The European Youth Portal is an EU project aimed at support and promote opportunity study, work or volunteer in the European panorama. It's a website the Web which provides information on work, study or volunteering opportunities for young people living in Europe. Inside there is a “DiscoverEU 2024” section. Concretely, this initiative offers young people aged 18 in the EU the opportunity to travel free across Europe to discover cultural heritage.
What does the European Youth Portal offer?
The portal is an initiative of the European Commission and is available in 28 languages. boys between 13 and 30 years old they can consult to get information and know about opportunities through Europe.
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The portal offers young people studying or working in Europe information on the opportunities they can take advantage of at European and national level. Directions concern a wide variety of subjects and between these are education, work, culture, inclusion, health and volunteering.
Thanks to the portal, it is possible to read the testimonies of young people and consult the list of current events. To ensure you have access to the initiatives offered by the portal, children must turn to Eurodeskthe official network of the program Erasmus+. In addition to providing information on programs supported by community institutions for young people, she is responsible for content management and promotion of the portal. It is present in 36 European countries with national coordination centers and more than 1,000 information point distributed throughout the territory. Among the initiatives coordinated by EurodeskThere is DiscoverEU which will give 18 year olds the chance to explore Europe.
DiscoverEu 2024: the opportunity to travel free for Europe
DiscoverEU 2024 is an opportunity funded by the Erasmus+ program and is expected to have two annual application cycles. In 2023, more than 36,000 young people will have received the DiscoverEU Pass for a maximum duration of one month, between March 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025.
The next registration period is scheduled for spring. To participate, children must be 18 years old and citizens or residents of one of the 27 member states. of the EU (including overseas countries and territories). Those selected will obtain a European card which will entitle them to discounts on cultural and sporting visits, local transport and accommodation.
DiscoverEU offers the opportunity to discover the history and culture of the EU, as well as meeting people from all over Europe. In addition, the project offers the possibility of carrying out a virtual exchange Erasmus+, so that young people can benefit from a high-level international education without having to leave their country of origin.
European portal: an opportunity for growth in Europe
Young people, and those who work with or for young people, can be informed about EU-supported initiatives, which offer funding opportunities or information on strategies adopted at European level regarding youth policies.
Within the portal, study, work or volunteering opportunities are divided into sections and each in turn is divided into a subcategory referring to a specific theme. In addition, much space is devoted to EU youth policies called “Participate” which brings together all activities relating to active citizenship, essential to acquire training or professional experience in the European panorama.
This includes civic engagement and dialogue between young people and policy makers so that their opinions and needs are taken into account in determining European youth policies.
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