On 14 April, young people came together again for a new Jeugdverbinden 2.0 session at Dar al Yasmin in Nijmegen. Following the first kick off, this was a valuable moment to continue building on the conversations, ideas and themes that had already started to take shape. This gathering once again focused on what young people themselves find important for their city and their future. In an open and welcoming setting, they spoke with one another about issues that genuinely matter

At Bildung Nijmegen, we believe youth participation only becomes truly meaningful when young people are not brought in once a plan is almost finished, but are taken seriously from the very beginning. Not as a target group something is created for, and not simply as a group that is invited to respond to a question, a survey, or an idea that has already largely been decided. For us, it starts somewhere else. It starts with listening. With genuinely wanting to understand what is

On 10 March, Bildung Nijmegen attended the youth debate in Nijmegen together with a group of young people, following an invitation from the municipality in the lead-up to the municipal elections on 18 March. As part of our KA154 project Jeugdverbinden 2.0, we joined the event to engage with young people around issues that matter to them and to their future in the city. During the debate, different political parties discussed four key themes that had been submitted by our comm

From 24 February to 30 March 2026, two participants from Bildung Nijmegen – Olé and Jasper – are taking part in an inspiring European Solidarity Corps (ESC) Team Volunteering project in Guadeloupe. Together with young volunteers from across Europe, they are contributing to the Handi-Surf Festival, an initiative that promotes inclusive surfing and ocean activities for people with disabilities. The project shows how sport, solidarity and intercultural cooperation can come toget

With Jeugdverbinden (Youth Connect) 2.0: Our City, Our Voice, Bildung Nijmegen brings together young people from different neighbourhoods of Nijmegen to reflect on their role in the city and actively contribute to its future. The project is built on a simple yet powerful idea: young people should not only be the subject of policy discussions, but active participants in shaping the decisions that affect their lives. The first physical gathering of the project marked the begin

At Stichting Bildung Platform Nijmegen we believe young people are not just the future, they are the present. With Jeugdverbinden 2.0: Our City, Our Voice, we are building a Nijmegen where your voice truly matters. Not tomorrow, but today. In Jeugdverbinden 2.0: Our City, Our Voice, we bring together young people from Nijmegen and the surrounding area to talk about what is happening in their lives, their neighbourhoods and their future. Topics such as equal opportunities, men