European Youth Capital

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European Youth Capital
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Awarded forAwarded to a city with innovative ideas, projects and activities that aim to raise up young voices and bring a new youth perspective to all aspects of city life.
Presented by European Youth Forum
First awarded2009
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The European Youth Capital (abbreviated EYC) is the title awarded by the European Youth Forum to a European city, designed to empower young people, boost youth participation and strengthen European identity through projects focused on youth-related cultural, social, political and economic life and development. [1] The European Youth Capital is an initiative by the European Youth Forum and is awarded for a period of one year. The first capital was chosen in 2009. Since 2014, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is an official partner the European Youth Capital title. The current, capital for the 2024 calendar year is Ghent, Belgium.

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Goals

The European Youth Capital aims in promoting intra-European co-operation between young people. Among the most important aspects of the institution is the betterment of everyday life of the youth in the city selected as youth capital, not just for the duration of the festivities, but in the long term. [2] Additionally, participation of the youth in the design and implementation of the plans for each capital of youth is encouraged by the EYC. [2] Ensuring that the youth are informed and actively involved in society and given opportunities for a better future is also a priority for the EYC initiative. [1] Tourism and increased international prestige are some of the additional benefits of being named European Youth Capital. [1]

Capitals (2009–2026)

Since 2009, there have been the following European Youth Capitals: [3] [4] [5]

European Youth Capital
YearCityCountryNotes
2009 Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2010 Turin Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2011 Antwerp Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
2012 Braga Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Info
2013 Maribor Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Info
2014 Thessaloniki Flag of Greece.svg Greece Info

finalists: Flag of Russia.svg Ivanovo, Flag of Greece.svg Heraklion, other candidates: Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona, Flag of Turkey.svg Konya, Flag of Russia.svg Perm, Flag of Turkey.svg Trabzon

2015 Cluj-Napoca Flag of Romania.svg Romania Info

finalists: Flag of Russia.svg Ivanovo, Flag of Lithuania.svg Vilnius, Flag of Bulgaria.svg Varna other candidates: Flag of Poland.svg Katowice, Flag of Spain.svg La Laguna, Flag of Spain.svg Badajoz, Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ganja, Flag of Italy.svg Lecce and Flag of Russia.svg Perm

2016 Ganja Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan other candidates: Flag of Bulgaria.svg Varna, Flag of Lithuania.svg Vilnius, Flag of Spain.svg La Laguna and Flag of Spain.svg Badajoz
2017 Varna Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria other candidates: Flag of Portugal.svg Cascais, Flag of Ireland.svg Galway, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Newcastle and Flag of Italy.svg Perugia [6]
2018 Cascais Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal other candidates: Flag of Hungary.svg Kecskemét, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester, Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad and Flag of Italy.svg Perugia
2019 Novi Sad Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia other candidates: Flag of France.svg Amiens, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derry/Strabane, Flag of Ireland.svg Galway, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester and Flag of Italy.svg Perugia
2020 Amiens Flag of France.svg France other candidates: Flag of Moldova.svg Chișinău, Flag of Lithuania.svg Klaipėda, Flag of Romania.svg Timișoara and Flag of Austria.svg Villach
2021 Klaipėda Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania other candidates: Flag of Moldova.svg Chișinău, Flag of Cyprus.svg Greater Nicosia, Flag of Croatia.svg Varaždin and Flag of Russia.svg Yaroslavl
2022 Tirana Flag of Albania.svg Albania other candidates: Flag of Romania.svg Baia Mare, Flag of Russia.svg Kazan, Flag of Poland.svg Poznań and Flag of Croatia.svg Varaždin
2023 Lublin Flag of Poland.svg Poland other candidates: Flag of Romania.svg Baia Mare, Flag of Russia.svg Kazan, Flag of Turkey.svg İzmir, Flag of Ukraine.svg Lviv and Flag of Poland.svg Poznań
2024 Ghent Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium other candidates: Flag of Moldova.svg Chișinău, Flag of Ukraine.svg Lviv and Flag of Hungary.svg Veszprém
2025 Lviv Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine other candidates: Flag of Spain.svg Fuenlabrada, Flag of Turkey.svg Izmir and Flag of Norway.svg Tromsø
2026 Tromsø Flag of Norway.svg Norway other candidates: Flag of Turkey.svg Izmir, Flag of Spain.svg Málaga, Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo and Flag of Portugal.svg Vila do Conde
Europe EU laea location map.svg
Locations of European Youth Capitals. Green designates current cities; red is for past cities; and blue for future cities.

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