The Youth Café, a core member of the Africa–Europe Innovation Platform (AEIP) Consortium, took centre stage at the highly anticipated Africa–Europe Innovation Fair 2025, a flagship event organised by the European Commission in partnership with the African Union (AU) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Held under the unifying theme “Enabling That Step Forward,” the Fair brought together cutting-edge research, policy leadership, and market-ready innovation across Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean.
Youth Recommendations On International Partnerships For The next European Commission | Global Gateway High-Level Youth Event
These are Youth Recommendations on International Partnerships elaborated through a participative process by young people engaged in the implementation of the Youth Action Plan in EU External Action and under the initiative of the members of the EU Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships. They have been presented at the Global Gateway High-Level Youth Event that took place in Brussels
on 9 and 10 October 2024.
Launching The European Union Youth Empowerment Fund I Financial Support To Youth-Led Initiatives
The Youth Cafe participated in the Launching of the EU Youth Empowerment Fund Launch (YEF). YEF is the key flagship of the empowerment pillar of the Youth Action Plan in EU External Action (YAP). The YAP features flagships for the three pillars of the plan: engage, connect and empower. The YEF will be implemented as a pilot initiative worth €10 million that will provide direct financial support to youth-led initiatives in partner countries focusing on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level, in particular on environment and climate change and the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalised youth.