We are delighted to announce that we are partners on a brand new project – CORE – the Coalition for Social Studies in Rural and Agricultural Youth in Europe. This project was created with the aim of constituting a partnership between rural and agricultural youth organisations, research institutes, and the private sector to address the critical issue of youth employment …
Brief overview of the European Youth Conference 2025 in Braga The European Youth Conference in Braga, organised in collaboration with the Council of Europe, the Braga Youth Center, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the City of Braga, the Portuguese Institute for Sport and Youth, and the European Youth Forum, aimed to strengthen youth participation at the local and …
Policy Officer Rural Youth Europe is recruiting a Policy Officer. The Policy Officer will be responsible for shaping and driving Rural Youth Europe’s advocacy efforts, ensuring that rural youth issues are effectively represented in European policymaking. This includes policy research, drafting position papers, engaging with policymakers, and contributing to advocacy campaigns on diverse key rural youth issues, including sustainability and …
Are you a young person from a rural area who enjoys raising awareness on rural issues, interested in advocating for the rights of rural youth and willing to use your voice to represent youth? Rural Youth Europe is looking for YOU to become a member of our Pool of External Representatives (PER)! Background: As our organisation keeps growing and rural …
Ealier this month, our Group 1 representative for the UK and Ireland, Fiona O Leary, attended the 2024 Five Nations Conference in Bangor C. Down in Northern Ireland. In her own words, here is a round-up of this incredibly informative and inspiring event. On Wednesday the 17th of October 2024, I hopped in my car after work and drove the …
At the start of October, member of our pool of external representatives (PER), Charlotte Jackson from NFYFC, attended the University of Bologna in Italy. She was attending an event entitled ‘Exploring future pathways for a sustainable food system transformation’, which was co-organised by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and the University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and …
By Caroline O Connor, member of Macra Na Feirme, the Irish Young Farmers and Rural Youth Organisation. A friend of mine from Macra na Feirme rang me on the 20th August and asked me if I wanted to go to Manchester for 5 days to a Rural Youth Europe event on renewable energy. I was at a loose end at …
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 …
