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Youth in the EU: a visual snapshot of trends, challenges, and aspirations
In this interview with Giulia Paolini and Diana Antonello, youth policy analysts at EACEA, we focus on the creation of the visually driven report "Situation of Young People in the EU". This publication, annexed to the EU Youth Report 2024, offers a comprehensive look at key aspects of young Europeans' lives, including youth demographics, political participation, and environmental concerns.
Shaping the future: The EU’s long-term budget plan and how you can contribute
Focus On: Our youngest - What future are we preparing them for?
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." John F. Kennedy
Focus On Interview: Supporting Europe through our work
There’s a buzz of excitement in the Eurydice and Youth Wiki offices. The new Commission’s priorities and the recent hearings of designated Commissioners have brought a wave of fresh ideas, curiosity, and new analytical perspectives.
Eurydice Network Heads of Unit Meeting: Shaping the future together
As every year, the 2024 Eurydice’s Heads of Unit Meeting brought together representatives from the countries participating in our Network. The event focused on Eurydice’s role as a provider of high-quality data, comparative analysis and highlighted its commitment to evidence-based policy-making.
Focus On Interview: A conversation with Dr. Milica Popović on fundamental values in the European Higher Education Area
Building Bridges: Eurydice Network’s Enlargement
“I started by speaking of Europe responding to the call of history. And history is now calling us to work on completing our Union.” President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, State of the Union address at the European Parliament in September 2023.
Focus on: If young people care, why do they not engage more with democratic life?
The worst of attitudes is indifference, or to think ‘I can do nothing about it; I get by just fine’ – Stéphane Hessel
Focus On: Is younger always better when it comes to learning a foreign language?
“The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.” -Roger Bacon
Focus On: What skills do Europeans need?
“It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill” Wilbur Wright
Education is an all-encompassing activity that should be articulated through many different goals and objectives. In the 1980s the Delors Commission already formulated this idea by identifying four education pillars, namely those of learning to know, to do, to be and to live together. These different but related missions of our education systems strive to enhance the abilities, possibilities and the human development of citizens at various stages of their lives.