Tomorrow, the #EUTeens4Green closing conference will take place in Brussels as part of this year's European Youth Week, to showcase projects developed by young people to ensure that the green transition takes place in a just and inclusive way.
- 18 April 2024
This year's #EUTeens4Green initiative has allowed more than 250 young people to bring 70 projects to fruition. These projects involved 41 regions belonging to the Just Transition territories, spanning 19 different Member States.
Projects include, for example, ways to make people more environmentally conscious in their day-to-day lives (Stara Zagora, Bulgaria), the importance of tackling ‘brain drain' and enhancing employment opportunities for young professionals (Trenčí, Slovakia), and projects which set up inclusive spaces for citizens' engagement (Msida, Malta).
During tomorrow's event, young people representing the different projects will actively debate on ways to strengthen youth involvement in policymaking and to improve young people's possibilities to shape and lead the green transition. Lessons learned from the 70 projects have also resulted in a full list of recommendations to ensure that Cohesion Policy, and specifically the Just Transition, continues to engage young people in the future.
Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Šuica will participate in the conference in-person, while Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira will participate via video message. The conference can be followed online from 9:00 to 17:00 CEST via this link.
The #EUTeens4Green is an initiative to promote young people's participation in the just transition towards climate neutrality and a greener Europe. The objective is to finance projects by young people who identify people in their communities at risk of exclusion from the green transition.