Project Officially Started

In the end of November 2023 the project officially started. The partner organizations started to organize for the Kick Off Meeting

Kick Off meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria

Hosted by the organization Walktogether Bulgaria, we met in Sofia to kick start the project. Together the partner organizations reviewed all the project activity flow, making sure each member of the consortium had project goals and results to archieve cleared out of any possible misunderstanding. We made sure all the potential doubts were cleared out and we started to plan for the coming project activities: local promotion events and the first big transnational meeting coming in May 2024.

Local PromoEvents

Each partner came back from the KOM with the first step to implement: setting up a local event in their community to start to make the project known within their organizational and social circles. These events were as well a moment to share with our local community the opportunities that this project would have brought them, first of the one being the May 2024 mobility in Lithuania.

RYCA Youth Exchange

Participants from Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, and Germany gathered in Trakai, Lithuania, for the mobility week of the RYCA project: Responsive Youth for Climate Action. During this event, they reflected on ways to enhance community life by raising awareness about climate change and fostering a more sustainable environment.

Codesigned Local Events

The YE local events will one one hand empower the youths implementing them, as they will be challenged to access their local communities and communicate with them about the environmental topic; on the other hand the events will be multiplicators of the project impact, as they will involve even more youths both in participating and in interacting with the project’s topics.

RYCA Training Course

During the Training Course, the participants learned how to identify the opportunities and challenges offered by their territories of origin, how to interact with local institutions and they were challenged to imagine concrete action to implement at home in their local communities.

TC Local Actions

Transeuropean local actions will be carried on the territories of each project partner. These events, open to the public, will be designed by each EAN group on the basis of local needs and objectives.

Ecoguide production

An interactive, online template that allows the user to autonomously map the obstacles and opportunities presented by their territory in regard to a more environmentally friendly life.

Campaign for the European Green Roundtable

European Green Roundtable

The European Green Roundtable (EGR), held in Berlin from 1–3 July 2025, was the culminating event of the Responsive Youth for Climate Action (RYCA) project. Bringing together over 90 young people from Italy, Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, and Lithuania, alongside experts, policymakers, and Members of the European Parliament, the event created a participatory space to transform local youth actions into concrete policy proposals. Across three days, participants shared the outcomes of their eco-guides and community initiatives, engaged with case studies and expert input, and co-drafted recommendations on urgent climate priorities such as sustainable food systems, water accessibility, One Health, climate justice, and green jobs. The final day centered on a structured dialogue with institutional stakeholders, ensuring youth voices directly informed European climate policy discussions.

Final Conference in Bologna

From the Green Deal to the EU Budget: Young Ideas, European Choices The event explores the new EU Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034) — a nearly €2 trillion budget proposal presented by the European Commission to shape Europe’s long-term priorities for the next decade. Through interactive discussions and workshops, participants examine how this financial framework reflects the ambitions of the EU Green Deal, and to what extent it addresses the recommendations and expectations of young Europeans regarding climate, sustainability, and social justice.