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.
One youth encounter, three destinations: As one of the last international meetings of this year, young people from Germany, Italy and Greece recently came together in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. During ten days, they also travelled to Strasbourg, France. It was an exciting journey through “communities, Europe, and everything in between”, as the title of the encounter already stated.
Youth work in Ukraine during the war – is that even possible? Among the more than 40 organisations of Generation Europe – The Academy, there is the “German-Ukrainian Community of Youth Work”, DUGA for short. This is a story about practical networks of solidarity, and local activities that do make a difference.
Overworking, underfunding, juggling from project proposal to project proposal: the state of youth work has been difficult for years. In times of war and other crises, young people need more offers and greater support. On 13 November 2023, young people and youth work professionals from ten European countries met in Dortmund with representatives from politics, administration and academia.
“Youth work in Europe – Mission (Im)possible?” – On 13 November 2023, European youth organisations met with representatives from politics, administration and academia in Dortmund, Germany. Their common goal: to develop solutions to the huge problems international youth work is currently facing. Young people from nine European countries have already travelled to Dortmund one day […]
A new online resource aims to support young people and youth workers in group building processes and social engagement. The “Guide to Activism” is designed to help young people and youth workers organise groups and take action on social issues that matter to them.
Generation Europe – The Academy is a large network of European youth cooperation with many different fields of work and forms of action. We have published a new brochure to explain briefly what this unique alliance of European youth organisations is all about.
The International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) sharply criticises the German government’s plans to cut funding for youth work, voluntary services, sports, extracurricular education and other services by one fifth. The Dortmund-based non-profit organisation is calling for people to take part in the Germany-wide rally on 20 September in Berlin. On Wednesday, 20 […]
Networking and communication were the main topics of the youth encounter in Nordhausen, Germany. Not only did Thuringian Youth Minister Helmut Holter and MDR television visit the young people from Poland, Spain and Germany. The active participants also became media producers themselves: In cooperation with Radio ENNO, they reported on their experiences for nine days. You can listen to all the reports here.
What an exciting twelve days! Under the title “Raise your Voice!”, active members of the local groups from Unna (Germany) met with their project partners from Italy and Finland. About local projects, dealing with global crises – and the visit of a TV crew.
This was the motto under which the local groups from Bochum (Germany), Rome (Italy) and Évora (Portugal) met in Portugal for their youth encounter this year as part of Generation Europe – The Academy. Together, the young people want to find ways to tackle the problems in the world and make a difference – at home in their local communities, but also beyond.