EYES Focus Group
5 Apr, 2025
Online ZOOM Meeting
Join the Movement for Social Inclusion and Active Citizenship
Empowering Youth Across Continents
What is EYES, and Why It Matters
It’s not just a project – It’s a platform for transformation
EYES – Empowering Youth: Erasmus Plus Virtual Exchange for Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion is a three-year Erasmus+ project designed to foster meaningful dialogue and cooperation between young people and youth workers across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Through a dynamic blend of online facilitated discussions, targeted training programs, and local community actions, EYES aims to promote:
- Youth civic engagement
- Social inclusion
- Mental health awareness
- Knowledge of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
More than 2,000 young people and facilitators will actively participate across 8 partner countries, generating impactful social change both locally and globally.
The project’s final results include:
- A digital learning and exchange platform
- A collaborative internal social network
- Educational resources and toolkits
- Scalable best practices for youth empowerment
The Keys of EYES - Virtual Exchange
Online Exchanges
24 Monthly Virtual Discussions
Trainings for Youth Workers
4 Online Training Cycles
Local Impact Actions
48 Local Community Activities
Countries Involved
8 Countries in Europe & Africa
From Vision to Action: The Journey of EYES
3 Years, 3 Phases, 1 Mission: Empower Youth
Our Focus: Global Challenges, Local Action
Youth voices shaping the future by tackling the world’s most urgent issues
Six Topics.
The themes explored in EYES are not just topics, they are real-life challenges that
connect young people across continents, cultures and contexts.
1. Migration & Rural Exodus
2. Youth Unemployment & Education
3. Social and Solidarity Economy
4. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
5. Mental Health & Wellbeing
6. Civic Engagement & Youth Leadership
1. Migration & Rural Exodus
🌍 Understanding movement, embracing identity.
Migration is more than a journey — it’s a story of opportunity, challenge, and resilience.
This theme dives into the causes and consequences of migration and rural exodus, especially among youth.
Migration is more than a journey — it’s a story of opportunity, challenge, and resilience.
This theme dives into the causes and consequences of migration and rural exodus, especially among youth.
We explore: 👇
- Economic and social drivers of displacement
- The impact on rural and urban communities
- Migration as a cross-continental phenomenon
- How international cooperation and youth engagement can reduce forced migration
😃 This topic fosters empathy, critical thinking and global awareness — encouraging youth to see migration not as a crisis, but as a human reality with solutions.
2. Youth Unemployment & Education
🚀 From jobless to empowered: education as transformation.
Equipping youth with skills, confidence, and opportunity.
Equipping youth with skills, confidence, and opportunity.
This theme addresses one of the most urgent challenges faced by youth in Europe and Africa: lack of employment opportunities.
We focus on: 👇
- Vocational training and non-formal education
- Soft skills and digital competence
- Barriers to employment and underemployment
- The link between education, self-worth and active citizenship
🗣️ Youth explore how to build meaningful career paths and advocate for a more inclusive, equitable job market.
3. Social and Solidarity Economy
💼 Business with purpose, economy with values.
Rethinking success through fairness, sustainability and cooperation. 🌱 🤝
Rethinking success through fairness, sustainability and cooperation. 🌱 🤝
This theme presents the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) as a real alternative to traditional economic models.
Youth explore: 👇
- Cooperative models and social entrepreneurship
- Community-based solutions
- Gender equality and sustainability in economic practices
- Empowerment through collective action
We show how SSE can reduce inequalities and offer concrete opportunities for youth-led initiatives. 👥
4. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Think global, act local. 🌍 💪
The SDGs are not just a UN roadmap — they’re your mission, too.
The SDGs are not just a UN roadmap — they’re your mission, too.
Through this theme, youth connect with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and learn how to localize them through: 👇
- Community clean-ups
- Awareness campaigns
- Climate action projects
Gender equality and inclusive education advocacy
The SDGs become practical, tangible, and deeply personal — fueling everyday change from the bottom up. 💡 ❤️
5. Mental Health & Wellbeing
Healing together, growing stronger. 🤝
Breaking the stigma and building resilience.
Breaking the stigma and building resilience.
Mental health is still a taboo in many communities — but not in EYES. 🚫
This theme provides: 👇
- Tools for emotional literacy
- Strategies for self-care and peer support
- A safe space to talk, listen, and grow
We believe that wellbeing is a right — and that youth can lead the way in transforming how we talk about and care for our mental health. 💪
6. Civic Engagement & Youth Leadership
Don’t wait for change. Lead it. 🚀
Your voice matters. Your actions shape tomorrow. 🗣️🌍
Your voice matters. Your actions shape tomorrow. 🗣️🌍
This theme inspires youth to become active citizens, through: 👇
- Community organizing and volunteering
- Leadership development
- Advocacy and participation in democratic life
- Youth-led campaigns and digital activism
We empower young people to recognize their role in society — not as future leaders, but as leaders of today. 👊💡
EYES International Partnership
EYES is made possible by a strong international partnership of organizations committed to youth empowerment!
Learn, Connect, Act: Training & Events
EYES offers interactive online courses on key social topics and hosts regular virtual events open to youth and facilitators worldwide.
Check out the event calendar and enroll in upcoming courses!
- Monthly virtual
youth forums - Local and
international events - Four Training
Cycles for youth workers
Upcoming Events
Follow all our events, meetings and reports!
Voices from the EYES Community
Stay updated with news, personal stories, and insights from young participants, youth workers and project leaders across 8 countries.
The blog is a space for storytelling, learning, and shared inspiration.
Be Part of Something Bigger
You have the power to change your community. Your voice matters. Your action counts.
Join EYES and become the change you want to see.
Join EYES and become the change you want to see.
