Vision – our dream

From the ELAYS there will emerge 50 young heroes who will launch amazing projects with massive multiplying effects and initiate a new movement of thousands of young persons across the world who commit themselves to creating change i n their society.

Mission – how we plan to (start to) realize this dream

The ELAYS’ mission is to inspire youth and provide them with the tools to develop high impact, innovative projects, which create long term, sustainable social change, both in Latin American and in European cities.

Objectives

• Offer the participants a platform to turn their project ideas into actions
• Familiarize the participants with the key principles of social entrepreneurship, based on inspiring concrete examples
• Create a network of young social changemakers in Switzerland
• Develop a long lasting cooperation between young changemakers from Latin America and Switzerland

By giving the 50 participants the opportunity to exchange, develop and realize their project ideas during 4 days in Geneva, under the auspices of renowned experts, we want to make a big difference in challenging global problems today.

Evaluation

Evaluation and impact assessment is a core principle of action in all EUforIA projects. The evaluation process takes into account both qualitative and quantitative criteria and covers the beneficiaries as well as the stakeholders.