The first EUSALP Youth Camp was supposed to take place during the French presidency in 2020, thanks to the idea of the youth.shaping.EUSALP workshop participants. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the camp has been postponed to summer 2021 with an adapted format. In 2022 we have decided to return to the original summer camp format. In order to allow the participation of young people as close to home as possible, we will organize 3 camps in 3 countries of the Alpine region.
Why these camps?
In this period of global change, youth are key in the decision making process. There is a real eagerness from the younger generations to get involved for their future and for that they need opportunities to participate.
In many situations of youth participation, we observe that many young people consider to not have enough time during the year to participate in a project because of their studies, work and other activities. We believe that summertime is a free period for many of them and a summer camp can be the perfect solution for both goals by making the youth participate and finding summer activities for their holidays.
What is it?
EUSALP is implemented by nine Action Groups under three action-oriented pillars and one cross-cutting policy. The EUSALP Youth Camp will allow young participants to discuss and contribute ideas on the objectives of the EUSALP, more precisely on 3 thematics suggested by the EUSALP Youth Council.
The idea is to create an active citizenship program that is framed by an educational project with social common values, shared governance, language exploration and recreational mountain activities. These EUSALP summer camps allows youth to explore new horizons in a « living lab » environment based on spreading an alpine consciousness about the EUSALP objectives and the opportunities given to young people.
