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| European Youth Capital | |
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 Logo of the European Youth Capital | |
| Awarded for | Awarded to a city with innovative ideas, projects and activities that aim to raise up young voices and bring a new youth perspective to all aspects of city life. |
| Presented by | European Youth Forum |
| First awarded | 2009 |
| Website | Official website  |
The European Youth Capital (abbreviated EYC) is a title awarded by the European Youth Forum to a European city annually, designed to empower young people, boost youth participation and strengthen European identity through projects focused on youth-related cultural, social, political and economic life and development.[1] The European Youth Capital is an initiative by the European Youth Forum and is awarded for a period of one year. The first capital was chosen in 2009. Since 2014, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is an official partner the European Youth Capital title. The current, capital for the 2024 calendar year is Ghent, Belgium.
- ^ "The European Youth Capital". youthforum.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.