European Youth Capital 2021 Jury – the assessment begins!

February 19, 2018 -

The Jury for the European Youth Capital (EYC) 2021 has been finalised, and has already begun its assessment of the eight applications from Yaroslavl (Russia), Aalborg (Denmark), Chisinău (Moldova), Greater Nicosia (Cyprus), Klaipėda (Lithuania), Varaždin (Croatia), Kazan (Russia), Kaunas (Lithuania).

The fourteen members of the high-level, independent Jury will select five finalist candidates from the eight applicant cities for the EYC 2021 title. They will assess and examine all the applications over the next few weeks, and five shortlisted candidates will be announced on March 16th 2018. The cities will be provided with detailed feedback on their application. These five finalists will progress to round two, where they’ll be invited to submit improved, updated applications and again provided feedback for their applications by the experts in the Jury.

The members of the EYC 2021 selection Jury are representatives from:

• The European Parliament
• The Congress of Local & Regional Authorities
• The Committee of the Regions
• The European Economic and Social Committee
• The Council of European Municipalities & Regions
• The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
• The Advisory Council of Youth of the Council of Europe
• The Open Society Initiative for Europe
• The European Movement International
• The Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe
• The International IDEA
• EURACTIV
• ARUP
• The European Youth Forum

For any questions or comments, please contact Rita Jonusaite, Policy Officer on Participation, at rita.jonusaite@youthforum.org

For more information on the EYC, please see europeanyouthcapital.org