a. Idea As we know, environmental change is the order of the day. It's common knowledge that, on a daily basis, the attitudes of global citizens scourge our planet, deplete our natural resources and jeopardise all the biodiversity that exists in our motherland. The consequences are damaging and can be seen at various levels, such as natural (e.g. rising temperatures, fires, floods, etc.) and social (e.g. health, vulnerability, unemployment, education, etc.). These consequences are most serious for young people. According to David Boyd, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, in the report Geo-6 for Youth (2021) ‘Children and youth are the most impacted by today's global environmental crisis and are the most threatened by our current trajectory’. The same is described in the document Sustainability in Youth: Environmental Considerations in Adolescence and Their Relationship to Pro-environmental Behavior (2020), when they state that ‘Adolescents today face the negative outcomes of climate change, and their pro-environmental behaviour is crucial to mitigate these negative outcomes.’. Despite this recognition of the role of young people in society, the truth is that they are still not given the stage they need to grow and influence their peers. According to data from UNEP (2008) ‘Only 9% of youth are very confident the world will act quickly enough to address climate change’. In other words, there is a clear need to equip young people with the skills and assertive tools to make their voices heard, change their attitudes and actively contribute to society's social and environmental development. It's not enough to focus on passive actions to raise awareness. It is essential to activate young people today so that they can respond to the challenges of today and tomorrow and so that they can be agents of social and environmental change. social and environmental change. More than ever, it is essential to recognise the talent and potential of young people and trust in their contribution to consolidating new paths of social and environmental regeneration. In fact, according to data from UNEP (2011), young people want to have these tools to take action - ‘84% of the surveyed young people agree that they need more information to prevent climate change.’. b. Needs In view of the above, we consider the main needs for the implementation of this project: b1. Organisations Based on our regular work with young people (which ends up being transversal to other youth organisations) and the feedback we have received from them, we have identified the following as the main needs: - Create appropriate and appealing opportunities for youth groups, using non-formal and experiential methods, in order to foster their social and civic participation, their community involvement and their proactivity in solving common issues; - Provide quality learning opportunities centred on the role, potential and value of young people as agents of change; - Work with young people to recognise their role in society and encourage greater participation in local, regional, national and/or European social and civic life. b2 Young people These needs include both the young people in our project and young people as a wider group, as they are based on common challenges identified: - Having access to empowerment opportunities that are tailored to their needs and ambitions and that are dynamic and creative; - Participate in opportunities to develop skills and learn things that will have an impact on them throughout their lives; - To experience moments of sharing, reflection, discovery, learning and experimentation, which will help them gain new knowledge and stimulate their social participation. c. Objectives In order to be able to respond to the above-mentioned needs and the parallel social problem of low youth participation in the social and civic sphere (and the social exclusion effect), we have defined a set of objectives: c1. General - To develop activities for young people's participation in society with a view to their empowerment and social inclusion. c2. Specific - To encourage the development of key and green competences in young people with a view to their activation in solving community and social challenges; - Involve young people in the processes of change and social and civic decision-making; - Empower young people to face green issues and themes, involve young people in the community in the social and civic sphere and connect young people with each other to foster collaboration and peer support; - Promote moments of appreciation and recognition of individual value and potential in the construction of a solidary and inclusive whole; - Promote the participation of young people in local, regional, national and/or European youth actions/activities and their respective recognition; - Promoting the sharing of common social values and European principles and the basis of the European project.