The Fast Forward Youth Exchange in Struga, North Macedonia, brought together young leaders from across Europe to discuss about climate change challenges and promote sustainable development.
Organized by our partners under the Erasmus program, the event focused on collaboration, innovation and learning.
The first 2 days included working in groups in various workshops, while the 3rd day included a meeting with Mayor Zoran Nogaceski of Debarca, where participants explored local environmental sites followed by a visit to Belchinsko Blago, showcasing the link between cultural preservation and sustainability.
On Day 4, a workshop on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) empowered participants to integrate these global objectives into their daily lives and community projects.
This exchange highlighted the potential of youth to drive meaningful change, inspiring participants to take collective action for a greener and more sustainable future.
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT
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.