We believe in the power of youth to shape a future that reflects their ideals, aspirations, and dreams. GOAT is your platform to break barriers, push boundaries, and redefine what’s possible.
Through empowerment, we aim to unleash the true potential within every young mind, fostering a generation of trailblazers who fearlessly chase their goals.
Number of Youth Empowered
Registered users on the forum
Users finished our competition
Number of selected youth initiatives
– to support youth workers & develop their competencies in the process of mentoring youth to implement youth initiatives
– to support youth in getting their ideas & initiatives realized by building key competencies
– to empower youth with tools, steps & guidelines for effective implementation of youth initiatives
– to foster & encourage active youth participation
– to foster collective spirit among young people
– to ensure sustainable learning outcomes
– to ensure the sustainability of results & transfer of theory into practice
– methodology for youth workers to support the development of youth initiatives
– training for youth workers & testing the methodology with young people
– eHUB: Platform and Virtual Classroom
– competition for the best youth initiative in 5 partner countries and the implementation of the best youth initiative in the local community
– multimedia production (tutorial videos, podcasts, interactive materials,…)
– educational materials production (curricula & presentations for virtual sessions)
Our mission is to empower youth, support youth workers, and foster a community where every idea has the potential to become a reality. Through mentorship, resources, and a commitment to collective action, we aim to inspire and equip the next generation of leaders, innovators, and change makers to drive positive change in their communities and beyond.
Coordinator
IB Internationaler Bund (IB) is one of the largest service providers in youth, social and educational work in Europe. Its motto is Strengthening Being Human. IB has established more than 700 facilities and branches in 300 locations worldwide, helping 350,000 children, adolescents, adults and senior citizens every year with their career and personal planning and offering a wide range of services.
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Celje Youth Center (MCC) is a nonprofit public organisation. Their vision is to successfully respond to the needs of young people and shape the place for socialising, entertainment, creating and gaining new skills and providing international non-formal learning opportunities for young people. Its activities are oriented towards providing information and encouraging participation aiming to gain non-formal competences for youth and foster social engagement and active participation among youth.
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European Dialogue (eD) is a civic association promoting active citizenship, professional media and art, quality youth work, and media literacy in Slovakia and abroad. Its activities are targeted at young people, young journalists and other media makers, artists and youth workers, including those who face lack of opportunities due to various obstacles, or have not been active in the public sphere yet.
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The National Management School was established in 1990 and it acts as a non-profit and non-government organization on national level in Bulgaria. NMS is a training provider focused on development and piloting of innovative training methodologies and approaches, extracurricular training, post-graduate studies for young people, career guidance, human resource development and lifelong learning initiatives. NMS is actively working for transferring, adaptation and implementation of innovations and know-how in various fields of education and training, especially with a focus on youth in regards to achieving competitiveness in the labour market for professional and personal success.
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HIGGS is a non-profit organization which aims to reinforce CSOs in Greece through educational and supportive programs. It offers capacity building support to small and medium CSOs mainly through training and educational initiatives. Currently it operates three capacity-building programs, the Accelerator, the Incubator and the Recharge designed for the Greek CSO ecosystem assisting them in their growth and development.
This project was funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2, under Grant Agreement No 2023-1-DE04-KA220-YOU-000123686 The content of this platform represents the views of the authors only and is their sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information contained on this website.
