Reminder : Join Us to Kick Off “Youth4Future” – Empowering Young Trade Union Voices!
Brussels, 27 May 2025
- To: Members of the Youth Committee
Dear Members of the Youth Committee, Colleague,
This is a kind reminder regarding the new project Youth4Future, a joint initiative between ETUC Youth Team & ITCILO ACTRAV to empower young trade unionists and strengthen youth-inclusive social dialogue across Europe.
We kindly invite you to register for the upcoming project events, including next week’s kick-off webinar and the in-person design sprint in July.
Most importantly, please take a moment to complete the survey below — even if you are unable to attend the events. This will greatly help us identify and assess the specific needs of the project.
We invite you to join us at the in-person workshop (Design Sprint in-person in Turin).
Youth4Future is a new initiative aimed at empowering young trade unionists to take an active role in shaping fair and future-ready labour policies. The project seeks to strengthen the capacity of workers' representatives, shop stewards, youth officers, and ETUC Youth Committee members to engage in social dialogue and contribute to national and European discussions on key topics such as working time reduction, just transition, digitalization, and quality youth wages.
Through a dynamic blend of online and offline activities, Youth4Future will offer participants valuable opportunities to exchange experiences, learn from experts, and build cross-country solidarity and network.
Online components include a kickoff webinar and self-paced learning courses hosted on the ITCILO virtual campus. Offline, participants will take part in an opening workshop in Italy, targeted training sessions, and insightful study visits in Spain, Finland, and Austria.
To ensure impact at all levels, the project also supports three national dissemination events led by participating organizations, helping to bring European-level insights back to national contexts.
With this email we would like to officially invite you to the first project phase that will unfold in three key steps, and we invite you to be part of this dynamic journey:
STEP 1: Complete the Survey
Your first step is to contribute your voice through our brief project survey. Your insights will help shape the direction of the Youth4Future project activities and the training pathway.
Deadline: 19th May 2025
Complete the survey here: https://actrav-itcilo.typeform.com/to/LuZQwWeJ
STEP 2: Register for In-Person workshop - “Design Sprint.”
- Dates: 8th – 10th July 2025
- Location:UN Campus, Turin, Italy
This interactive, in-person event will bring together approx. 40 selected participants to co-design the learning objectives and training methods of this project, and to develop key engagement strategies for advancing youth inclusion in social dialogue. The format of this event will be highly collaborative: a mix of brainstorming, focus groups, and creative sprint methodology.
Participation is open to Members of the ETUC Youth Committee and/or active in the youth network of the trade union (workers’ rep, shop steward, youth officer).
Member organisations can register more than one person under the condition that the delegation is gender balanced.
Logistics and Reimbursement:
The workshop is organized within the framework of a European project funded by the European Commission, the costs for accommodation, meals and travel will be covered by ITCILO for participants coming from EU Member States and Candidate Countries.
Participants are expected to arrive on Monday 7th and leave on Wednesday 9th in the evening or Thursday 10th July 2025.
Please wait for a final confirmation before any travel and accommodation booking.
Please register as soon as possible at:
https://oarf2.itcilo.org/CST/E4018565/en
and at the latest by 30th May.
Further details and reimbursement rules will be sent upon confirmation of selected participants.
For more questions do not hesitate to contact Niklas Franke, [email protected] and Giulia Bertolino [email protected].
We look forward to your active engagement in shaping the future of youth participation in European trade unions.
Warm regards,
The ITCILO–ETUC Youth4Future Team