Youth4EU: all youth voices shaping an inclusive Europe

forthcoming

The Eurobarometer Survey on Youth and Democracy (May 2024), conducted ahead of the European elections, among young individuals aged 15 to 30 revealed a 64% of youngsters with intention to vote (showing positive levels of concern with political issues) while just a 36% of eligible voters in this age finally voting, representing a 6% decrease from the 42% turnout in 2019. While the 2019 elections saw a significant increase in youth participation, largely attributed to heightened climate activism, the 2024 reveals a confirmed trend in which, thou youngsters are the ones most concerned about political issues, just a 36% (according to 2024 Eurobarometer) view voting as the most effective way to voice their opinions and thus finally, went to vote. Our “Youth4EU: all youth voices shaping an inclusive Europe” work program, (focus on reaching and engaging 1. NEETs, 2. Migrants, as well as 3. youngsters living and engaged in local marginalized communities including those in rural areas), is designed and implemented by European youth and for European youth with 3 main goals: - Engage young people across Europe and beyond fostering inclusive participation - Connect young people and youth work across Europe ensuring capacity building, peer learning, and development of EU common values and sense of community. - Empower young people and youth work with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to become informed and active shapers of youth policies and grassroots actions. Through each year work plan, and on the basis of our already defined STANDARD activities (22) and AD HOC activities (3), our FPA will generate, disseminate and exploit between 8 and 10 public and 5 sensitive deliverables. In total, by the end of this 2 years FPA, our core activities are expecting to directly reach and engage a minimum of 2902 disadvantaged youngsters, youth workers and youth leaders as well as a minimum of 50 policy-makers directly contributing and cooperating with our work.