This project promotes inclusive civic participation in Prague and Zagreb by introducing structured dialogue and innovative civic education methods. Led by MigAct, a migrant-led grassroots organisation, the initiative strengthens empathy, inclusion, and constructive public exchange among diverse residents. Tailored facilitator training delivered by HERMES and a series of community dialogues engaging at least 60 participants will build local capacity to create safe and respectful spaces for discussion.

The project empowers children and young people to understand and advocate for their rights through creative, participatory learning. It aims to co-create a Children’s Rights Education Workbook, designed by children, for children. Through co-creation workshops, children, young people and practitioners will design the content, illustrations, and activities of the workbook, drawing on their lived experience in child participation and rights education.

Privacy Runway is a youth-led civic education project that uses fashion as an entry point to understand and challenge harmful surveillance practices. Over 12 months, we will co-create a capsule collection of anti-surveillance garments using adversarial patterns, reflective textiles, and silhouette modulation. These designs become hands-on learning tools across two public events: a runway show in Paris and a pop-up exhibit in Luxembourg. Through co-design labs, workshops, and multilingual explainers, young people learn how facial recognition systems work, who they disproportionately affect, and what democratic safeguards protect their rights in Europe.

Votikom makes local democracy visible, understandable, and accessible by bridging the gap between voters and their local candidates. Designed for young people and citizens with migration backgrounds, including EU citizens, the platform focuses on enabling informed and confident participation in municipal elections through a multilingual, user-friendly interface. Users can explore candidates within their voting district, identify their priorities, and see which candidates align with their issues. A core feature allows users to submit questions directly to candidates; responses are published transparently on candidate profiles.

Veciñxs is a community regeneration initiative in Pontevedra that seeks to reconnect neighbours and revitalise local identity through intergenerational collaboration, cultural activation, and regular community gatherings. The project creates safe, inclusive, and accessible spaces where residents can meet, share experiences, and collectively reflect on their territory, needs, and future possibilities.

The memory issue is one of the dividing axes between Bulgaria and Macedonia; the memory of the Holocaust is particularly polarising. The project’s specific objective is to introduce youth from the two states to its history through the learning-by-doing method. During a travelling seminar in both states, up to 16 young people will explore key memorial sites and produce videos, which will be uploaded to an interactive online memory map. The story will be told through the eyes of the younger generation, who will demonstrate they can remember the past without making it a conflicting point of nationalist narratives.

This project equips young people in rural Croatia and Belgium with practical financial competencies and civic awareness through an adapted, GenZ-oriented training programme. It transforms a proven financial literacy curriculum into an interactive, blended-format education combining online modules with community-based workshops. Four pilot cohorts of 30 participants each will be delivered across rural communities in both countries, complemented by a transnational peer exchange connecting participants to discuss shared economic challenges and democratic engagement. At the end, the project produces an open-access digital toolkit and facilitator guide, enabling replication by civic education organisations across Europe.

NextStep Navigator aims to support veterans in their transition to civilian life through improved financial and economic literacy. The project focuses on creating a simple and accessible digital platform that helps users better understand everyday financial decisions, such as managing income, planning expenses, understanding loans, and navigating available support opportunities. This platform will combine practical information with easy-to-use tools and guidance tailored to the Ukrainian context. It will also include an overview of relevant grants, programmes, and opportunities available to veterans in Ukraine. The goal of the project is to make financial information more understandable and accessible, helping veterans feel more confident and informed in their daily lives.

The BRIDGE project developed pensa.club, a digital platform for seniors in Bulgaria supporting digital literacy, civic engagement, and intergenerational mentoring through courses, forums, tools, and interactive features. It was complemented by six workshops, a hybrid training programme, and youth-senior mentoring activities focused on digital skills, media literacy, and civic participation. Additional results included learning materials, a model senior club, and expanded partnerships. Overall, the project exceeded its goals by creating a scalable national system for senior civic engagement.

Project results

The Noisy Youth project was successfully completed, delivering two professional training sessions on journalism and visual storytelling led by experienced journalists. Six podcast episodes were produced by student teams on topics related to youth, community, and civic life. The project also organised the first Youth Podcast Festival in Bulgaria, bringing together participants from several cities and Latvia. An international collaboration resulted in a joint podcast episode with Latvian youth, and a “How to Make a Podcast” handbook with 10 video tutorials was developed to support wider learning and accessibility.

Project results: Podcast, Festival and Handbook

The SHE COUNTS initiative sought to raise the awareness of women in areas which impact their economic situation and to improve financial literacy: knowledge, behaviour, and attitude. The project promotes gender equality, financial well-being, independence, and long-term financial security, so that women become less financially vulnerable. Through inclusive outreach in Serbian, the project supported women from diverse backgrounds, particularly young women, mothers, LGBTQ+ individuals in Serbia, and BKS-speaking migrants women in Austria. It included a kickoff event in Vienna, followed by five interactive educational sessions on budgeting, saving, investing, avoiding financial scams, entrepreneurship, and financial behaviour. Participants benefitted from peer support through accountability partnerships and can access 1:1 financial mentoring.

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The Exposing Scams project, in partnership with Fundación Maldita.es (Spain) aimed to promote transparency and social responsibility among companies whose brands are misused in online scams, ultimately protecting citizens from fraud. Its general goal was to help companies understand the social and economic harms caused when their brand identities are weaponized to deceive users, extract personal data, or manipulate financial behavior. Maldita.es developed a blueprint with real-life case studies, detection methods, and strategies, while Faktograf localized this blueprint for Croatia and delivered in-person training to equip professionals with the tools to recognize and counter such scams. Online social media campaign raised awareness of professionals and citizens how brands are exploited in scams. By shifting the focus from brand protection to citizen protection, the project fostered accountability and enhances digital resilience.

Project results

LIV is a digital tool that helps users understand the environmental impact of their wardrobes through data-driven insights. Users can scan clothing labels or manually log items to receive information on CO₂ emissions, material sustainability, and care recommendations. The app encourages mindful consumption by showing how wearing clothes longer reduces environmental impact without promoting guilt. Gamification elements, such as challenges and milestones, make sustainability interactive, rewarding users for exploring their closets instead of shopping. 

Across five events held between 2025 and 2026, the Youth Climate Dialogues engaged 194 young people from across Europe in direct dialogue with senior EU decision-makers, including Commissioners, Members of the European Parliament, and the Polish Council Presidency. Topics covered climate action, intergenerational fairness, housing, and energy policy.
Using participatory methods such as storytelling and role-swapping, the Dialogues moved beyond traditional panel formats to create meaningful exchanges. A structured follow-up mechanism ensured that EU representatives provided written responses to youth proposals after each event, translating participation into concrete accountability.

Project results: COP Dialogue and Intergenerational Dialogue

The “Young Changemaker Challenge” educated and empowered young people aged 15 to 25 from all over the world to actively participate in democracy and policy-making, focusing on pressing issues related to sustainability and climate change. It achieved this by fostering a cross-cultural dialogue, then facilitating international teams to develop concrete initiatives, and mentoring them to implement the projects in their communities.

Project results

GEODEM-AI addressed democratic principles, civic engagement, and social responsibility of AI in geographic information by offering interactive multimedia training materials for teachers and educators based on real-world civic applications. Through the research review, online training module, guidelines/recommendations and teacher stories, GEODEM-AI encouraged an informed, healthy, critical view of ethical issues related to the positive and negative challenges from the rise of AI for the collection, use, reuse, and storage of geographic information and geo-data in education.

Project results

Consumer rights and responsible consumption are unfortunately still not widely understood in countries like Bulgaria and Serbia. Typical problems relate to insufficient or incorrect information provided by the producers or (re)sellers and the consumers are often left to manage by themselves. The main objective of the project was to increase the level of financial and economic literacy by providing the target group with knowledge and instruments to improve their ability to make conscious and responsible decisions.

Project results

This project offered a transformative journey, reflecting on stereotypes and challenges in two different yet similar cultural norms – Ukraine and Bulgaria. Targeting financial literacy, the project empowered 20 participants from two countries to become financially independent, recognise opportunities, and equipped them with the knowledge and skills needed for self-determination.

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This project explored how new technologies can facilitate communication between local governments and citizens. It assessed the utility of AI-supported chatbots in gathering data and opinions to assist public administration in designing effective policies. This project bridged this gap through the iterative development of chatbots, testing their utility for public administration experts. The resulting insights serve as guidance for future regulations on such technologies and were presented to European and national regulatory agencies.

Project results

This initiative developed and showcased innovative games designed to teach civics in a fun and engaging way. The project featured two in-person and online events focused on gamification for teachers. Following these, additional games were created to further support educators. Participants reported that these new methods challenged their traditional approaches to teaching civics and inspired them to adopt more interactive, playful techniques.

Project results: game “Cards for Humanity“, game “Big Questions“, and “Design your game” sprint.

AIEdu promoted innovative approaches to citizenship education by exploring the societal impact of artificial intelligence. The project empowered young educators to use technology responsibly and respectfully in their teaching, while helping students build digital skills and AI competencies to uphold human rights and foster inclusion in the digital age.

Project results & survey

The “From Dump to Art: Confronting Illegal Waste Dumping” project was carried out over 12 months in three rural locales: Podravske Sesvete (Croatia), Pécsvárad (Hungary) and Vršac (Serbia). The initiative instilled environmental responsibility in local communities, raised awareness of the adverse effects of illegal dumping through art and film, and developed a model for wider project replication in rural settings. 

Project results & video

Inspired by Facebook posts from Ukrainians and Russians during the war, this performative art project featured a dance piece based on personal quotes. Audience members could ‘like’, ‘dislike’, or add their own messages to a chalk wall. During the performance, dancers erased these inscriptions and dismantled the wall, symbolising dialogue, reconciliation, and the shared destruction across both sides of the conflict.

Project results

The DSPC project aimed to build empathy and support reconciliation among European communities affected by historical conflicts. Through the collection and sharing of personal stories, it helped bridge social divides and encouraged meaningful dialogue. At the heart of the project was a user-friendly digital platform designed to host and share these diverse narratives with the wider public.

Project results

“Expedition 17” was an interactive educational project for Ukrainian youth in the Stuttgart region on SDGs with a set of lectures, excursions, and creative workshops. The culmination of “Expedition 17” was an art exhibition in Stuttgart, where the 17 art objects produced by the Ukrainian youth were presented to the general public, encouraging dialogue between German and Ukrainian communities.

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The Cross Border Creativity project combined site-specific research and hands-on creative workshops for young disadvantaged people, led by artists Grainne McMenamin and Catherine Bourne. These workshops focused on celebrating natural heritage and fostered a sense of community, encouraged self-expression, and built lasting friendships, all while promoting sustainable creative practices that can be continued and shared into the future.

Project results

Money Talks is the next chapter in the evolution of the EmpowerHer project, launched in 2024 to address critical gaps in financial literacy. This new initiative goes deeper – tackling not only financial knowledge, but also the psychological blocks, gender stereotypes, and social pressures that hinder young people from achieving true financial independence.
Targeted at young adults (18–25), Money Talks blends practical skills with emotional insight. Participants explored budgeting, saving, and investing, while also confronting money-related fears, cultural expectations, and societal roles. The program spanned online workshops (6 webinars, 26 participants) and powerful storytelling events in Bulgaria and Ukraine.
One key insight from our first project: change must include everyone. That’s why Money Talks invited both young women and men to break down stereotypes, reimagine financial roles, and build a more inclusive, confident financial future – together.

Project results

Regenerative Economy Pioneers is helping catalyse the transformation of our economies from ones that are degenerative to human and planetary wellbeing, to ones that are regenerative – working in service of people and the planet. First, two live workshop formats have been designed in collaboration with academics and experts. It has then been piloted in Austria and Czechia, bringing together groups of around people from varied backgrounds to explore regenerative economy approaches and co-create ways to adapt and implement them in their contexts – whether in their communities, their organisations, by building new alliances or by pushing for policy transformations. The project then designed and facilitated a workshop for a group of committed educators from different EU countries in which it shared learnings and developed open-source teaching materials to help build a growing community of educators and changemakers across the region.

Project results