The Fast Forward – Youth Exchange 1 recently took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, from November 01. to 06. 2024. bringing together young people to learn about and address
environmental issues. This exchange was part of the Erasmus+ project Engage, Connect and Empower Youth for a Sustainable Green Future – Fast Forward, supported by the European Commission.
The goal of the program was to give young people the skills and knowledge to tackle environmental challenges of today.
The project focused on two main goals:
1. Quality Education
2. A Sustainable and Green Europe
Over the course of the exchange, 30 participants discussed important topics like climate change, reducing waste, and making eco-friendly choices. Through group activities and discussions, they learned about how climate change affects the world and explored simple ways to live more sustainably in their daily lives.
Another key topic was how social media can support climate action. Participants were encouraged to use digital platforms to raise awareness and inspire others to make environmentally friendly choices. They also conducted interviews with local residents to hear
their thoughts and experiences with climate change, which helped them better understand how climate issues affect the community.
The Fast Forward Youth Exchange gave young people practical skills and ideas to help create a sustainable future. This project was made possible by a team effort with six organizations: Albanians Skills, BRAVO – Bosnian Representative Association for Valuable Opportunities,
Eco-Logic, The Balkan Forum, and Brigaid EU Project.
Through this project, young people gained useful knowledge and skills to work towards a greener future.
More about "FAST FORWARD"
The project “Engage, connect and empower youth for a sustainable green future” is focused on two European Youth Goals: quality learning and sustainable green Europe. It aims at implementing a creative strategy in terms of capacity building for the new generation actually facing the problems of tomorrow related to environment degradation, climate change, and sustainability issues.
The target group of the project is youth trainers/workers, organizations, young activists in Albania, local/national authorities, and citizens of Albania and Europe. The project will focus in bringing the EU practices and translate them into tangible tools for youth in Western Balkan in order to fast forward the green transition. The core of the project, capacity building, will be achieved through a critical number of activities, such as ToT, Youth exchanges, toolkits and manuals. These activities will spill over throughout non-formal learning providers benefitting staff, youth, and key stakeholders in the process.
Overall, with this project Build Green Group will promote and improve capacity building for youth in important areas such as climate change awareness, environment digitalization, environmental justice, innovation & research, contribution to SDGs, and creation of fruitful partnerships. The topic addressed and activities designed to make the project have a local, national, and EU impact, specifically in bringing EU practices in WB.