Youth for Pollinators Pilot
In 2022, the European Year of Youth, the European Parliament proposed a PIlot Project to step up engagement of youth in actions for pollinator conservation. With the budget of EUR 4.5 million, the proposal asks for:
- Establishment of a Youth Assembly as a platform for sharing knowledge and experience, discussing and making policy recommendations;
- Setup of Small Grants Scheme to support direct youth actions on the ground;
- Training and education of young actors on the conservation of wild pollinators and biodiversity, embedding this in school curricula.
The implementation of the PIlot Project is currently prepared by the Commission, and will be supported by the JRC ‘s Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy. The launch of the project's activities is planned in Q2 2024.