YESDGS - Projects for Europe

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2023-1-IE01-KA220-YOU-000158256

About the Project

YESDGs, by facilitating transnational networking, engagement, learning, and action, aims to build the capacity of young people, from a variety of backgrounds, to:

Understand the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change context, policy and research.

The main project objective is to promote pro/active citizenship through the engagement of young Europeans around the Sustainable Development Goals themes and issues. The concept aims to create and enhance awareness among young people on the topic, empowering them to compare perspectives from across Europe and discuss ideas for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this way, the project will enhance awareness, interest, knowledge and participation of 24 young people living in rural areas in civic participation activities, thereby contributing to community inclusion, social innovation, sustainable growth and quality economic opportunities.

Recognize tools to help amplify their voices on the climate crisis and offer inspiring and original insights on issues that matter to them

Boost informal learning and mobility by developing tools to facilitate young people and youth workers to develop the skills and competencies to actively participate in discussions and in setting the agenda for decisions on topics such as climate change, sustainability and digital transition and promote young people’s sense of initiative

Develop a supportive ecosystem by creating toolkits to develop skills, processes and procedures to effectively engage with young people to facilitate collaboration, meaningful participation, inclusion, creativity and innovation

Strengthen young people’s professional and personal development and ability to engage with and contribute effectively to rural community resilience in the face of civic, social, cultural, environmental, climate and economic challenges

Increase engagement of young people across various social, cultural and age groups, encouraging intercultural dialogue, knowledge and recognition of diversity and promotion of tolerance

Increase awareness, knowledge and uptake of the tools developed, adding value to EU local democracy by actively facilitating the inclusion of young people in the decision-making process by issuing a final Manifesto addressed to policy makers

Become active citizens and participate in actions to address climate change through mitigation and adaptation measures

Promote a sense of active citizenship and climate entrepreneurship. Promoting active citizenship is connected to entrepreneurship education, as both support people to take a proactive approach to leading and taking opportunities to achieve targets. Identification of gaps and opportunities is required for transformative ideas to take hold and young people to understand how to mobilize resources, take initiative and work with others to achieve concrete climate action activities

PFE is excited to announce the YESDGs Hackathon event!

Brussels, May 2025 - Projects For Europe, in its role as a strategic partner, is pleased to announce the upcoming YESDGs Hackathon, one of the key activities of the European project YESDGs - Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development Goals, co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

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Join us on 28 July at 16:00 CEST for the Multiplier Event of the YESDGs project, co-funded by the European Union!

Together, we’ll explore the motivation behind YESDGs, its objectives and the key milestones of this European journey focused on active citizenship and the youth contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We will also dive into what we learned by using the hackathon methodology to address SDG-related challenges!

Specifically, we will focus on:

- A closer look at what a hackathon is and how it can empower youth
- Insights from the 1.5-day in-person hackathon implemented in Potenza, Italy, where young people and youth workers co-designed actionable solutions to real-world SDG-related challenges
- The presentation of the YESDGs Manifesto - a synthesis of key ideas and priorities that emerged during the hackathon, reflecting the voices and visions of the participants

We will also introduce the resources developed during the project - all freely available on the YESDGs platform - offering practical tools for youth workers and young people to continue exploring and applying the project’s methodologies.

📍 Location: Zoom (https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83910948896?pwd=VK4oApb71u6cWoEYn3PGfTp6NXs6ml.1)
🕓 Time: 28 July, 16:00 CEST
🎯 Open to: Youth workers, educators, trainers and all those working toward a more inclusive, resilient and empowered youth sector - especially those interested in using the hackathon methodology in youth projects related to sustainability.

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