„Green YOUth Change Makers” project (reference no. 2024-1-RO01-KA154-YOU-000242902) is an environment action and activism project, aimed mainly for people of 16-19 years old who are interested in environmental topics, social justice, and sustainability. It aims to change the ways we see taking part to civic society. We want to help to look for new solutions towards sustainable and socially righteous EU.

"Green YOUth Change Makers" project objectives:
1) To educate 116 young people aged 15-19 years old from Romania and Bulgaria on environmental literacy;
2) To raise youngsteers environmental consciousness by making them aware of the difficulties that arise from a lack of understanding about climate and the environment;
3) To raise participants’ awareness in achieving Sustainable Green Europe;
4) To develop green competencies for 116 young people aged 15-19 years old from Romania and Bulgaria providing them with knowledge, developing their skills, and shaping attitudes
5) To create space and provide a floor for participating youth and decision-makers to have dialogue on local and EU levels.

"Green YOUth Change Makers" Project activities:
- Online preparatory meeting;
- Online campaign carried out to inspire the young generation to deepen their knowledge about climate change & ecological issues;
- European Research aimed to examine the motivation of young people to engage in activities for the protection of the environment;
- Two european mobilities (1 in RO, 1 in BG) aiming at the exchange of realities, views, opinions and good practices with young people and environmental experts regarding climate crisis and environmental education;
- Realisation of „#EcoFighters a guide for school students into environmental activism”;
- Local workshops for young people in schools;
- Local consultations aimed at learning about the opinions and positions of young people on increasing the level of involvement and participation in activities for climate protection;
- Plogging events organized in RO&BG;
- Drafting recommendations for policy makers;
- My city is clean and green awareness-raising campaign;
- Study visit in EU capital.
"Green YOUth Change Makers" project will have following concrete results:
-3 european mobilities organized as a training & study visits involving 60 young people;
-1 Research report analyzing the motivation of young people to engage in activities for the protection of the environment;
-Educational handbook on ecology „#EcoFighters a guide for school students into environmental activism”;
-4 local consultations aimed at learning about the opinions and positions of young people from local community;
-240 young people increase their knowledge of sustainable development, green competencies, green activism, and other related topics by taking part in 8 local workshops;
-2 plogging events organised;
-1 Vlog about climate change & environmental issues;
-1 awareness raising campaign dedicated to environmental issues targeting 600 young people;
-1draft document containing policy recommendations on the topic environment;
- 1 spot promoting the project;
- 1 blog of the project;
- 6 newsletters issued every 2 months.
Project is organised in partnership by "Mod of Life" NGO from Romania and "Youth and Civil Initiatives in The Rose Valley" NGO from Bulgaria and it is financed by European Comission through Erasmus+ program: Youth participation activities (KA154-YOU).