19 young people from Pamplona are here these days travel through Brussels And Strasbourg in connection with the “Destination Europe” programs, Pamplona City Hall and Erasmus + European UnionIn April 2024, a training process began with 60 young people and adolescents aged 14 to 19, which, after several weeks of group work, weekly face-to-face sessions and online follow-ups, concluded in mid-June, with the selection of those who would travel.
To access this final, those who presented their candidacy also had to present a individual European project with proposals aligned with the Development Objectives on European policies on issues such as the environment, gender equality and youth, among others, at the Youth House. In addition to municipal staff, entities such as Europe Direct Navarra – DG External Action – European Project Office, Navarro Youth Institute, UNICEF, Nuevo Futuro and Mendicus Mundi collaborated in this process.
11 girls and 8 boys from 11 schools and institutes in the city left Pamplona on September 1st and throughout this week they will travel with the technical staff of social integration of the Child, Adolescent and Family Prevention Programin addition to a Youth technician and the program coordinator herself.
He travel plan, funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission, includes not only the emblematic places of the two cities, but also the possibility of meet with staff of European institutions to present their proposals or suggestions for improvement. In previous editions, in 2022 and 2023, four and six young people respectively travelled.
