Winners

Spain – Europe on Track

Parliament President Martin Schulz said of the winning project: ‘The Spanish project seeks constructive solutions to current problems – the loss of trust in the EU and the alarmingly high youth unemployment in many Member States. Europe on Track connects young people across Europe offline and online and gives them the opportunity to make their voices heard. In doing so, Europe on Track is making an innovative contribution to European integration and, above all, to creating a sense of ‘We are Europe’ among young people.’ “Europe on Track” was conceived by the members of the European student forum “AEGEE-Europe”. The aim is to capture young people's vision for Europe in 2020 in photos, videos, interviews and blogs and to compile a short documentary featuring their opinions. Europe on Track offers young people a platform to exchange ideas and puts a face to youth policy research and statistics. In the first edition in 2012, the six ambassadors travelled almost 10,000 km by train in one month and asked more than 400 young people the following questions: In which direction will Europe develop? How can we preserve our present and protect our future? What do young people expect from the Europe of tomorrow?

Estonia – The story of My Life

The project ‘The Story of My Life’ received third prize. The project was launched to celebrate the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. It brought together an international group of young people (from Estonia, Finland, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia and Germany) and active older Estonians from two senior citizens' organisations. In his laudatory speech for the third prize winner, Aachen's mayor Marcel Philipp said that the participants in the project ‘developed a deeper understanding of cultural differences and similarities in Europe and learned to break down prejudices – towards other generations and towards other peoples and cultures’.