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.
What does solidarity mean to young people today? And how does a European value become a concrete shared practice? Active young people from Poland, Germany and Hungary have been exploring these questions. The ‘Solidarity for Europe’ youth encounter marks the start of their new three-year project partnership within the network of Generation Europe – The […]
What defines a public space? Who sets its rules, who has access, and who remains invisible? With these questions in mind, 30 young people from Germany, Italy and Greece came together for an international youth encounter in Larissa. Under the title ‘Youth Commons: Access (not) granted’, they spent almost two weeks transforming the Greek city into a laboratory for youth participation and artistic expression.
How can peace be established and sustained in Europe? Thirty young people from Germany, Italy and Finland explored this question. The outcome of this international youth encounter: impressive works of art, a podcast episode and plenty of motivation for future projects.
A security guard follows a young person through a shop. Repeated police checks, without any specific reason. A stranger touches someone’s hair without permission. Experiences like these formed the starting point for months of collective theatre work for the local group of Generation Europe – The Academy in Zaragoza, Spain. Eighteen young people developed “Instrucciones […]
Youth work needs strong advocates! In our cooperation partnership Youth Voices Rising, we organise trainings that empower young people and youth workers to campaign for issues that matter to them. However, the impact should not be limited to those who can take part in these trainings themselves. That is why two collections of methods are now available for download.
A youth centre is missing, the bus connection does not work, affordable housing is becoming harder to find – and when decisions are made, young people are often not at the table. If you want to change this, you need allies, a clear plan and a good understanding of where decisions are prepared at the local level. This is what the Local Lobbying Trainings are all about.
How can young people use public space to raise their concerns? Who decides which stories become visible in a city? And what changes when young people from three countries take action together? These are some of the questions that will kick off the first youth encounter in the new programme phase of Generation Europe – […]
Affordable housing, fair wages, measures against loneliness, education, climate and energy policy: the topics that the young people of the local group from Bochum in the network of Generation Europe – The Academy care about are diverse. To make their voices heard and highlight the questions they have for Europe, they have organised a photo […]
One person closes their eyes, the other guides them through the room. After a few minutes, they switch roles – and suddenly the person with closed eyes decides for themselves where they want to go. With exercises like this, youth leaders from the network of Generation Europe – The Academy explored their role in Weimar.
The partner organisations of Youth Voices Rising gathered in Budapest to evaluate the project’s progress and coordinate the next steps. The Subjective Values Foundation welcomed the European consortium to the Hungarian capital to take stock of the project’s progress so far. Among other things, the participants reviewed the international training sessions in Thessaloniki and Bad […]