For this year's Your Europe, Your Say (YEYS), the EESC has received hundreds of applications from secondary schools across the EU, the candidate countries and the UK.

The YEYS organisers carefully examined and assessed all the applications, selecting 36 secondary schools which will take part in YEYS 2025 on 13 and 14 March!

YEYS, which is the EESC's flagship annual youth event, will this year bring together nearly 100 students and 37 teachers. To be held under the title "Giving Youth a Voice" and taking place over 1.5 days, YEYS will focus on the role young people can play in shaping a resilient future. It aims to empower them to take part in civic action and actively contribute to participatory democracy, both in their communities and beyond.

As the EESC prepares to welcome all the YEYS participants, EESC members will visit the selected schools in early 2025 to meet and exchange with them ahead of the main event.

The opening and closing sessions on 14 March 2025 will be live streamed. The link to watch will be published on the EESC website, on the YEYS 2025 official webpage Your Europe, Your Say! 2025 | EESC, where you can also find more information and updates about the event.