You can apply to become a Young European Ambassador once a year during the call for applications, which will normally happen in autumn. Information about the call for applications and the application form will be published here and promoted on the EU NEIGHBOURS east communication channels. Meanwhile, please find out more about the Young European Ambassadors initiative here.
The YEAs initiative is a proactive one. As many interested candidates will be selected as are judged to be active, show interest and pass all the necessary stages.
If you will be 16 within one month of expressing your interest in becoming a Young European Ambassador, then you are able to apply. Please note that selected candidates aged 16-17 will be exclusively eligible for online engagement and local activities in their respective countries, not for international travel.
If there are more than six months until you turn 26 then you can apply.
One of the determining factors of this initiative is its youth-focused approach through a network of YEAs in a similar age range. The YEAs initiative has from its inception been designed for young people aged between 16 and 26, and the majority of our civic engagement activities target youth within this age range. After an individual Young European Ambassador turns 27, they will no longer be a YEA and therefore will be unable to participate in/launch any civic engagement activity or participate in international events with the programme. They will also be removed from the official communication and respective chats. However, everyone, whatever their age has the opportunity to continue supporting the initiative in a new role by becoming a mentor, a trainer or an EU4Youth Alumni. The EU NEIGHBOURS east team and Young European Ambassadors in-Country Coordinators will discuss these options with the prospective candidates on an individual basis. We do this to maintain the overall character of this initiative and offer the YEA experience to as many young people as possible across the EaP region, in the EU and UK. The programme and its YEAs initiative will continue to keep in touch with the former YEAs in their future endeavours as young professionals and leaders of their communities.
Because of many restrictions in place in the EU and EaP countries during the pandemic, most of the YEAs’ activities have been carried out online. Where and whenever possible, YEAs have now started to organise offline civic engagement activities, following all the measures foreseen by local authorities. The initiative has always kept its fast pace though, as there are a lot of events, webinars, workshops, networking and awareness-raising activities happening all the time. You can check out the list of YEAs’ activities here.
For Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) related information:
General information: yeas@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in Armenia: yeas.armenia@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in Azerbaijan: yeas.azerbaijan@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in Belarus: yeas.belarus@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in Georgia: yeas.georgia@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in Moldova: yeas.moldova@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in Ukraine: yeas.ukraine@euneighbourseast.eu
YEAs in the EU Member States: yeas.eu@euneighbourseast.eu
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