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ATA represented Romania at the European Youth Week 2026 Kick-off Event in Brussels
On April 24, 2026, the Kick-off Event of the European Youth Week 2026 took place at the European Parliament in Brussels, bringing together young people, former volunteers, youth organisations, European institutions and decision-makers from across Europe. This year’s event also marked 30 years of European volunteering through European Voluntary Service (EVS) and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), celebrating the long-term impact of solidarity, mobility and youth participation.
Romania was represented among the ambassadors of the “Three Decades of Solidarity” exhibition by Nagy Géza Attila, vice-president of the Youth Association from Transylvania. His story was selected because he took part in a one-year EVS project in Greece in 2011–2012, an experience that later contributed to the creation and development of our organisation. Since then, ATA has hosted more than 150 EVS/ESC volunteers and sent more than 250 young people to volunteering projects abroad.
During the event, Attila took part in the official opening in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament and in several breakout sessions focusing on European volunteering, multilingualism and artificial intelligence, and international Erasmus+ opportunities beyond EU borders. The participation was also an opportunity for him to reflect on how one volunteering experience can influence not only one person’s life, but also the development of local communities and long-term youth work in Romania.
