European Youth Capital

Italy Turin (2010)
Belgium Antwerp (2011)
Portugal Braga (2012)
Slovenia Maribor (2013)
Greece Thessaloniki (2014)
RomaniaCluj-Napoca (2015)
AzerbaijanGanja (2016)

The European Youth Capital (abbreviated EYC) is the title awarded to a European city for the period of one year, during which it is given the chance to showcase, through a multi-faceted programme, its youth-related cultural, social, political and economic life and development.[1] The European Youth Capital is an initiative by the European Youth Forum, and the first capital was chosen in 2009. Since 2014, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is an official endorsing partner the European Youth Capital title. The current, capital for the 2018 calendar year is Cascais.

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 (2009–2020)

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

European Youth Capital
YearCityCountryNotes
2009RotterdamNetherlands Netherlands
2010TurinItaly Italy
2011AntwerpBelgium Belgium
2012BragaPortugal PortugalInfo
2013MariborSlovenia SloveniaInfo
2014ThessalonikiGreece GreeceInfo

finalists: Russia Ivanovo, Greece Heraklion, other candidates: Spain Barcelona, Russia Perm, Turkey Konya, Turkey Trabzon

2015Cluj-NapocaRomania RomaniaInfo

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

2016GanjaAzerbaijan Azerbaijanother candidates: Bulgaria Varna, Lithuania Vilnius, Spain La Laguna and Spain Badajoz
2017VarnaBulgaria Bulgariaother candidates: Portugal Cascais, Republic of Ireland Galway, United Kingdom Newcastle and Italy Perugia[6]
2018CascaisPortugal Portugalother candidates: Hungary Kecskemét, United Kingdom Manchester, Serbia Novi Sad and Italy Perugia
2019Novi SadSerbia Serbiaother candidates: France Amiens, United Kingdom Derry/Strabane, Republic of Ireland Galway, United Kingdom Manchester and Italy Perugia
2020AmiensFrance Franceother candidates: Moldova Chișinău, Lithuania Klaipėda, Romania Timișoara and Austria Villach

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ABOUT THE EYC". www.youthforum.org/CAPITAL. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Information". www.youthforum.org/CAPITAL. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "EYCs of the Past, Present and Future". www.youthforum.org/CAPITAL. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.europeanyouthcapital.org/yfj/varna-bulgaria-awarded-european-youth-capital-2017/ Varna (Bulgaria) awarded European Youth Capital 2017, 20 November, 2014
  5. ↑ "And the winner is: Cascais, EYC 2018!". europeanyouthcapital.org. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Five cities short-listed to become the European Youth Capital 2017". www.youthforum.org. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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