ThinkYoung
Budget
€10 — €0
EP Access
5
accredited persons
Staff
5
0.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
ThinkYoung is the first think tank focusing on young people. It was founded in 2009 in Brussels and has expanded to Geneva, Hong Kong and Nairobi. It is a not-for-profit organisation, with the aim of making the world a better place for young people, by involving them in decision making processes and by providing decision makers with high-quality research on key issues affecting young people. ThinkYoung conducts studies and surveys, makes documentary movies, writes policy proposals and develops educational programmes. So far, ThinkYoung projects have reached over 800,000 young people. Based on its research on young people, ThinkYoung creates schools and workshops to empower youth with the tools to make a change. Through the Entrepreneurship Schools set up in Europe and Asia, every year 300 young people from all continents are given the opportunity to cooperate, the chance to learn first-hand experience from successful entrepreneurs, and the skills to create their own company.
EU Legislative Interests
Research activities on young people's conditions, the education system, entrepreneurship framework, EU-Asia Relations and EU Enlargement and neighbour policy. We are currently following the public consultation on the new programs of the EU commission, green deal, digital revolution, makers movement and the circular/sharing/social economy.
Communication Activities
Research, campaigns and policy proposals on millennials and GenZ, participation to EU projects, mainly Erasmus, documentaries, videos, films, pictures regarding young people. Worldwide series of education programmes for startups www.entrepreneurshipschool.com and STEM skills related projects for kids such as the www.codingsummerschool.com
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
We do not have member organisations, networks or associations affiliated, the only members are individuals. ThinkYoung is a member of the EU STEM Coalition (https://www.stemcoalition.eu/)
Organisation Members
There are no organisations that are members of ThinkYoung, just individuals that are the 3 founders of ThinkYoung.
Additional Information
ThinkYoung received Action Grants to fund a specific project in Consortium with partners, but it has not received any operation grant that funds our operating costs.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.