22/06/2026
🇪🇺✨ was honored to be partner at the Virtual Study Visit: “Youth-Led Social Entrepreneurship Support Structures in Practice” - a international learning experience organised by Youth Alliance Krusevo, within the RAISE CSOs Project, dedicated to strengthening the capacities of grassroots organisations supporting youth social entrepreneurship.
🎤 Ana-Cristina Zacornea, President of EuroDEMOS, joined the event as a speaker and delivered the presentation: “Challenges and Opportunities for Grassroots CSOs in Supporting Youth Social Entrepreneurship”
💡 During the session, she shared reflections and practical examples drawn from EuroDEMOS' experience, highlighting:
🔹 the realities and challenges faced by grassroots CSOs working with young people;
🔹 the importance of resilience, adaptability and finding solutions that enable participation;
🔹 the role of partnerships and cross-sector collaboration in creating opportunities for youth;
🔹 ways in which local organisations can nurture initiative, leadership and social innovation;
🔹 concrete examples of supporting young people to transform ideas into actions with social impact.
🌍 The Virtual Study Visit brought together inspiring practices and perspectives from Austria, Slovenia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, South Africa and Romania, offering participants a valuable opportunity to exchange experiences and explore diverse models of supporting social entrepreneurship.
🤝 EuroDEMOS is grateful to Youth Alliance Krusevo for the invitation and for creating a meaningful space for dialogue, peer learning and international cooperation.
❤️ We strongly believe that grassroots organisations are catalysts for change within their communities. By investing in young people's ideas, strengthening local capacities and encouraging collaboration, we contribute to building more inclusive, innovative and resilient societies.
🙏 Thank you to all participants for the engaging discussions, thoughtful questions and inspiring exchange of experiences. We look forward to future opportunities to learn from one another and work together for the benefit of young people across Europe and beyond.