Author: Rafael

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation opens the application period to apply for 800 grants to finance tuition fees, as well as – in the case of the face-to-face modality – the accommodation and maintenance for the international courses of the Campus Yuste programme, which will be held between June and October 2021 and are included in the XXII edition of the University of Extremadura’s International Summer-Autumn Courses.

Sara Durán Vázquez, Director-General of the Youth Institute of Extremadura, defended the role of young people in building the future of Europe because European youth “wants to have the leading role in such an important process, we want our future to lie in our hands, not in the hands of others”. This was expressed during the opening of the webinar “Youth and the Future of Europe”, organised by Yuste Foundation as part of the cycle of meetings “Guadalupe Destino”.

Yuste Foundation launches the campaign “Committed to Europe” for the second consecutive year with a video entitled “Celebrating Europe”, which aims to reflect civil society’s commitment to the European project during the different stages of life. Thus, the assemblage of the video gathers images including a few months old baby, children in school, adolescents, young people, families and the elderly because we are born as Europeans and live according to values and ideas which we are committed to throughout our life.

The three Spanish winners of the Carlos V European Award granted by Yuste Foundation, Felipe González, Javier Solana and Marcelino Oreja, participated in the webinar “Quo Vadis, Europa? in the Post-Covid Era” in order to analyse the current situation which Europe finds itself in and to reflect on the challenges it faces, especially bearing in mind that the Conference on the Future of Europe will be launched on 9 May, coinciding with Europe Day.

Yuste Foundation is organising the webinar “Youth and the Future of Europe” which will take place on 13 May at 5.30 p.m., with the aim of discussing key issues to define how to improve European youth policy and encourage active participation of young people in the process of European construction. The meeting is part of Yuste Foundation’s Cycle of Meetings called “Guadalupe as a Destiny”, which is organised on the occasion of the Holy Year of Guadalupe 2021, and is also held around the commemoration of Europe Day. It also aims to contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe.