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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In Somogyszentpál, Hungary, the DEAR project “YOU(th) CARE for CHANGE” helped young people in the Roma neighbourhood of Kisperjés rebuild a neglected bus stop into a safe meeting place. Built with local families, neighbours and volunteers, the project became more than a practical repair — it strengthened trust, connection and community confidence to keep shaping change together.

Most EU sustainable development cooperation activities take place outside of the EU, and focus on activities in EU partner countries. But how much do people in Europe know about the EU’s cooperation work and the links that connect us all? Read about how EU DEAR projects bring the world to Europe. Learn about the DEAR results of highlighting the interactions between our daily local choices and global challenges.

Over 23 000 young people across Hungary participated in the “Big Student Sustainability Quiz”, thanks to sub-granting by the DEAR project “NOPLANETB”. Reaching beyond cities into small towns, the questions addressed urgent environmental issues. The National Youth Press Festival set the scene for the award ceremony.

The DEAR project “Fashioning a Just Transition” brought Belgian retail and garment workers to meet their peers in Cambodia. They visited the factories that produce the clothes they sell, discussed workers’ rights, and reviewed the project’s “Clean Clothes” manifesto. Read about their shared struggles and commitments to foster a fairer, more sustainable garment industry.