Rural Youth Europe wants to:

• Educate and train young people and create an awareness of rural and social issues.
• Actively encourage rural populations and industry.
• Support the development of new rural youth organizations.
• Network with other European NGOs.
• Lobby and highlight the problems and needs of rural youth to focus the attention of international and national bodies, as well as the general public

Furthermore, we promote:

• activities of rural youth organizations
• youth participation
• exchange of best practice
• intercultural dialogue
• sustainable regional youth work
• participation in the formation of (rural) youth policies
• European citizenship
• networking between rural youth organizations
• intercultural learning through participative youth work
• setting up projects to involve young people