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.
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.
Changing the world with art and creativity: for twelve days, the local group from Krea Youth Club in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) welcomed young artists from Italy and Greece to a youth encounter. As part of Generation Europe – The Academy, the international group explored how young people can make use of their power in democratic systems. The result of the intensive work is a set of spectacular artistic performances, which was presented to the public at the end of the programme. The title of the project: ‘Feel Use Keep Power’.
Getting involved locally while networking across Europe is a central goal of Generation Europe – The Academy. 35 young people from Barcelona (Spain), Munich (Germany) and Mragowo (Poland) are currently demonstrating how this is working out: They are gathering for twelve days in the Polish town Mrągowo on the edge of the Masurian Lake District. Now they have met with city mayor Jakub Doraczyński to discuss urgent issues.
Kokkola is a town on the west coast of Finland and the capital of the province of Keski-Pohjanmaa. From 20 to 31 July, committed young people from three European countries met here to spend twelve days exchanging ideas, planning and learning from each other. Here you can read their report about this thrilling and intensive youth encounter.
What an exciting start to this year’s Generation Europe – The Academy international youth encounters: active young people from Thuringia (Germany), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) and Krzyżowa (Poland) met for twelve days in Puerto de la Cruz on the north coast of Tenerife. The international group worked together on concepts of democracy, the problems of mass tourism, climate change and civil courage.
What does your own city have to do with Europe? In the run-up to the EU elections, the “Let’s Europe” weekend festival took place in Bochum on June 1st and 2nd, where the city council and civil society initiatives joined forces to highlight the many connections from Bochum to Europe and the world. And of course, the local group from Generation Europe – The Academy could not miss the event.
From Tenerife to Finland, from Portugal to Hungary: the more than 40 youth organisations and local groups in the network of Generation Europe – The Academy are turning the summer of 2024 into a great summer of European cooperation again. From the end of June to the beginning of September, they are organising a total […]
On behalf of the Generation Europe network, Balint Josa took part in the international conference “Critical youth work? Rethinking and re-imagining conceptual approaches, (un)learning democracy and human rights in times of shrinking and contested civic spaces” in Weimar, Germany. The conference was organised by our network partner EJBW Weimar. This is Balints report of participation.
From May 22 to 26, Hattingen, Germany, was once again the vibrant hub for our Youth Leader Training programme. The gathering brought together youth leaders from across Europe, ready to enhance their skills, share their experiences, and prepare for future endeavours. It was an intensive event packed with learning, growth, and collaboration.