European Youth Capital - Cluj-Napoca 2015

Cluj-Napoca is the European Youth Capital in 2015, a title won during a competition open to 49 countries in the European space. For 2015, cities from 12 countries entered the competition. 

MISSIONS AND OBJECTIVES
The program’s mission is to support youngsters and youth organizations in their active participation in changing the society through a sustainable, responsible and inclusive urban development process. Through sharing space, culture, power, work, joy, faith, vision and common European values, by approaching topics like youth responsibility and structured dialogue during one year program in Cluj-Napoca.

Through this program, we are following:
• To involve the local community in youth projects and youth activities
• To become a major European centre for events, appointments and conferences
• To involve yougsters and youth organizations in the urban development process
• To increase the sustainable cooperation between local, national and European organizations
• To increase the level of European’s awareness about Cluj-Napoca and Transylvania
• To include Cluj-Napoca in the European network regarding the youth sector 
• To create lasting partnerships between local authorities, youth NGOs and other institutions with responsibilities in the youth sector
• To create lasting screening mechanisms and better career opportunities for talented youngsters
• To create the necessary conditions to sustain innovation and creative ideas 
• To create lasting financial mechanisms for projects and youth structures