PES Group | New call for the Young Elected Politicians programme 2022

Hello 👋

We are happy to announce that the annual call for applications for the Young Elected Politicians Programme 2022 of the European Committee of the Regions has been just launched. More information are available on this website:

Join the YEP community!

Are you a politician with a mandate at local or regional level in the EU, born after 1 January 1982? Are you willing to network, exchange best practices, obtain information on EU legislation and EU funding opportunities, contribute to the work of the European Committee of the Regions, and meet and debate with CoR members and other local, regional and European politicians? You are welcome to apply to join the Young Elected Politicians (YEP) network!

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As in the past editions, this programme organised by the European Committee of the Regions is open to all local and regional politicians, who are under 40 years old. The criteria for selection are highlighted in this call.

150 young local and regional leaders, of which many from our political family, will be selected for this year’s programme. They will have the chance to be involved in several activities that will be organised until the end of the year in the framework of the European Year of Youth and become part of a wider network of young local politicians. 

For now, all events will take place online. The evolution of the restriction measures will be carefully assessed and the possibility to travel to Brussels will be evaluated in the upcoming months.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 8 April. Young politicians can apply via this link: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/YEP-Call-2022-Applications

If you have already taken part in the programme, we hope you will be our ambassador and spread this information with your friends.

Become part of the network of young progressive local and regional leaders!

Last but not least, check out this quick overview of the many things we can and will do together with the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions. You will also hear from us very soon about the 2022 edition of the School of young progressive local and regional politicians.

Join the network of young progressive local and regional leaders!

Your heart beats for progressive values, your mind thinks European, and you are engaged in politics in your town, city or region? Then you are in the right place!  More than one million local and regional politicians are shaping Europe every day on the ground, many of whom belong to progressive political parties. From Paris to Lisbon, Budapest to Uppsala, progressive politicians are leading the fight for a more social, inclusive and sustainable Europe where no one is left behind.

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Best wishes,

The PES Group Secretariat