What a great start to the VISYON project!
Between 5 and 7 April 2023, we had a wonderful two-day kick-off meeting in Leiden, the Netherlands, where we detailed the general quality and value of the delivery of the VISYON project and its activities.
Funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme, the VISYON project (Values, Ideas, and Stories from Youth ON stage) unites NGOs and young people from all over Europe. The project coordinator is the Greek organization Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group (ЕКО) in partnership with NGOs from Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Spain and Malta. The project is two years in duration from March 2023 to February 2025.
The aim of VISYON is to equip young Europeans with the necessary tools and skills to talk about their desires, needs and stories with the purpose to encourage a discussion of the current European policies. The main scope of the project is to foster youth participation in democratic life, support social and civic engagement and ensure that all young people are provided with the necessary resources to have an active role in society.
During our first consortium meeting in Leiden we reviewed the calendar of milestones and collectively agreed to guarantee the finest execution of the forthcoming events in the next two years.
The project is now underway and within the next couple of months of 2023 we will invite young people and organize local workshops and debates for them. Participants will get familiarized with the 11 Youth Goals and other relevant youth policies. On top of that, they will be trained in how to represent themselves in front of public bodies; how to develop and publicize content; how to share their views publicly and more. We would like to thank yEUth for the comfortable venue and EKO for the high level of professionalism and coordination!
We look forward to seeing the great work that we will all accomplish together with the rest of the partners and we are already impatient to see the eleven movie scripts for the short movies!