Youth Empowerment and Participation

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As declared by the Council of the EU in 2018 (Res. 456), socioeconomic exclusion and democratic exclusion go hand in hand. Youth struggling with disadvantages are generally less active citizens and have less trust in institutions. Europe cannot afford wasted talent, social exclusion or disengagement among its youth. Young people should not only be architects of their own lives, but also contribute to positive change in society. Within this context, YEP project aims at activating young people from different background and context as Community-builder to provide a stronger contribution to the future of their respective realities, whether in urban or rural areas, with a closer connection to EU policies and the international ecosystem of young people and youth organisation across Europe. A major awareness as well as a better knowledge of the European context, activities and policies will be the key to activate a renovated sense of citizenship that will foster the direct action of young people to connect with local and international policy-makers in order the shape their world and their future around 4 major pillars of European objectives (and included in the Erasmus+ Horizontal Priorities): • Inclusion and Diversity • Digital Transformation • Environment and fight against climate change • Participation in democratic life Around these for major themes, young people from the countries involved, will participate in networking and awareness raising events and workshop at local and international level, giving priority to new methodologies such as the Virtual Exchange. The project activities will be based on different specific objectives of the EYGoals as well as on the 3 main concept defined in the EYStrategy, anamely: 1) Engage: 2) Connect; 3) Empower.