy cause!

Why “Our future in our hands”?

Do you think more youngsters need to be active and make a pitch for better tomorrows? Would you like us to live in a more inclusive society? Is environment a vital topic for you? It is important to create a space where you can share your opinions and learn about new ways and opportunities to make meaningful contributions. Because your future is in your hands.

What is the European Youth Week?

The European Youth Weeks allow to discuss relevant topics for young people, showcase EU opportunities in the field of youth and celebrate success stories. It’s a pinnacle of European gatherings for young people and the youth sector in Europe.

Who organises the European Youth Week?

The main organisers of the European Youth Week are the National Agencies for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps and the Eurodesk network. In 2021 the European Youth Week will predominantly take place at national level and online.

How to take part in events near you?

Check out the events near you on this page. The events are being added gradually. If you don't see any event near you yet, come back later! Stay tuned!

Conference on the Future of Europe

The Initiative

A brand new European initiative is on place for anyone willing to participate. This is a great opportunity to raise your voice and share your ideas on the future of Europe. The European Union is indeed inviting the European citizens to take action over the Conference on the Future of Europe, to help out in shaping together the future we all want. The Conference has an online platform as room for debate. The European citizens are therefore invited to join in the discussion and express their thoughts on European challenges and priorities.

The Conference on the Future of Europe has the supervision of the three main European institutions: the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission.

Any background, origin, career and path is welcomed. It doesn’t matter where you are from, what you do or what you have studied. The Conference on the Future of Europe wants the opinion of European citizens as a whole.

After receiving and collecting the ideas, the three institutions will be doing a follow-up on them, according to their sphere of competences, through the launch of specific recommendations.

The process will be finishing by spring 2022, with conclusions and a guidance on the steps to undertake afterwards.

Participants

All the European citizens can speak up. The European Union is expecting a special commitment from young people. They want them to play a central role in shaping the future of Europe.

Tools of the Conference

The Conference on the Future of Europe provides the following initiatives:

• A multilingual digital platform: to share ideas and send online submissions, that will the topic of collection, analysis, monitoring and publication throughout the Conference; this is the place to share thoughts on Europe and the changes you want to see happening, see what others opinions, find events near you, organise your own event and follow the progress and the outcome of the Conference;

• Events: online, in-person and hybrid events with people and organisations as well as national, regional and local authorities across Europe;

• European Citizens’ Panels: to discuss different topics and put forward proposals; such citizens will be representative in terms of geographic origin, gender, age, socioeconomic background and/or level of education;

• Conference Plenaries: to ensure that the recommendations from the national and European citizens’ panels are topic of debate without discriminations. Part of the Conference Plenary will be: representatives from the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, representatives from all national Parliaments, and citizens. Plus representatives of the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee, the social partners, and civil society.

How To Participate

Choose from the topics and share your opinion on the matter:

• Climate change and environment;

• Health;

• A stronger economy, social justice and jobs;

• EU in the world;

• Values and rights, rule of law, security;

• Digital transformation;

• European democracy;

• Migration;

• Education, culture, youth and sport;

• Other.

Then your ideas will be object of discussion during the Conference Plenaries and inside the European Citizens’ Panels. They will then pass to and develop into official recommendations by the European Union.

As already mentioned, this is a great opportunity to develop your personal ideas and see them on display for discussion among the main European institutions. Don’t miss it out!

Go to the Conference on the Future of Europe.

PARTICIPATE+ | ERASMUS+ Opportunity The Ultimate Job Hunter

“The ultimate job hunter”

Training course on enhancing awareness of the background and the causes of unemployment of young people, following COVID19 and approaches to reduce unemployment through the support of local and transnational youth work policies and tools.

The training will be based on the principles of non-formal education and aimed at using formal, informal, and non-formal learning elements. Trainers will focus on inventing a variety of methods in order to provide learning opportunities for all people with various learning styles.

The overall aim of the Training Course is to provide space for youth workers, youth leaders to better understand the causes of long-term unemployment of young people and to get familiar with youth policies made by the European Commission in order to improve the employability of young people.

Practical parts of the Training Course:

The Training Course will involve organizations from the following countries:

Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Greece, Lithuania, Turkey, and the UK.

8-16 April 2021 – Virtual mobility

4 places still available for participants from Bulgaria.

Zoom platform

Apply here