P1: Activity Plan 2026-2027

The FYEG’s Activity Plan 2026-2027 presents the work of the organisation planned
from June 2026 until June 2027. You will find the overview of the activities
planned for this period below; other plans adopted in the General Assembly 2026
complete the organisation’s activity for the mandate 2026-2027.

The activities of the organisation are presented divided into the 4 Strategic
focuses of the FYEG Strategic Plan 2025-2030 adopted in the General Assembly
2025. In line with the Inclusion Plan 2024-2027, an extra section that outlines
FYEG’s plans to foster a more diverse and anti-racist organisation is included
in this document.

1. Strengthening the FYEG Network and Membership
Coordination

1.1. Statutory processes: Young Greens Forum and General
Assembly

FYEG will organise two statutory activities during the mandate to facilitate
political exchanges, and follow the statutory decision-making and accountability
processes.

The Young Green Forum will take place a few months before the annual General
Assembly (GA) of FYEG. This event will bring together representatives from
Member Organisations (MOs) and other bodies. The Forum will be held online,
tentatively by the end of January 2027 and will be mainly used as a space to
present the financial report of the fiscal year 2026, address statutory issues
ahead of the GA, and facilitate political exchanges among the Member
Organisations mid-mandate.

The General Assembly, our highest decision-making body of FYEG, will bring
together the delegates of the MOs to approve the main political lines of FYEG
for the next mandate. In this event, the delegates will also elect the
organisation's leaders and potentially vote on the expansion of the Federation.
The 2027 General Assembly will be held in late spring, together with an annual
public conference that will have both high-level political discussions and
workshops to foster network and connection between MOs.

Exceptionally, FYEG’s 2027 General Assembly will be organised to optimise
expenses while prioritising the participation of the members of the Network. The
options to be considered include hosting it in Brussels (without a call for host
organisation), or pairing it with the Summer Camp. The EC, together with the
Office, will work on a proposal that will be presented to the MOs as soon as
possible. This measure will ensure the financial viability of 2027 and 2028.

The programme of the General Assembly 2027, in line with the evaluation of the
General Assembly 2026, may maintain the introductory workshops to foster
understanding and constructive dialogue within the Federation. Likewise, the
reform of the decision-making process regarding political papers (resolutions)
may be translated to a change of the Internal Rules of Procedures, in case the
trial period in 2026 is deemed appropriate during the evaluation of the trial
process implemented in 2026.

The FYEG Executive Committee (EC) will hold four in-person meetings, tentatively
in June 2026, September 2026, January 2027 and April 2027. The EC will meet
periodically online.

1.2. FYEG Network management: Member Organisations
coordination

The EC will lead the implementation of regional meetings. The responsible for
each region will decide on the frequency and the agenda of these online meetings
in line with the FYEG Strategic Plan and the calendar of activities of FYEG. The
regional responsibles will also set up ad-hoc 1-on-1 meetings with those MOs
that require it, to ensure tailored and appropriate support and follow-up.

With these exchanges with MOs and periodic check-ins within the EC, we will
identify trends and interests, monitor the health of the network, promote FYEG’s
opportunities, etc. The coordination with MOs will also include the promotion of
anti-racism at the MO level and the support that FYEG’s can offer to increase
this priority internally, including the translation of our Inclusion Plan,
connection with anti-racist organisations and experts, and dissemination of
materials and takeaways on the topic used in FYEG educational and online events.

The EC and the Office will steer the participation of the members of our network
in the Green Base. The activities and opportunities available for the Network
and beyond are described in the subsection below. The Executive Committee will
continue the assessment started in the mandate 2025-26, to have a clear picture
of the health of the MOs. As a result, we will identify which MOs will be
prioritised to be visited.

FYEG will continue to track the participation and representation of its MOs in
its activities and structures, particularly ensuring regional balance. FYEG's
strategy to enhance the involvement of its MOs from the East includes ongoing
assistance and collaboration with the Cooperation and Development Network (CDN).
Due to difficulty of organising in Eastern Europe, we have seen reduced activity
in some of our MOs. In order to better track the dynamic environment present,
the EC members responsible for the Balkans and East will be in touch with EGP
regarding potential new partners and MOs in these regions.

Membership changes are expected to be voted in the GA 2026, in line with the
membership review initiated in the mandate 2025-26 within the frame of the
Strategy 2025-2030. In the mandate 2026-27, the EC will continue to be the main
and first contact point for the MOs.

Within the assessment of the Network, and the participation of the MOs in
activities and decision-making process, the EC will work on expanding the
discussion on MO participation and contribution beyond its activities, aiming to
establish a joint understanding of the membership categories aligned with the
capacities and representativity of each MO. This process will be carried out
with special consideration to the federative nature of FYEG.

We are expecting to accept 4 candidate MOs in the GA 2026. Study Visits will be
organised in case they express interest in pursuing full status.

1.3. FYEG Digital Community: the Green Base

Young Greens from across the continent, both those who are formally affiliated
with the MOs and those who contribute to the movement at the European level
without being necessarily active in any of our formal members, come together in
the Green Base, the digital embodiment of the FYEG Community. This space was
firstly established in autumn 2023, in line with the objectives of the Campaign
Plan adopted in Spring during the General Assembly 2023. In the aftermath of the
elections, with the aim of preserving it as a meeting point for all, the Green
Base has experienced change in its internal structure. Since then, two
generations of Community Crew, the EC, FYEG’s Working Groups and Member
Organisations have been contributing to ensuring a lively programme with the
support of the Community Officer and the logistical and technical advice of the
volunteer techies.

Ahead of the 3rd mandate post-elections, after assessing the activities and
potentialities of the online platform during the past 2 years, the EC and Office
will implement a more structured approach to the Green Base. The objective is to
better identify the objectives that can be achieved by means of investing
efforts into the organisation of online activities in this platform.

In order to ensure the relevance and convenience of the opportunities offered in
the digital community, the EC and the Office will assess the existing
communication channels and platforms.

The Green Base will host at least two MO-exchanges in this mandate. These
exchanges will contribute to a deeper collaboration between FYEGers. These will
and can be initiated either by the MOs themselves to share specific expertise or
created directly by the EC, similar to the thematic framework established with
the Nuclear Call in the 2025/2026 mandate. The EC and the Office will utilise
the Green Base and existing coordination channels to identify these
opportunities, ensuring that the activities provide tailored support and
identify emerging trends within the Federation.

The members of our Community will have two opportunities to engage more deeply
with FYEG through open calls for volunteers:

2. Capacity Building

2.1. MO Trainings

Following the 2026 MO Training, the six participating Member Organisations (Jong
Groen, Joves Ecosocialistes, Mladi Zeleni, Grüne Jugend, Zelena Omladina Srbije
and Vihreät Nuoret) will meet during the Summer Camp to reflect on the key
learnings from both the training and the camp. This follow-up phase will focus
on translating these learnings into practice, with each organisation
implementing 3-5 concrete actions within their structures.

This process will be complemented by a series of MO-to-MO meetings, which will
provide space for peer exchange between the leadership bodies of the
participating MOs to reinforce international collaboration and sharing of good
practices.

Looking ahead to 2027, the MO Training will focus on social media, communication
and campaigning, with the aim of strengthening the communication capacities of
all Member Organisations. The programme will include collaboration with other
partners of the European Green family.

Looking further ahead, and with the 2029 European elections in mind, FYEG will
launch an open call for MOs between May and August 2027 to be partners in a two-
year capacity-building project focused on promoting youth participation in the
2029 EU elections. The project will begin at the end of 2027 or early 2028 and
will run until 2029, supporting participating MOs in developing the tools,
strategies and outreach capacity needed to engage young people in the electoral
process.

2.2. Educational Activities: Intersectional feminism

Educational Activities 2026: introduction to intersectional
feminism

In 2026, we are focusing on making intersectional feminism a core element of
FYEG and MO’s work, while also using it as a tool to equip our members with the
skills to design and implement effective, real-life events that mobilise and
create multiplier effects.

The Work Plan is divided into two phases:

This year, we are fully leveraging the potential of our Green Base, ensuring
that the learning journey is as effective, coherent and accessible as possible.

Notably, the exploration of intersectional feminism builds directly on the work
carried out in 2025 to redefine social justice into an inclusive and operational
concept for young Greens.

Educational Activities 2027: a deeper dive into
intersectional feminism (theory of care)

In 2027, FYEG will move towards a deeper and more nuanced exploration of
intersectional feminism, primarily drawing on the theory of care and its
implications for contemporary green politics. As the new format of our Work Plan
is being tested in 2026, the exact nature and number of activities in 2027 are
yet to be determined.

Nonetheless, as we move closer to the European elections, our educational work
will increasingly address the key dilemmas we may face in 2028.

FYEG will monitor the EYF calls to organise and fund educational activities on
youth co-operation with Ukraine. The information about this opportunity is
scheduled to be published in the next few months by the EYF. FYEG will
prioritise the organisation of a project in line with our commitment and support
to Ukraine.

2.3. Financial support to FYEG’s Member Organisations: MO
Grants

Through the sub-granting schemes described above, FYEG will support the
organisation and implementation of activities by the MOs. FYEG will support the
implementation of up to 8 decentralised activities focusing on topics related to
our activity plan (intersectional feminism), particularly on anti-racism,
diversity and decoloniality.

The call for activities will run approximately from July to August, with
selected MOs implementing their activities between September 2026 and March
2027. On this occasion, activities have to build on the knowledge from the
Summer Camp to design workshops, campaigns or community projects locally,
regionally or nationally.

2.4. Working Groups

The existing Working Groups of FYEG will finalise their mandate as statutory
bodies of the organisation in the first months of the term 2026-2027.

In summer 2026, the Beyond Growth Platform will finalise planned projects
established and designed during the mandate 2025-26, including a collaboration
with the Ecosprinter and a second and final webinar on economy. After 3 years of
activity with a diverse range of outputs and contribution to FYEGs and the
broader European Green family, the Beyond Growth Platform will cease to exist as
an official body (Working Group) of FYEG.

Similarly, the Racial Justice Task Force will cease to function as a Working
Group of FYEG. The members of the WG will remain in direct contact with the FYEG
Office for the development of the DEI Framework envisioned in the Inclusion Plan
2024-2027. They will also continue to contribute to foster a safer space for
young racialised activists and leaders, in line with the Inclusion Plan and with
the commitments to more diverse and inclusive political actions in FYEG and the
broader European Green family.

While the two current Working Groups will no longer be given a mandate for the
term 2026-27, FYEG has in place the tools and resources to continue striving to
integrate in its political action and internal activity the principles of
pursuing and advocating for alternatives to economic growth and the
establishment of an organisation aligned with our values of racial justice. The
EC and the Office will monitor and facilitate exchanges on the topics related to
these fields both in online (Green Base events) and offline (educational
activities and MO trainings) activities, continue the support to individual
activists and MOs working on them, and lobby the Green family and beyond with
the learnings and takeaways of the activity of these groups.

2.5. Activities with other members of the European Green
Family

After the good experiences in GEF’s Greenhouse Training, FYEG will continue to
coordinate with the GEF team in this relevant opportunity for Young Greens,
promoting this activity and taking stock of its takeaways and outcomes.

FYEG will work with other members of the European Green family to ensure that
young activists are included in their activities and opportunities.

FYEG will organise an Alumni network. People who were previously active in our
structures will be invited to meet online and in-person. This will be
implemented partially through the existing resources developed in the previous
mandate and in other precedent experiences. This network will impact both the
expertise FYEG works with and can be used for small-donor fundraising.

3. Bringing forward the Young Green vision

3.1. General Communications planning, strategising and
coordination

General planning of communications

During the past years, through the development of digital strategy,
consolidation of more streamlined campaigns, the continuous professionalisation
of the Office and the increased support from our consultants in ECDA, the
presence and impact of our campaigns has continuously been growing. During the
past mandate, we gained over 6,000 followers on Instagram (50% growth) and
around 1,000 subscribers to our mailing list, surpassing the 15,000 milestone.

While the increased outreach and proven success of the formats and material
establish a clear path to follow, the plan of communications and engagement of
our audiences needs a more comprehensive and planned approach, with a clearer
internal organisation and task division between the EC and the Office. In the
mandate 2026-27, we will set up a more thorough and specific process, including
at least 4 communications and digital community engagement strategic meetings
distributed through the year as detailed below:

The attendees to this meetings will be - besides the Communications & Campaigns
Officer and the Community Officer - the two co-spokespeople (as per IRPs, they
are responsible for the external representation of the Federation), up to two
other members of the EC if decided during the task division, and the Secretary
General. The first comms and campaign strategic meeting will be organised and
facilitated by the Office, and the others can be organised and facilitated by
the EC upon agreement.

The main output of these meetings will be mid and long term plans that will
identify the following stages of digital campaigning and communications of
specific campaigns:

These meetings will also be used to clarify task-division and internal decision-
making processes, including identifying possibilities to collaborate with MOs
and how to manage it, and enhanced and more streamlined decision-making. Any
communication and campaign output should be understood as the result of a
political EC discussion.

The Office will take into account and flag other communications, community and
campaign tasks (set up and implementation of communications plans and
maintenance of community tasks linked to FYEG educational, statutory and other
activities; participation in Greens/EFA and EGP comms meetings; general
maintenance of FYEG communications and community channels and spaces; overall
management of CRM, including list management, recurrent meetings with digital
mobilisation and campaigns consultants from ECDA; small-donors digital
campaigns; etc.).

As a result, the overall comms calendar of the mandate will result on:

Social media

Social media channels will continue to be used as means to:

Explainer slides, videos, content to increase the feeling of community,
diversify our audiences and increase our outreach will be designed within part
of communications plans (of projects or campaigns) or following the internal
calendarisation and ad-hoc collaboration with partners. The communications on
social media channels - particularly on Instagram - will also include live
posting during events to showcase the opportunities we offer, their innovative
formats and the diversity of the participants.

The content on TikTok will include content originally created as Reels, led by
the EC and executed by the Office, and also TikTok videos done by volunteers
organised in the Green Base with very light guidance from the Office.

3.2. Digital Campaigning and mobilising, including small-
donor fundraising

FYEG will continue to create digital mobilisation opportunities for its
audiences. Through these actions, we bring topics of our interest and our
priorities to the wider public, with low-threshold calls to action normally
linked to signing petitions or getting in touch with decision makers.
Ultimately, this will contribute to FYEG’s objective of connecting European
affairs with the general public. FYEG will focus on the expansion of the mailing
list, monitoring topics and formats that engage existing members while reaching
to new ones. FYEG will continue to identify possibilities to create joint
digital actions with the Greens/EFA and with other actors. For that, we will
continue to work with the advice from the European Center for Digital Action
(ECDA) to develop outreach strategies and increase our skills as digital
campaigners and mobilisers.

FYEG will increase the efforts to include in the engagement ladder for its
digital activist the option of contributing to the movement through donations,
with a particular focus on recurrent donations. Following the good experiences
in 2025 with this tool, this will further enhance our relationship with our
supporters while contributing to the financial sustainability of our
organisation and activities. The engagement of our audiences will be managed
with the CRM Action Network, that will continue to be connected with the
participants to our events, signatories of actions and members of the Green
Base.

3.3. Ecosprinter

The Ecosprinter will continue to be independently coordinated by the Ecosprinter
Editorial Board, providing a platform for young Europeans to express their views
on various topics, and with the support and ad-hoc steering of one of the
members of the EC and technical support from the Office.

3.4. Advocacy: European Green Family

Cooperation and Development Network - Eastern Europe

Besides the support to CDN presented in the first chapter of this Activity Plan,
we will coordinate with our sister organisation to ensure our calendars do not
clash and we can promote each other’s activities. With that end, we will
organise channels of communication between the Offices and also EC exchanges.
FYEG will continue to support CDN financially.

European Green Party

FYEG will contribute to the Working Group for the reform of the Rule Book, with
the specific aim of ensuring the participation of protecting the participation
of non-EU member parties in the decision-making processes of the EGP, following
the reform on the regulation that concerns the internal functioning of European
Political Parties.

FYEG will attend the EGP Congress taking place in Poland in December 2026, in
line with the Rule Book of the EGP. The EC will participate in statutory
discussions to ensure the youth perspective and FYEG’s positions are reflected
in the resolutions and other outputs of the Congress.

Through the collaboration with FYEG’s representative in the EGP Committee, and
through allocated channels (including at least one EC retreat and periodic
online check-ins), the EC will be able to follow the processes and discussion in
the EGP leadership. The cospokes will also participate in EGP Committee meetings
following the expected invitation rules by the Annex D of EGP’s Rule Book.

Green Group in the European Parliament

FYEG will continue to coordinate with the Green Group in the EP, particularly
through the Stakeholders Engagement team, to identify relevant processes, from
files in committees to trilogues. The main topics that FYEG will contribute to
are housing, climate, civil liberties, human rights and youth.

Our work with the Group will have a double nature ; on the one hand pursuing
that our priorities (or those of relevant partners and youth stakeholders)
become a Group priority, and on the other hand promoting the work of the Greens
in the EP. For the second one, we will explore options to connect the MOs to the
main priorities at the European level through ad-hoc topical actions.

Green European Foundation

In the past mandate, FYEG became a Stakeholder of GEF, after many years being an
associate member of its General Assembly. This new category puts FYEG at the
same level of the other members of the European Green family. We will continue
to contribute to the programmes and decision-making processes of GEF, bringing
the youth perspective and lobbying its members, national and regional Green
foundations, to include our Member Organisations in their opportunities.

3.5. Advocacy: institutions, cooperation with other CSOs

FYEG will actively participate in the European Youth Forum (YFJ) spaces,
including coordination meetings among Political Party Youth Organizations. Our
representation in these forums will help amplify the youth perspective on
various issues and foster stronger collaboration with other youth organisations
with other CSOs.

The work carried out by our elected representative in the Advisory Council on
Youth of the Council of Europe is a key element for disseminating and lobbying
for our green ideas. FYEG former co-spokes Sean Currie will continue his mandate
at the Advisory Council on Youth, now recently elected member of the board of
this body. We will increase the coordination with Sean at the FYEG level and the
promotion of his work.

FYEG will monitor upcoming opportunities to contribute to the youth
representation in COP31, set up to take place in Antalya (Turkey) in November
2026.

3.6. Political platform renewal process

In the mandate 2026-2027, we will initiate the process of renewal of the
Political Platform, expected to last two years and be finalised by the GA 2028,
which should lead to the adoption of a new text. During the implementation of
the 2026-2027 activity plan, the EC will facilitate a team of volunteers who
will reach out to MOs to gather information regarding the renewal process,
coordinate with the EC and the Office that the topic of the Political Platform
is present at every capacity building activity of FYEG during this mandate, as
well as organising activities to draft the outline of the document. This will be
followed by a group of writers who will be adopted at the GA 2027 to finalise
the document.

4. Maintaining Organisational Capacity

4.1. Strategic Framework 2025-2030: planning and monitoring

Once finalised the first year of the Strategic framework adopted in May 2025,
FYEG will continue the monitoring of the implementation of the framework. In
line with the takeaways of this task during the mandate 2025-26, we will set up
a clearer internal process to collect data and comprehensively identify the
ownership of the Key Performance Indicators linked to each strategic objective.

4.2. Human resources: handovers, volunteers and staff
wellbeing, and internal management

To ensure seamless transitions and efficient collaboration, FYEG will prioritise
structured handovers between EC members and Office staff. Allocating dedicated
time for these handovers will facilitate knowledge transfer and continuity in
the organisation's work. This will be particularly essential in the light of the
decreased capacities of FYEG due to financial constraints.

FYEG will count with a renewed analysis of the tasks of the EC in order to
enhance the task division process at the beginning of the mandate. The
delegation order that rules the task division of operations and decision making
between the EC and the Office will be renewed at the beginning of the mandate,
adjusted to the seniority, competences, skills and experiences of the members of
each body.

In line with the reduced financial capacity of FYEG, the Office will go through
an internal reorganising process that will result in a team of 5 full time staff
members, including the Secretary General. This process will be implemented at
least in full compliance with the Belgian labour law and ideally more aligned
with FYEG’s values, putting at the centre of this process the rights and worth
of our staff members, recognising their contribution to our organisation and
facilitating their next steps in the labour market in line with their
professional ambitions.

The FYEG Office will hire 1 intern per 5-month term. This intern will be hired
part-time by FYEG and part-time with the Greens/EFA in the EP, continuing our
shared internship programme. We will have at least one meeting with Greens/EFA
to monitor and assess the internship framework agreement.

The EC and the Office will have at least a one-day joint retreat in Brussels to
contribute to the team spirit between the two bodies.

4.3. Financial planning

FYEG will continue to work in a contingency plan, following the start of this
process in the mandate 2025-26. This will also inform further steps to mitigate
the current financial hardships that we are experiencing.

We will continue to focus on diversifying our funds, through constant monitoring
of grants offered by the EU and the CoE. The EC will focus on developing our
fundraising principles with strategic internal debates, to further develop the
donors strategy potentially including bigger donors.

We will continue to explore the possibilities brought by our position in the
Green family, calling on the solidarity of the Greens/EFA with two key
objectives: revisiting the bilateral agreement to ensure our sustainability
until we secure a bigger and steady flow of funds, and ensuring the donations of
MEPs. Regarding the EGP, we will continue to collaborate as per the Annex D of
the Rule Book as per EUPP regulations.

5. Inclusion and diversity in FYEG in the
mandate 2026-2027

In general, and as a cross-cutting measure throughout all our activities, FYEG
will continue to monitor the inclusion of its events, but maintaining the
inclusion audit (based on self-identification), by which we have been able to
measure the diversity of our events during the years of unfolding of the
previous Strategic Plan.

Specifically on the programmes of activities, the focus topic is Intersectional
Feminism. The activities’ content aligns with the actionable points on
“inclusive political education” previewed in the inclusion plan, and will equip
the participants with knowledge and insights to increase their skills and
awareness to contribute to foster more inclusive political proposals and
organisations.

Regarding the MO grants, as they are linked to the educational activities on
feminism, they will naturally align with the actionable point to include an
intersectional and inclusivity angle.

In this mandate, the Office and the EC (particularly the EC responsible) will
focus on the development of the DEI framework. Another of the main actionable
points that will be put in place in line with the Inclusion Plan is the review
of the anti-harassment protocol. It will also be initiated with external support
of a volunteer upon the potential approval of the IRPs change by which the
process of a non-EC member is given the mandate of being a member of the
Permanent Awareness Team.