Act local – connect European – think global! There is a lot going on in the network of Generation Europe – The Academy. Here you can find recent updates and reports on activities in our network.
European cooperation is releasing new energy: for six days, representatives of 42 youth organisations from 14 European countries met in Hattingen (Germany) to further develop concepts for international youth work and plan projects. Now others can benefit from their experience: They presented a series of booklets and other publications that make methods and best-practice examples accessible to youth workers throughout Europe.
Civic Education plays an important role in empowering young people to become active and engaged citizens. However, within the Generation Europe – The Academy network there were different understandings of the term Civic Education. This made collaboration more challenging at times. A new handout documents the network’s efforts to build a common understanding by surveying participants, analysing their responses, and facilitating dialogue among the network partners.
Executive Summary of the results of the Symposium “Youth Work in Europe – Mission (Im)possible?”, by Prof. Dr. Tomaž Deželan The current conditions for young people in Europe are catastrophic. Young people are among the biggest victims of the crises of the last decade, as evidenced by the “frozen progress” warned by the European Youth […]
An exciting and extraordinary year full of action is nearing its end. This is a good time to send out a huge thank you to everybody active in the network of Generation Europe – The Academy, you are real superheroes! See you in 2024, for many more exciting adventures!
Overworking, underfunding, juggling from project proposal to project proposal: the state of youth work has been difficult for years. In times of war and other crises, young people need more offers and greater support. On 13 November 2023, young people and youth work professionals from ten European countries met in Dortmund with representatives from politics, administration and academia.
“Youth work in Europe – Mission (Im)possible?” – On 13 November 2023, European youth organisations met with representatives from politics, administration and academia in Dortmund, Germany. Their common goal: to develop solutions to the huge problems international youth work is currently facing. Young people from nine European countries have already travelled to Dortmund one day […]
A new online resource aims to support young people and youth workers in group building processes and social engagement. The “Guide to Activism” is designed to help young people and youth workers organise groups and take action on social issues that matter to them.
Generation Europe – The Academy is a large network of European youth cooperation with many different fields of work and forms of action. We have published a new brochure to explain briefly what this unique alliance of European youth organisations is all about.
The International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) sharply criticises the German government’s plans to cut funding for youth work, voluntary services, sports, extracurricular education and other services by one fifth. The Dortmund-based non-profit organisation is calling for people to take part in the Germany-wide rally on 20 September in Berlin. On Wednesday, 20 […]
Europe is diverse, multi-layered and complex. The G5 working group is an association of five large youth work organisations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has made an entertaining video about European youth projects. Among others, the young people of the local group of Generation Europe – The Academy from Oberhausen, Germany have their say.