Many young people have clear ideas about a better future. However, they often lack the resources and knowledge to make their voices heard where decisions about their needs and concerns are actually made. This is exactly where Youth Voices Rising comes in.

Together with eight partner organisations from six European countries, we are developing and testing practical methods of non-formal education. Our goal: To equip youth workers with innovative approaches to promote participation, and to empower young people to effectively represent their interests – regardless of their background, their parents’ income or their previous success in the formal education system. In this way, we are not only strengthening the young people involved as experts on their own behalf, but also the field of participatory youth work and democracy in Europe.

Join us on our journey and discover how we are creating new paths for the political participation of young people across Europe. Here we document our experiences, share insights and, over time, make the methods we have developed available.

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The Project in Detail

Youth Voices Rising follows a clear plan: First we listen, then we develop methods and training sessions, and finally we take action.

• The project starts with a comprehensive Needs Analysis: We examine what specific support young people and youth work professionals need to successfully shape political participation processes.
• Based on this, we develop tailored training formats: We are organising a Multiplier Training for local lobby work, an International Advocacy Training for young people who want to stand up for their interests in a European context, as well as Local Lobby Trainings in all participating countries. In Social Media Advocacy Trainings, we provide the necessary tools for digital communication. All of these training courses prepare the participants to become active themselves and to support other young people in planning and carrying out their own advocacy projects – from developing local campaigns to engaging with decision-making processes at EU level.
• In the final step, we put the developed approaches into practice. We send young delegates to international events. Local youth groups apply their acquired skills in their communities. The young people plan and implement their own actions to stand up for their causes.

The activities of Youth Voices Rising do not stand alone: They are embedded in Generation Europe – The Academy, our large network of youth work organisations and funding programme for European cooperation.

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The Consortium

Youth Voices Rising brings together youth work organisations from six European countries:

^{Koordination: Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk e.V. (Dortmund, Germany) | Projektpartner: Jugendakademie Walberberg (Bornheim, Germany) | Stiftung Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte Weimar (Weimar, Germany) | Internationales Forum Burg Liebenzell e.V. (Bad Liebenzell, Germany) | Associazione Interculturale NUR (Cagliari, Italy) | YouthCoop – Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento e Cidadania CRL (Agualva-Cacém, Portugal) | Szubjektív Értékek Alapítvány (Budapest, Hungary) | KIRKO S.E. (Thessaloniki, greece) | Irenia, Jocs de Pau (La Nou de Berguedà, Spain)}

The other organisations in the Generation Europe – The Academy network accompany and support the project as associated partners.

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The Youth Voices Rising cooperation partnership is co-funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, the European Commission or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union, the European Commission nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Generation Europe – The Academy is a programme of the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) and is funded in the 2021-2025 programme phase by:

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