Representing Europe’s youth
We are the voice of young people in Europe, standing up for their rights and striving for societies where young people are empowered and are encouraged to achieve their fullest potential as global citizens.
Our latest actions
Europe’s social media ban debate risks silencing the very people it claims to protect
By the time governments propose to ban social media access for young people, they have already lost the argument.
More actions for More Erasmus+
From high-level ministerial meetings to securing civil society support: read the latest updates on our fight for a more inclusive and better-funded Erasmus+ programme.
The European Youth Forum in numbers
Over 100 members
Democratic elections every 2 years
Outreach to 25 million young people
What do we care about?
Our work is centred on what matters most to young people. Explore more below!
Latest news
The clock is ticking for the 2030 Agenda: What now?
With time running out to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, HLPF 2026 signalled a shift from ambition to action. As progress remains severely off track amid rising global challenges, countries reaffirmed the 2030 Agenda as the roadmap for sustainable development and committed to accelerating collective action.
Loud, shy, inclusive: all the ways youth organisations make our voice heard
Navigating politics is not easy. That is where youth organisations step in, turning individual ideas into collective power. Our recent trip to Cork for the National Youth Council of Ireland’s (NYCI), first EU Youth Dialogue (EUYD) consultation, showed us exactly why this role is so essential.
Live, work, create: a central mission for this year’s Youth Capital
True North has one of the most important missions for their European Youth Capital year, to make the region better for young people to live, work and create in the Norwegian Arctic. That’s why the Youth Capital team keeps questioning, what makes young people stay, come back and leave?