Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Year of Youth: Discussion

Ms Emma Grainger:

I will just pick up on what Mr. McNulty spoke about and the slight delay with regard to the European Year of Youth. As has been pointed out, we are now at the end of February. How will we ensure this event is pronounced across the year? We are at the beginning. It is unfortunate that we are not starting at the beginning of the year but, as we mentioned earlier, we are hopeful that our work plan, and the events that are part of that, will soon be approved by the European Commission. The focus is on getting the word out there as much as we can with existing networks, as well as establishing new networks. We will be encouraging our beneficiaries to badge everything as the European Year of Youth to create a bit of interest and ensure the wording gets out there and people know where to go for more information. Ms Gilligan mentioned the micro-grants earlier. We are hoping to target those at beneficiaries that we may have had no contact with previously, such as small and informal groups of young people. In that way, we will get the message out beyond the large youth organisations we already work with. We are hoping to create a lot of buzz around the national and regional events for young people. We hope to have at least 600 young people taking part in face-to-face events across the country, as well as all the online events we are going to be running. Although we will be starting late, we are confident that we can create a bit of a buzz about it and get the word out there.

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