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EuropeanFrom Warsaw to Palermo, from Vilnius to Limassol COMPASS unites +1,500 young Europeans from 9 EU countries to produce concrete policy responses to the Draghi Report on EU competitiveness.
Join us in building a competitive and sustainable Europe. Because the decisions made today shape the world you will live in tomorrow.
The Draghi Report delivered a clear verdict: Europe's competitiveness is under threat. From the Clean Industrial Deal and rapid digitalisation to shifting geopolitical alliances - the decisions made today will shape the continent for decades to come.
Yet young Europeans remain largely absent from the rooms where those decisions are taken. Complex topics like economic policy, strategic autonomy and industrial transformation are too often treated as the exclusive domain of institutions and experts. COMPASS changes that.
We build a structured bridge between the next generation, the market and the highest policy levels of the European Union. Not through symbolic participation, but through a rigorous methodology that maps the distance between where EU policy stands today and where young talent and industry need it to go.
The result is not a wishlist. It is a Youth Strategy Paper on EU Competitiveness, formally submitted to the European Commission.
Policy made with the next generation is policy made for the next generation. The Draghi Report identified what Europe needs to do, COMPASS builds the generation that helps deliver it.
COMPASS runs over 24 months in three interconnected phases, each building on the last; from local knowledge to European action.
In each partner country, local workshops bring together young people, industry captains and academics. Participants develop a deep understanding of EU competitiveness through deliberative methods, simulations and direct exchange with practitioners by mapping out the difference between today's policy reality and what their generation actually needs.
Armed with local insights, participants enter national policy dialogues with ministers, MEPs and European Commission representatives. The goal is concrete: co-create policy proposals that reflect both youth perspectives and institutional realities, across five thematic pillars rooted in the Draghi Report.
Delegates from all 9 countries converge in Brussels for a four-day closing forum. National inputs are synthesised into a single, unified document - the Youth Strategy Paper on EU Competitiveness - which is formally presented to the European Commission. This is not a simulation. It is real policy input from the next generation.
COMPASS is built on one conviction: the next generation of European citizens should not inherit a policy agenda they had no part in shaping.
Whether you come from a vibrant city or a rural region, whether you study, work or are just starting out, your perspective matters. Europe's competitiveness gap is not an abstract problem. It is visible in the jobs that don't exist yet, in the industries that are falling behind, in the opportunities that are harder to reach than they should be.
COMPASS gives you the tools, the network and the platform to turn that frustration into action.
COMPASS is active in your region through our 10 partner organisations. Join a Civic Incubator Lab near you, take part in a national Competitiveness Dialogue, or apply to represent your country at the Brussels Youth Forum.
All 24 events across 9 EU countries over a 24-month programme.
