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At this year’s General Assembly we were proud to welcome another member to the Rural Youth Europe family. Introducing… the Rural Youth Association of Poland! The Rural Youth Association (Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej – ZMW) is an organisation dedicated to empowering and supporting young people living in rural areas. They are an organisation gathering young people from rural and small-town communities. Since 1996, …

We are excited to announce the top three finalists in the Project of the Year category of this year’s Rural Youth Europe Awards! A Rural Youth Project is a project where young people have worked together towards a common goal on a voluntary basis. A project in which an individual or group of young people have worked together for the …

Introduction  “We need a doctor twice a year, we may need a defence attorney once in our lives, but we need a farmer every day of our lives”.  This omnipresence of farmers in our lives is largely unappreciated and undervalued by the various players in the food production system. With obstacles inherent to the job, from labour demands, low pay …

We are excited to announce that we are partners on a brand new project entitled “Sound of Mobility”. In April, our Secretary General Spyros attended the first Transnational Project Meeting, where we got to know the other project partners, discussed the consortiums tasks and made plans for the months ahead. We are excited to be joined on this project by …

On May 10th 2024, the picturesque city of Pärnu, Estonia, played host to the event aimed at presenting the outcomes of the COCOREADO project.   The event kicked off with a presentation of the COCOREADO project. This introductory session set the stage for a day filled with engaging activities and discussions designed to foster understanding about the project and collaboration among …

On 24th April COCOREADO celebrated its Final Conference “Building a sustainable food future together” in Brussels. After more than three years of work, the COCOREADO project has nearly come to an end and has achieved the envisioned targets. The event was an opportunity to present the results that the project has obtained over the last few years, such as the …

On 20th-23rd February, Petter Jacobsen from Norway, a member of our Pool of External Representatives, attended the European Conference on Local Youth Work and Democracy in Brussels! This event brings together more than 300 participants and focused on enhancing the quality of youth work and the participation of young people at local and municipal levels. Here is what Petter had …

On the 2nd-5th March, a member of our Pool of External Representatives, Ella Nyström from Sweden, attended the EU Youth Conference in Ghent. This is an important event within the EU Youth Dialogue led by the trio presidency of Spain, Belgium, and Hungary. With a focus on European Youth Goal 3, Inclusive Societies, this gathering of 300 participants addressed issues …

As our organisation keeps growing and rural youth is climbing higher in the political agenda, we decided to create a pool of external RYEurope representatives from across our member organisations to represent us at events across Europe and beyond. The aim is to provide more young people from within our network the opportunity to get their voice heard at a …

At the start of this year, Eva Kotnik from Slovenia started her mandate in the Advisory Council on Youth at the Council of Europe, representing Rural Youth Europe. She says: “Growing up on a farm and working with rural youth organisations, I’ve developed a deep passion for advocating for rural youth and am strongly committed to ensuring their meaningful participation in the policy-making …