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.
Another exciting and extraordinary year full of action is nearing its end. It’s hard to believe how much fits into a single year of Generation Europe – The Academy. Let’s have a look back!
The local youth group organised by the Federico Ozanam Foundation used the European Action Week to prepare a theatre performance to reflect about their experience as racialised people living in Spain. The title of their collective creation: “Instructions for peeling a Durain”. Now the perfomance has premiered at Museo del Fuego in Zaragoza.
Better conditions for youth work to preserve democracy in Europe – that is what youth workers from European youth work organisations and young people from 14 countries are calling for. At the European Youth Work Symposium, they met with representatives from academia, politics and administration. The motto of the event: building bridges, breaking barriers. Those […]
Big events cast their shadows ahead: just one day before the European Youth Work Symposium ‘Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers’, young people from twelve European countries and met in Dortmund, Germany. Together, they prepared to present their views on the burning issues in the field of youth work to representatives from administration, politics and academia.
Local youth groups took to the streets and event venues in 14 European countries! Under the slogan „Act Local – Connect European – Think Global“, the have declared 4 to 11 October 2024 as their European Action Week. In the framework of Generation Europe – The Academy they are committed to positive change in their local communities. Here are eight examples of their remarkable activities.
On 5 October, the local group of “Un Strop de Fericire” from Ploiești, Romania, organised their European Action Day, an event meant to spread awareness about important topics in our local community. The aim was to empower young people to find their voice and use it in order to make Europe a better place for […]
Times are tough, but together we can make a difference! Local youth groups from 14 European countries have declared 4 to 11 October 2024 as their European Action Week. Under the slogan „Act Local – Connect European – Think Global!“, they are organising events, street actions and other activities for democracy, sustainability and social inclusion. The […]
Ready, steady, youth encounter! The local groups organised by Mediencooperative Steinfurt (Germany) and DUGA (Ukraine) travelled to their project partners in Telsiai, Lithuania. Since all three organisations are big fans of wilderness-based experiences, the programme and methodological flow of the camp was designed according to the principles of outdoor education.
After Italy and Portugal, now it’s Germany: for the third time in this programme phase, the local groups from Bochum, Rome and Évora have met for an international youth encounter. This year’s meeting took place in the centre of the Ruhr region in Germany. The young people documented their experiences in their own Encounter Newspaper. We are very happy to republish their report online.
For twelve days, the small Hungarian town of Nagykovácsi was the centre of an international youth encounter. The gathering brought together young people from the local groups organised by Jugendakademie Walberberg (Bornheim, Germany), Szubjektív (Budapest, Hungary), and Maximilian-Kolbe-Haus DMK (Gdańsk, Poland). Here is a report written by Tamara Arany-Tóth, Salah Rakti, Hanna Nowak and Silvio Żerebiec.