The European Youth Event is the flagship youth policy initiative of the European Parliament in partnership with more than 55 European and national NGO's.

The European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) will once again host a series of workshops and debates at the European Union’s upcoming European Youth Event 2018 which will take place in Strasbourg (France) between 30 May and 3 June 2018. The European Parliament will once again open its doors to 8000 young people from all over Europe in an effort to engage them in political debate and society, giving highlight to important key issues such as peace, democracy, unemployment, work and environment. The EYE 2018 will include a large variety of activities run under the motto “The plan is to fan this spark into a flame” in a political, social and cultural sense. It is a huge opportunity to meet young Europeans and make youth and our ideas visible to decision-makers.

Next to the premises of the European Parliament there will be the YO!Fest, a youth-led festival organised by the European Youth Forum that takes place every year in front of symbolic places of the EU institutions. The YO!Fest combines high-level policy debates, thematic workshops, educational activities, cultural animations and live music into a unique experience.

As part of our participation at the EYE 2018, 20 scouts from all over Europe will join a further 30 scouts from the Visegrad 4 countries to organize a series of workshops and debates linked to current affairs of the European Union and to make the voices of young people heard in the European Parliament.

This project is made possible through the generous support of the International Visegrad Fund.

Project Partners:

European Scout Region https://www.scout.org/europe

Junák – Czech Scouting https://www.skaut.cz/english/about-us

Scouting Slovakia http://skauting.sk/english

Polish Scouting and Guiding Association https://zhp.pl/serwis/en/

Hungarian Scout Association: https://cserkesz.hu/