Exploring Europe after the pandemic: Travel grants for young adults
This year we are again offering travel grants. Under the title “Visions for Europe”, young people can explore the continent. The application period ends on 30 May.
Here you get news from Young Europe, calls for applications for our programmes and awards as well as other current news from the Foundation.
This year we are again offering travel grants. Under the title “Visions for Europe”, young people can explore the continent. The application period ends on 30 May.
During its 35th anniversary year, the European Youth Parliament (EYP) will organise numerous events and activities to celebrate volunteering, the EYP’s journey of becoming one of the largest and enduring European youth networks, and the paramount importance of creating a peaceful, safe and united Europe.
Anahita Neghabat is the Young European of the Year 2022! Anahita, 26, from Austria is a social anthropologist and meme making political educator. In her online activist and educational practice, Anahita uses memes as a visual vocabulary, medium and tool for political commentary, reaching a broad and young audience of almost 24 thousand people on Instagram. With the award, the foundation seeks to support this creative young voice speaking from an intersectional feminist, anti-racist and anti-authoritarian perspective.
With regard to the ongoing invasion of Russia, the Foundation's management has released a new statement. An anonymous alumnus from the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in Russia also comments on current developments.
Following the recent violation of international law by the Russian Federation, the Schwarzkopf Foundation and the European Youth Parliament (EYP) as one of the biggest youth-led organisations in Europe make young European voices heard on the ground. Their statements as well as the ones of the Executive Directors of the foundation and of the EYP can be found in our current press release.
January 27 is the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust. It commemorates the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in 1945. In her speech, Margot Friedländer urgently warned against a growing ignorance of history and current dangers to democracy.