This article marks the conclusion of a project that has supported local grassroots initiatives, strengthened civil society organizations and local authorities, and organized both local and international events—all with a powerful message: young people are key to building a more just and sustainable society.
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Want to organize an activity for young people but don't know where to start? Check out the Mindchangers Tools Repository, where you'll find plenty of examples for workshops, games, guidelines, and more.
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On November 23, 2024, the University of Craiova hosted the international conference “Engaging with Sustainability in Higher Education,” which focused on a highly relevant topic: the role of higher education institutions in promoting sustainability and the active involvement of young people in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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During the closing event, four panel discussions on young people's commitment to sustainable development were organised inviting experts from the European Commission, civil society and public offices. These are the takeaways for each panel.
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On October 10th, Mindchangers celebrated its regional conclusion in Baden-Württemberg under the title “Spot on Young Power - the final Mindchangers Summit” at the New Palace in Stuttgart. Once again, it became evident, that young people in Baden-Württemberg are full of innovative ideas and are actively committed to a sustainable future and the 2030 Agenda!
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Monica Tilea, associate professor at the University of Craiova (Romania) and leading researcher in the Mindchangers project, was present at Jornada Internacional de Educación para la Paz y la Ciudadanía Mundial organised by the UNESCO Chair for Democratic Citizenship and Cultural Freedom of the Universidad de La Rioja (Spain) during 28-29 October 2024.
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Are you struggling to reach and involve young people in your activities? After 650+ questionnaires, 60 structured interviews, 114 subgranted projects and thousands of young people involved, we share with you some useful elements to keep in mind when designing an activity for and with youth.
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Launched in 2020, the Mindchangers project is now coming to an end. To send it off in style, an event was held in Brussels at the end of September with many of its protagonists present. An ideal opportunity to take stock of this wonderful European adventure and shine a light on its numerous legacies.
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Young students from La Rioja are invited past Thursday, 3 October, to take part in a day of short films, organised by La Rioja Governement, within the framework of the Mindchangers Project, to raise awareness of the environment and migration through films.
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The international closing event of the European project “Mindchangers : regions and youth for planet and people”, will take place on September 24 and 25, 2024 in Brussels.
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The University of Craiova and the UNESCO Chair in Democratic Citizenship and Cultural Freedom from the University of La Rioja invite you to participate in The International Conference ENGAGING WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION - 23 November 2024, University of Craiova.
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Let's run an experiment. Try searching for the word "categophaty" on Google or any other search engine. Actually, you can stop. I did already googled it for you.
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This is it…The 3rd and final social media contest for Mindchangers Project is out! And you don’t want to miss it! The contest will run from 10 June to 23 June.
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On June 13, 2024, the University of Craiova (UCv) will host the "Act for Change" regional event, as partners in the Mindchangers project, during its annual Open Doors Days.
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On Thursday, June 20th, 2024 at the "StadtPalais – Museum for Stuttgart" at 5:00 pm we invite NGOs across Baden-Württemberg to transform the current “culture of failure” in project funding to learn from each other's mistakes and failures. We will finish the evening celebrating our imperfections at Palais Après.
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In Europe and across the world young people like you are contributing largely to a more sustainable, fairer world through their actions at individual (change of behaviour, peer influencing) and collective level (movements, collaboration with civil society organisations and local authorities).
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Mindchangers featured at the Agora Jeunes Citoyen-ne-s (AJC Festival), a 3-week festival entirely free and dedicated to youth participation and expression.
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Mindchangers hold the workshop ‘Engage and empower: Young minds and fresh ideas for local climate justice!’ in collaboration with regional network partners at the Young Congress Baden-Württemberg in on February 29th, 2024
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On February 23rd, 2024, Alina Reșceanu (University of Craiova) participated at a public consultation event organised by Dincolo de Azi Association on the topic of youth engagement, entitled “We build together.
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Join us on this visual journey as we unravel how Mindchangers empowers youth to become global change-makers!
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Müzeyen Tasdelen, project coordinator of Mindchangers at SEZ, and Navika Deol, ambassador of Mindchangers, as guests on the podcast DRUCK SACHE.
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Within the framework of the Actual Festival, the Government of La Rioja with the support of CONGDCAR, have organized 2 artistic workshops and a painting show on migrations aimed at young people so through collage they can express themselves and create their own Works.
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On 13-15 October 2023, Mindchangers took part in the sustainable HOPE festival, hosted in the superb Gare Maritime building of the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels.
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Let’s encourage open conversations on climate change issues and misinformation to foster diverse viewpoints and critical thinking.
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"The Impossible Triangle" is a sculpture conceived by Mastro Vito, one of the young mindchangers from Associazione DAI!, a partner of the Municipality of Cambiano within the project "Challenges for Youth 2.0."
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On 13-15 October 2023, Mindchangers took part in the sustainable HOPE festival, hosted in the superb Gare Maritime building of the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels.
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CEDRU continued to engage its volunteers in activities implemented as part of their sub-grated project EcoShades and hosted another stimulating debate in partnership with "Henri Coanda" Theoretical High School in Craiova.
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How can we build our lives, deploy our energy and experiment with new forms of solidarity in a society that has been turned upside down and needs to reinvent itself?
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Greening Gratte is a project that aims to raise young people's awareness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while transforming the organization (Gratte ASBL) to make its activities more sustainable.
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JCI Craiova has been organising an itinerant non-conventional cinema in both rural and urban locations to raise awareness among young people about environmental protection, action and engagement.
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In Tournai, we are particularly attached to the notion of peaceful community life. It means being open to others and their diversity, as well as valuing mutual cultural enrichment.
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Contemporary art is for everyone. Works of art undeniably speak about the world in which they are created and are catalysts for discussion and reflection
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Nine of us had arranged to meet on 2 September at the Brussels-South train station where the TGV set off at around 6:25 a.m.
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At this year’s Mindchangers International Youth Meeting in Stuttgart September 25th – September 27th
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This year, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles is organising its Mindchangers regional event in Brussels from 13 to 15 October.
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The city of Logroño hosted almost 50 persons including youth leaders and NGOs staff of the Mindchangers grantees as well as from other NGOs and associations.
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At the Mindchangers International Youth Meeting, this year in Stuttgart September 25th – September 27th, young people who are active in this year’s Mindchangers projects will be working on proposals to resolve barriers of youth engagement.
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A delegation of young people from Dolj County assumed the role of agents of change and strived to make their voices heard in the community.
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Last June, as part of its “Trainee for Change” project, Forêt.Nature organised a week of training for forestry students and young professionals in collaboration with Parc naturel des Sources.
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Le Son qui dérange » was born out of a simple observation: young people are aware of and informed about the challenges of climate change to say the least.
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Moncalieri Municipality lead of “Be the Change” project organize a camping experience promoting civic engagement, education and participation.
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This year’s BoatPet competition, part of JCI’s activities in the Mindchangers’ subgranted project CleanUp Craiova, saw five teams of high school students battle it out with their self-designed and constructed rafts out of recycled pets.
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On 17 and 18 July, RESACOOP and several grantees of the two Mindchangers calls for projects in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes hosted a space of "la fabrique du vivre ensemble" at the Lafi Bala Festival in Chambéry.
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In April and May 2023, Active Yourope Association continued their awareness-raising activities and organized a second workshop on the topic of "Young Ambassadors.
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The event is planned to take place on Sunday, June 11, starting at 9.30 a.m. on the lake in the Hanul Doctorului Park, Craiova.
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A series of podcasts created by young people from different backgrounds, here and abroad, to share their experiences, doubts and perspectives on two closely related contemporary issues: the climate crisis and international migration.
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Launching today, the Mindchangers Meme Contest invites creative minds all across the European Union to create memes that entertain, inspire, and challenge conventional thinking.
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March and April were busy months for the Mindchangers team of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles!
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At the second Mindchangers Summit on April 15th, 2023 at the "Fair Handeln", an international exhibition focusing on fair trade and globally responsible trade and activities in Stuttgart.
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The workshop also included a session of questions and answers led by the invited speaker Tana Foarfa, Director of Europuls and policy advisor at the European Parliament.
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On April 25th, CEDRU Association organized the 2nd debate as part of their EcoShades project. This debate took place at the Omnia Hall of the "Henri Coandă" Theoretical High School in Craiova, engaging high school students on the topic of "A clean country for the future!".
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This year, InforJeune Entre-Sambre-Et-Meuse is implementing “Hors-Champ” as one of granted projects from the second call for proposals in Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
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Spring started with another interesting activity organized within the EcoShades project.
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This year, Association des Compagnons Bâtisseurs is implementing “Terre de Diversité” as one of the granted projects from the second call for proposals in Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
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CleanUP Craiova aims to educate young people’s behaviour towards recycling and to stimulate dialogue and partnership between the local community and representatives of the recycling sector at local level.
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In Dolj County, the GAIA - Green Action Involvement Awareness project, implemented by the Active Yourope Association and sub-granted within the Mindchangers project, launched the invitation to fill in a short questionnaire online.
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CEDRU Association and "Henri Coandă" Theoretical High School organised on February 15th 2023 the first debate for high school students as part of the EcoShades project, on the topic of "Be the voice of your generation! Our climate, our future!"
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A project run by Louvain Coopération, UCLouvain and Maison du Développement Durable.
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Communication as a success factor for the practice.
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The grantees from the second call for proposals in Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles met on the 14th and 21st of February for their first two capacity-building workshops.
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In Dolj County, a new project funded within the Mindhcangers’ subgranting action, started its activities on raising awareness and promoting youth engagement in addressing environmental challenges.
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Consorzio ONG Piemontesi (COP), in collaboration with the University of Craiova, organised an additional start-up seminar for the second-round grantees selected within the sub-granting action of the Mindchangers Project in Dolj County.
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On the 12th of January, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles held its start-up seminar for the 10 newly granted projects from the 2022 Mindchangers call for proposals. During the whole day, the grantees had the opportunity to get to know each other and to meet those from the 2021 call for proposals.
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The 23rd of January more than fifty people representing the sixteen projects financed in Piedmont took part to the start-up seminar for grantees in Toolbox, the biggest and oldest coworking space in Italy.
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by Federica Benedetti and Ilaria Tiana
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Most of us consider December to be a month of beauty, generosity, gifts and harmony: the winter holidays are what make us rethink for a while our relationships with those around us, the world and the beauty we enjoy every day.
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As part of the project Youth are shaping the Future, Go Romania (together with other non-governmental organizations and associations) carried out – as part of the Mindchangers project – several non-formal activities and workshops at the Jianca Isalnita greenhouses (Dolj County).
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A total of three projects have been financed in the second call for proposal in the Dolj County. The projects leads are three Civil Society Organizations since the call in the Dolj County was restricted to CSOs.
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Eleven innovative Mindchangers projects were selected for the year 2023 in Baden-Württemberg. Global partnerships and exchange, with countries such as Argentina and the Democratic Republic of Congo, are the core of our new Mindchangers projects.
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Sixteen new projects are ready to take off in Piedmont Region. The results of the "Youth and Agenda 2030" second call for proposal have been announced in December.
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The past year has been rich in events and activities for Mindchangers.
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The 2nd Mindchangers call for projects in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has been supporting 14 projects throughout the region.
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Thanks to the technical and financial support from the EU DEAR Programme and to all regional partners involved in Mindchangers, La Rioja Region (Spain) managed to select 6 proposals led by local associations for a total funding of €115 375.
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One of the youth groups participating to the project Le Climat change, et toi?, named “The Christmas tree”, wanted to draw attention to a local problem with serious social, environmental and climatic consequences - the monoculture of Christmas trees in the province of Luxembourg (Belgium).
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Team Action Climat (TAC) is a project bringing together young people who want to take action in favour of the climate and the environment.
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“Champ à Mailles” (aka “Cham”) is the collective, participatory and intergenerational vegetable garden of Maison Verte et Bleue, where Brussels residents from all backgrounds can meet each other and develop nourishing bonds with their community.
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25 young Mindchangers from the region Baden-Württemberg were invited by Rudi Hoogvliet to a visit of the Baden-Württemberg State Representation in Berlin.
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Get a glimpse of what Mindchangers Generation was in this article.
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by Ilaria Tiana and Federica Benedetti
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by Federica Benedetti and Giulia Mallo
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The importance of activism and education as countervailing forces to environmental devastation.
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Discover the grantees of the second French Mindchangers call for proposals.
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The “Students Mindchangers” project, led by Eclosio in partnership with Accord d’Ebène, aims to train a group of student-relays on migration issues.
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Young people for a better world: at the Youth Forum 2022 in Rust (DE), Mindchangers, young people and teachers shared their ideas on climate change and migration.
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On 28 and 29 July 2022, Mindchangers set up its stand at the Esperanzah! Festival. Two days under the scorching sun in the company of other associations in the ‘Village des Possibles’ to get the attention of festival-goers on topics related to climate and migration.
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The mindchangers project Klima Azubis is providing a seminar for young trainees and apprentices of different companies that focuses on building competences on the topic of climate change and climate justice.
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Youth engagement is the “Elephant in the room” for many CSOs and LAs working with young people on the 2030 Agenda.
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A member of the DigiScope project interviews a young passer-by in order to raise awareness of the impact of digital technologies on the environment, climate, and the world as a whole.
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On 20th June, RESACOOP proposed a remote session dedicated to the restitution of the great European study launched in Mindchangers.
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Four Mindchangers projects will be present in the “Village des Possibles” during the Esperanzah! festival which will take place from 28 to 31 July 2022.
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Learn to Act is a project implemented by Asociația Dialoguri Europene with the financial support of the European Union, through the project Mindchangers: Regions and youth for Planet and People.
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In December, the NGO Autre Terre received the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation via Mindchangers for their theatre-action project which brings together the Compagnie Buissonnière, various Belgian youth centres and the association "Le Baobab" in Burkina Faso.
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The RESACOOP team mobilized for the International Forum for Good Living organized by the CCFD-Terre Solidaire in Grenoble.
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This project, conducted by FOL69 with the media Tout va bien, is conducted by 6 young volunteers involved in these structures.
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The second Mindchangers’ call for proposals was launched on July the 1st, 2022, in La Rioja.
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Giving a name to Climate CRegione Piemonte launched the second Mindchangers call for proposals, for Local Authorities and Civil Society Organisations located in Piemonte (Italy).
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Giving a name to Climate Change is the goal of the project ran by Cambalache, a civil society organization located in Alessandria.
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An insight in Mindchnagers' first partner meeting in person
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Discussions and exchange between young people and politicians in the Fai Handeln in Stuttgart
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The young team of the project was involved in the activities of the great festival
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The first of the Mindchangers’ local projects launched in Wallonie-Bruxelles recently ended, resulting in an open-air show open to public
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The call is open until 26th June, the new projects will run from Winter 2022-2023
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The second Mindchangers call for proposals is open until 16th September in Dolj county, Romania
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The first Start Up Seminar and the first Capacity Building and for the Spanish Mindchangers’ partners
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Mindchangers' second call for proposals is open in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France), aimed at Local Authorities and Civil Society Organizations willing to help youth to engage in awareness raising actions on climate change, migrations and other SDGs.
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Mindchangers' staff participated in the DEAR Learning and Development Hub focusing on “Youth Engagement and Peer Learning”.
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Go Romania and the University of Craiova organized an interesting debate on the hot topics of climate change, food waste and climate pollution.
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Read the article published by the Mindchangers' regional research team from the University of Craiova about youth engagement and youth empowerment.
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Peace is the most basical need for all of us as both individuals and society. We must strive for a peaceful and fairer world for all, together.
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Supported by the UE DEAR Programme, La Rioja (Spain) activated three local projects to increase youth engagement in climate change and migration.
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In December the Mindchangers start-up seminar took place in Turin, to present the Mindchangers goals to the financed projects.
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EYE 2021 is the EU Parliament event dedicated to young citizens from all over European Union and beyond, it aims to strengthen and shape youth new ideas about the future of Europe.
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EYE 2021 is the EU Parliament event dedicated to young citizens from all over European Union and beyond, it aims to strengthen and shape youth new ideas about the future of Europe.
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