Generation Europe 2021-2025
In 2026, Generation Europe – The Academy entered a new three-year programme and funding phase. We are building on the experience gained between 2021 and 2025 with the following partner organisations and trilateral partnerships:
Jugendamt der Stadt Bochum (Bochum, Germany)
Meta Cooperativa Sociale Onlus (Rome, Italy)
Oficina Fermento (Évora, Portugal)
Jugendtreff Parkhaus (Oberhausen, Germany)
Outward Bound Romania (Tigru Mures, Romania)
MTÜ Noored Toredate Mõtetega (Tartu, Estonia)
Mediencooperative Steinfurt e.V. (Steinfurt, Germany)
Telšių jaunimo centras (Telsiai, Lithuania)
DUGA – Deutsch-Ukrainische Gemeinschaft der Jugendarbeit (Lviv, Ukraine)
Werkstatt Berufskolleg im Kreis Unna (Unna, Germany)
Esplora (Itri, Italy)
Oulun Nuoret Kotkat Piirijärjestö ry (Oulu, Finland)
Krea-Jugendclub der Kreativitätsschule (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
SMouTh – Synergy of Music Theatre (Larissa, Greece)
Centro di Creazione e Cultura APS (Florence, Italy)
Jugendakademie Walberberg e.V. (Bornheim, Germany)
Szubjektív Értékek Alapítvány (Budapest, Hungary)
Maximilian-Kolbe-Haus DMK (Gdańsk, Poland)
Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte Weimar in cooperation with Kinder- und Jugendclub Kramixxo & Waggong (Weimar, Germany)
Youth Coop – Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento e Cidadania CRL (Sintra, Portugal)
KacsaKő Közösségépítő Egyesület (Budapest, Hungary)
Jugendsozialwerk – JSW Management e. V. (Nordhausen, Germany)
Asociación para la Participación, Oportunidad y Desarrollo (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)
Fundacja Krzyżowa dla Porozumienia Europejskiego (Krzyżowa, Poland)
Active from 10/2021 to 5/2023:
Kinder- und Jugendhilfe-Verbund Lübeck im KJSH-Trägerverbund (Lübeck, Germany)
DUGA – Deutsch-Ukrainische Gemeinschaft der Jugendarbeit (Lviv, Ukraine)
Euphoria Youth Lab (Athens, Greece)
Jugendtreff HOT Sinzig (Sinzig, Germany) – active until 06/2024
Càlam. Art, Educació, Sostenibilitat (Barcelona, Spain)
Kungsbacka kommun (Kungsbacka, Sweden)
Pädagogisches Institut München (Munich, Germany)
Fundacja Borussia (Olsztyn, Poland)
Irènia (La nou de Berguedà, Spain)
Next Level e.V. (Erfurt, Germany)
IRSE – Fundacja Instytut Równowagi Społeczno-Ekonomicznej (Gdańsk, Poland)
Une Terre Culturelle (Marseille, France)
Jugendwerk der Arbeiterwohlfahrt Württemberg e.V. (Stuttgart, Germany)
Madiba Società Cooperativa Sociale (Beinasco, Italy)
Fundación Federico Ozanam (Zaragoza, Spain)
Caritasverband Koblenz e.V. (Koblenz, Germany)
Awesome People (Örebro, Sweden)
Asociatia „Un strop de fericire” (Ploiești, Romania)
Internationales Forum Burg Liebenzell (Bad Liebenzell, Germany)
Associazione Interculturale NUR (Cagliari, Italy)
Kids in Action (Thessaloniki, Greece)
The Ambassador Network 2021–2025
The main aim of Generation Europe – The Academy is to motivate young people to get involved in society and to empower them to actively shape their living environment. During the 2021–2025 programme phase, Ambassadors were young people who had already taken part in an international youth exchange and who were particularly active and motivated. They were trained to take on responsibilities at all levels of the programme. In this way, they became mentors in their local groups, a link between youth leaders and local young people, and key advocates for the interests of young people in Europe.
Mehr lesen: Generation Europe 2021 to 2025The first Ambassador training programme, which consisted of various workshops and training sessions, was successfully completed in 2022. Even after that, however, the ambassadors from the participating organisations remained active not only within their local groups and project partnerships. They came together to continue their practical work as organisers of network activities and as multipliers. In addition, there was the Ambassadors’ Expert Group, which served as the information and coordination hub for the Ambassador network. With support and input from the network, the group developed a peer-to-peer guide, the Guide to Activism. All of this was made possible by the Strategic Partnership “Generation Europe: The Ambassadors”, co-funded by the European Union.
Advancing Methods in Youth Work
In order to further develop the methods and expertise for youth work with international and diverse target groups, professionals within the Generation Europe – The Academy network established the Competence Group Methods. The partnership Network for Active Improvement of Youth Work (NAIYW), which made this possible, was co-funded by the European Union. The main outputs of this collaboration are a total of five booklets, which are intended to serve as support and resources for the Community of Practice. In addition, a paper on civic education was published to promote non-formal European education and to avoid misunderstandings arising from differing experiences and interpretations of the term.
Lobbying and Advocacy
Within the Lobbying and Advocacy competence group, youth work professionals have also been working to improve the state of youth work in Europe. Through transnational meetings and decentralised efforts, they developed a long-term strategy that continues to shape our work to this day. In workshops, they also trained network members in how to carry out advocacy work. We have made the results of this process available in the form of a Community of Practice handbook.
Unsere Funders
We would like to thank the organisations whose financial and moral support has made Generation Europe – The Academy possible in the years 2021 to 2025! Generation Europe – The Academy is a programme run by the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.), and was funded during the 2021–2025 programme phase by:
A big thank you to everyone involved!
Direct Links to Partner Organisations 2021–2025
Partnership 1
- Jugendamt der Stadt Bochum in cooperation with Falken Bochum (Bochum, Germany)
- Meta Cooperativa Sociale Onlus (Rome, Italy)
- Oficina Fermento (Évora, Portugal)
Partnership 2
- Jugendtreff Parkhaus (Oberhausen, Germany)
- Outward Bound Romania (Tigru Mures, Romania)
- MTÜ Noored Toredate Mõtetega (Tartu, Estonia)
Partnership 3
- Mediencooperative Steinfurt e.V. (Steinfurt, Germany)
- Telšių jaunimo centras (Telsiai, Lithuania)
- DUGA – Deutsch-Ukrainische Gemeinschaft der Jugendarbeit (Lviv, Ukraine)
Partnership 4
- Werkstatt Berufskolleg im Kreis Unna (Unna, Germany)
- Esplora (Itri, Italy)
- Oulun Nuoret Kotkat Piirijärjestö ry (Oulu, Finland)
Partnership 5
- Krea-Jugendclub der Kreativitätsschule (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
- SMouTh – Synergy of Music Theatre (Larissa, Greece)
- Centro di Creazione e Cultura APS (Florence, Italy)
Partnership 6
- Jugendakademie Walberberg e.V. (Bornheim, Germany)
- Szubjektív Értékek Alapítvány (Budapest, Hungary)
- Maximilian-Kolbe-Haus DMK (Gdańsk, Poland)
Partnership 7
- Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte Weimar in cooperation with Kinder- und Jugendclub Kramixxo & Waggong (Weimar, Germany)
- Youth Coop – Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento e Cidadania CRL (Sintra, Portugal)
- KacsaKő Közösségépítő Egyesület (Budapest, Hungary)
Partnership 8
- Jugendsozialwerk – JSW Management e. V. (Nordhausen, Germany)
- Asociación para la Participación, Oportunidad y Desarrollo (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)
- Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe (Krzyżowa, Poland)
Partnership 9 (active 10/2021-5/2023)
- Kinder- und Jugendhilfe-Verbund Lübeck im KJSH-Trägerverbund (Lübeck, Germany)
- DUGA – Deutsch-Ukrainische Gemeinschaft der Jugendarbeit (Lviv, Ukraine)
- Euphoria Youth Lab (Athens, Greece)
Partnership 10
- Jugendtreff HOT Sinzig (Sinzig, Germany) – active until 06/2024
- Càlam. Art, Educació, Sostenibilitat (Barcelona, Spain)
- Kungsbacka kommun (Kungsbacka, Sweden)
Partnership 11
- Pädagogisches Institut München (Munich, Germany)
- Fundacja Borussia (Olsztyn, Poland)
- Irènia (La nou de Berguedà, Spain)
Partnership 12
- Next Level e.V. (Erfurt, Germany)
- IRSE – Fundacja Instytut Równowagi Społeczno-Ekonomicznej (Gdańsk, Poland)
- Une Terre Culturelle in cooperation with BECAUSE U ART (Marseille, France)
Partnership 13
- Jugendwerk der Arbeiterwohlfahrt Württemberg e.V. (Stuttgart, Germany)
- Madiba Società Cooperativa Sociale (Beinasco, Italy)
- Fundación Federico Ozanam (Zaragoza, Spain)
Partnership 14
- Caritasverband Koblenz e.V. (Koblenz, Germany)
- Awesome People (Örebro, Sweden)
- Asociatia „Un strop de fericire” (Ploiești, Romania)
Partnership 15
- Internationales Forum Burg Liebenzell (Bad Liebenzell, Germany)
- Associazione Interculturale NUR (Cagliari, Italy)
- Kids in Action (Thessaloniki, Greece)