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.
Summer in Portugal – that sounds like sun, community and carefree days. In Évora, about a hundred kilometres east of Lisbon, there is much more going on: Together with our partner organisation Oficina Fermento, the local youth group of Generation Europe – The Academy is showing how to make a real difference at a local level and strengthen social participation for all.
For five intensive days, young activists from 13 European countries came together in Hattingen, Germany. They met at the Generation Europe Ambassador Conference 2025 to share experiences and develop new skills. The focus of the event was to strengthen their roles as mentors in local youth groups and as multipliers for the concerns of young […]
Within Generation Europe, the local youth groups from Bochum and Nordhausen (Germany) work closely with their international project partners. But Bochum and Nordhausen are twin towns, so the two groups have also formed an additional network. As in the previous year, the group from Nordhausen invited the Bochum group to the traditional Rolandsfest.
How can we work together to redesign the spaces we live in every day? As part of the Generation Europe – The Academy network, our local group from Florence has taken a practical approach to this question. Together with other young artists, they carried out a collective experiment in public space that reflected many local realities.
In the network of Generation Europe – The Academy, we continuously develop and refine strategies for improving and enhancing participatory youth work. We understand youth work as a co-production between young people and the professionals working in the organisations who support them. That is why we have developed and tried out a new training concept. […]
It was the largest youth welfare summit in Europe: The German Child and Youth Welfare Congress (DJHT) took place at the Leipzig Trade Fair, and ended with a record number of 30,000 visitors. A delegation from the network of Generation Europe – The Academy was also on site to present our approach of combining local participatory youth empowerment with European networking.
School and participatory youth work, are these two completely separate worlds? Not at all! Youth Coop, the local project partner of Generation Europe – The Academy from Sintra, Portugal, was invited to present its work at a colloquium.
Celebrating successes, solving problems: representatives from 42 European youth organisations from 14 European countries met in Cologne for five days to evaluate four years of intensive cooperation and plan the next steps for the future. At this year’s network conference of Generation Europe – The Academy, the youth work professionals involved spoke out for maintaining […]
Act local – connect European – think global: As part of Generation Europe – The Academy, the local youth groups continue to be active in their cities and communities this year. The projects planned by the young people are diverse, but have a common basis: they enable participation and advocate positive change. Here are 22 […]
Currently, the local youth groups within the Generation Europe – The Academy network are planning their local activities for this year. For example, in Bochum, Germany, the young activists dedicated an entire weekend to developing and refining plans for upcoming projects and initiatives. Among other things, the young people from Bochum want to create a […]