EU DEAR Programme – Supporting Global Change

22 July 2026

Global Education Week 2026

Educators, learners, youth, policymakers, and civil society will gather from across Europe from 16-22 November 2026, for Global Education Week. This year the motto is “My Voice, Our Action, A Common Future.” This is part of iLEGEND III, a joint project of the EU and CoE, implemented by the CoE North-South Centre.

22 July 2026

#VoicesForTomorrow

DEAR project Global Districts has launched #VoicesForTomorrow, an international campaign that places the voices, experiences, and ideas of young people at its core. Running until November 2026, the initiative will engage young Europeans in a journey of participation, dialogue, and activism.

7 July 2026

DEAR Learning Hub June 2026

From Democratic Paradox to Participatory Practice: Around 60 participants from across Europe gathered in Brussels for three days of peer learning, practical workshops and exchange on youth engagement and democratic participation at the 2026 DEAR Learning Hub.

Community member interviewed by REC Albania local coordinator in Shkodër, Albania

6 July 2026

From Local Concerns to a Shared Voice

Civil society in Albania is turning local experiences of energy poverty into a shared advocacy voice. Through consultations in Shkodër, Vlorë and Kamëz, DEAR project Funding Fairer Futures is showing how energy hardship is linked to housing, climate risks and weak infrastructure – and pushing for fairer policies to support vulnerable households.

5 July 2026

Global Geography of Social Challenges

A new open-access handbook and educational atlas from the GET project helps teachers bring global challenges into geography lessons through maps, data and practical activities. Covering climate change, inequality, migration, gender, conflict and youth activism, the resource is available in English, Italian and Spanish, with more languages to follow.

Youth Participants at Ecoality summer camp

27 May 2026

Young Voices for Climate and Gender Justice

The DEAR project “Ecoality” is helping young people across Europe connect climate and gender justice with everyday action. Through a Community Action Camp in Tuscany, participants from Italy, Poland and Romania moved from awareness to agency – challenging assumptions, building confidence, and bringing new ideas back to schools, scout groups and universities.

Sol Stuart, student creator of the documentary Polarised (Kingswood Community College, Dublin, Ireland)

15 May 2026

Migration Stories in the Classroom

The DEAR project “Global Education Time” is helping students across Europe move beyond polarised headlines on migration. In classrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria, young people used documentary-making, role-play and real testimonies to question stereotypes, explore different perspectives, and see migration not as an abstract issue, but as a human story.

1 May 2026

Building Digital Sovereignty with Open-Source Tools

The DEAR project “DCYDE!” is helping organisations move towards more sustainable, European and open-source digital infrastructure. Its Collaboratorum platform now connects over 2,600 members and hosts around 700 groups and projects. Despite early hesitation, users are embracing it as an all-in-one space for training, youth activities, networking and global partnerships.

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