✨ Why is it innovative? It goes beyond voting/consultations! People get time, resources and balanced info to co-create recommendations: bringing diversity, fresh perspectives and trust.

🇪🇺👉 Explore all the democratic innovation here: shorturl.at/5l1Si

The #Journey to 2040 continues:

Paris 🇫🇷 6–7 Sept 2025
Oslo 🇳🇴 11–12 Sept 2025

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Back in 2003, sociologist Barbara Misztal remind us in Memory and Democracy' that democratic life depends not on memory itself, but on how the past is recalled and made meaningful in the present. This insight shapes how we weave memories into visions for the future in YouthDecide 2040. 📚

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Anna-Kate Blackwell enriches the @youthdecide2040.bsky.social project consortium by contributing her expertise in organisation engagement and #UK, #EU and international youth #policy.

🌐 To learn more about the European Youth Forum visit www.youthforum.org

The European Youth Forum is the biggest platform of youth organisations in Europe and works to empower young people to participate actively in #society to improve their own lives and advocate for their rights.

They promote youth #participation, making young people catalysts for positive change ⤵️

🔗 For more info and to apply, visit www.youthdecide2040.eu

The call for applications will remain open through the month of May 2025.

📑 YouthDecide2040 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement nº 101177438.

Workshops will take place in:

📍 Central/Eastern Europe – June 2025
📍 Southern Europe – July 2025
📍 Western Europe – September 2025
📍 Northern Europe – September 2025
📍 ‘Future’ Europe – June 2025

✈️ Travel & accommodation covered for selected participants.

Fill the application form 📄 ⤵️

🧭 The wider, the better

Are you a European resident over 18? This call is for you!

We're fostering intergenerational discussions on the future of European democracy, centring youth voices (18-34).

🗺️ Where will the workshops be held?