European Youth Card Association

EU Legislative Interests

EYCA's main focus lies in developing the actions of its member organisations on the local, national and European levels and increasing the reach of the European Youth Card to young people. As such, a large part of EYCA's efforts has the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the inner working of the association. EYCA's actions on the European level mainly relate to the projects that it runs or engages with. EYCA's large grassroots base enables it to link European actions with young citizens, thereby providing a tool for the enhancement of European initiatives in the field of Youth. Outside the scope of project work, limited action is taken that targets EU policymaking and EU legislative proposals. However, EYCA does engage with EU officials on the following legislative processes: EU Youth Strategy, EU Youth Work Agenda and the Youth Guarantee.

Communication Activities

Rural Youth Project (2023-2024): Through the work of the EYCA Youth Panel, a project was carried out in line with improving the youth services for young people in rural areas. Beyond this, the project explored young people's desires, challenges and opportunities in rural areas. Structured across several phases, the project included several actions such as grassroots actions in rural areas, the publication of a quantitative & qualitative report on rural youth, the organisation of the Rural Youth Camp in Spain and a outlining of the final recommendations to policy makers & EYCA members at an event in Brussels. European elections (2023-2024): EYCA carried out a project called "More In 24" aiming to get more young European interested in participating in the European elections of 2024. Through the actions of volunteers in 18 European countries and the support of EYCA members (and other project parterns), this project aimed to increase the turnout of young voters in a non-partisan manner (1), increase the understanding of young Europeans with regard to the EU and their role as EU citizens (2), and promote a culture of civic participation that extends beyond the EU elections and the participants that joined the project (3). This project is supported by a grant of the European Parliament. European Solidarity Corps (2020-2024): In partnership with the European Commission, EYCA is awarding participants of the European Solidarity Corps with a free European Youth Card. With a strong focus on favouring youth mobility and youth participant, the values and actions of EYCA are well in line with the objectives carried out by the European Solidarity Corps. It also organised the ESC Participation Awards, focussed on showcasing the stories and experiences of ESC participants. DiscoverEU (2021-2024): In partnership with the European Commission and a consortium of organisations, EYCA is awarding participants of DiscoverEU with a free European Youth Card. In addition, unsuccessful applicants are also granted a free European Youth Card. With a strong focus on favouring youth mobility and youth participant, the values and actions of EYCA are well in line with the objectives carried out by the DiscoverEU. Conference on the Future of Europe (2021-2022): EYCA carried out a project called "IStandFor.. / #StandForSomething" aiming to get young people involved in the CoFoE. Through the actions of volunteers in 16 European countries, and the support of EYCA members and project partners, this project aimed to increase the number of young people participation in the CoFoE process (1), collect the policy ideas of young Europeans (2), and highlight the main priorities of young people towards EU decision-makers (3). This project was supported by a grant of the European Parliament. European elections (2018-2019): EYCA carried out a project called "Give a vote" aiming to get more young European interested in participating in the European elections of 2019. Through the actions of volunteers in different European countries and the support of EYCA members, this project aimed to increase the turnout of young voters in a non-partisan manner (1), increase the understanding of young Europeans with regard to the EU and their role as EU citizens (2), and promote a culture of civic participation that extends beyond the EU elections and the participants that joined the project (3). This project was supported by a grant of the European Parliament.

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

EU Youth Stakeholders Group - European Commission https://youth.europa.eu/strategy/euyouthstrategygroup_en European Steering Committee for Youth - Council of Europe https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth/cdej

Organisation Members

https://eyca.org/members