Youth AGenda 2027 - Empowered Young Women for Sense of ActiVe CItizenship EuRopeAn values

Main aim of VIRAGO project is promoting regional partnerships and wider civic participation of young women from 5 country and by doing this, fostering the sense of European citizenship and European values. The project will achieve this through development of a cooperation network model in the context of EU Youth Strategy 2019-young women aged 18-29 years, who will sustain partnership initiatives, encourage wider civic participation for their peers society. Today young women in Europe have access to more opportunities for participation at all levels of governance and policy actively engaged in civic life is crucial to achieve positive outcomes – skills development, confidence and competency building. From Latin VIRAGO means WOMAN WHO DEMONSTRATES HEROIC QUALITIES. VIRAGO project will explore young women in 6 partner countries–Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Spain and Turkey. A balanced partnership between established, as well as between “old” and “young” EU member states and a candidate. Target group will be involved in set of activities, that are logically targeted to the complex approach of ‘Engage-Connect-Strategy 2019-2027. Project duration is 24 months in all partner countries, by covering: researches on specific topics, targeted to youths and women trainers in EU Youth policy 2019-2027; improved skills of youths for project design and implementation; leadership public debates on EU youth policy measures for 2019 – 2027; large-scale cross-border mobility activities for building partnerships. As a result, more than 1600 participants will be empowered for fostering sense of European citizenship and in 73 events.

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29.11.2019