“GENERACTIVE”: a new generation of European young leaders

forthcoming

The operating grant “ GENERACTIVE: a new generation of European young leaders” will support New Humanity’s network in promoting EU Citizenship education in 17 EU Member states, favoring young people’s engagement and democratic participation. In order to reinforce such attitudes, New Humanity’s strategy foresees an integrated and innovative approach on 5 Dimensions that youth will experience and identified by the network as constitutive characteristics of EU citizens. For each dimension, non formal activities will be activated to maximize learning and extend project’s outreach: - EU Values (Peace, Solidarity, Rule of Law) . According to the recent 2024 EU Youth survey “protecting human rights, democracy and peace” emerges as young people's top-ranking value, with 45% of respondents selecting it. - Civic Skills/Behaviour (organizing local initiatives associated to the values) , considering that just 20 % of young people declare they have participated to volunteering activities with continuity - EU trans- national dimension (participate to transnational meetings) - Critical Thinking and Media Education (Prevention of fake news and hate speech, Edu-communication, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence) - Advocacy (Right to vote and stand for elections as candidates; participative tools at local, national and EU level; EU’s role in the global arena) , organizing meeting with decision makers like MEPs, mayors and members of municipalities councils Through a combination of awareness raising events, local workshops, mutual learning and exchange of best practices, training sessions the grant will involve 3625 young people in 2 years offering a contribution to the EU youth strategy, its horizontal priorities Connect – Engage – Empower the Youth goals 3, 6, 8, 10,11. All experiences and training materials developed through the 2 years partnership agreement will constitute the 5D EU citizenship KIT as a dynamic and digital resources to promote EU Citizenship education.