Most recent projects
Through our network of youth organisations, social/youth workers, youth leaders, and young people, we work at European, regional and local level to foster social inclusion of young people. To reach our goal, we implement and take part in networking activities, training courses, seminars, cross-border projects, local workshops and researches on youth and social issues.
Digital Echoes
“Digital Echoes” is a project aimed at addressing the challenges associated with the exclusion of young people and their limited civic engagement, particularly in rural and disadvantaged areas. The project recognises that young people in these communities often lack the digital tools, skills and opportunities to make their voices heard and participate actively in civic life. Drawing on non-formal education and digital storytelling methods, Digital Echoes aims to empower youth workers and, through them, the local young people they support, to create videos about their country’s rural traditions.
SBIM- Skip the Barriers of International Mobility
2024–2025: SBIM is an Erasmus+ funded project that aims to make international mobility opportunities accessible to young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Through innovative tools and peer-to-peer approaches, we empower youth workers to help young people discover and take part in international programmes. The aim is to remove barriers to mobility and enable youth workers to facilitate young people’s access to life-changing experiences.
PENDYW - Promoting Equality and Non-Discrimination in Youth Work
2024–2025: The project aims to strengthen inclusive practices in the field of youth work in partner countries. The project has tackled inequalities affecting young people from marginalised groups by providing youth workers and organisations with practical tools to combat discrimination and promote participation. Throughout the year, the Youth Express Network acted as lead coordinator of the advocacy and empowerment programme for young leaders from vulnerable groups.
RE(DIS)COVER YOUTH WORK - SEMINAR FOR YOUTH WORKERS
In August 2022, we organized a seminar in Strasbourg for youth workers. The objective of this event was to rediscover youth work after the pandemic. This sector has been particularly affected by the health measures put in place. We wanted to enable new youth workers to rediscover the values of this work, to share new knowledge with them and to give them practical skills.
CEYOU - PARTNERSHIP INVOLVED IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Since 2020, Y-E-N has been working in partnership with Pontydysgu, an organization from the United Kingdom, and 4 other NGOs (ACP, ACR+, CID, UCSA) within the framework of an Erasmus+ KA2 entitled CEYOU (Circular Economy for Youth). As a result of this collaboration, we have put together a guide. Its objective is to support young people and youth organisations in the development and implementation of training programs, activities and events in the field of the circular economy.
SHAKE THE BOX - ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF PARTICIPATION
At Youth Express Network, we believe that vulnerable youth has a lot of potential. Through our 2019 Work Plan, we wanted to bring together different layers of society, in order for them to claim and prove together that vulnerable youth’s participation is real, effective and promising. 26 youth organisations joined us on this project. In order to promote and encourage youth participation, each of them created a local delegation composed of: 1 youth/social worker in charge of coordinating/supporting the process, 2-3 young people from vulnerable groups willing to have an impact on their community, and 1 stakeholder willing to actively join and support them.
DIGITALISE IT - DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR YOUTH WORK
2019 was the last phase of our 2-year strategic partnership. This capacity building project aimed at experimenting, sharing and confronting practices on innovative and creative digital methods and tools to foster empowerment and social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities. It was supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and the Region Grand Est.
EU4YOU - ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR YOUTH
2019 also marked the final stage of this 2-year strategic partnership. The aim of this capacity building project was to develop innovative complementary pathways for boosting employability of young people through social youth entrepreneurship and providing them with tools for cultural entrepreneurship in particular. It was supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.