Europe

Our work in Armenia focused on nurturing young innovators.

Through Future Smile, the Belgian adaptation of our global Make a Connection initiative in partnership with Nokia, we supported youth volunteer groups here focused on sustainable development. 

In the Czech Republic, our Make a Connection initiative, locally known as Pripoj se, responded to local needs by promoting civic engagement. 

As part of a global partnership with Nokia, we launched our Make a Connection initiative in Finland.

Through YouthActionNet® we’ve supported young social entrepreneurs driving change in France. 

Rooted in our belief that young men and women can offer innovative solutions to pressing global problems, we’ve empowered youth social entrepreneurs in Georgia. 

In 1994, just five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we provided seed funding for the creation of the German Children and Youth Foundation (DKJS).

In response to 40 years of centralized and one-party politics in Hungary, the local adaptation of our Make a Connection initiative, Kapcsolódj be!, focused on community involvement and active citizenship. 

We’ve based our work on sustaining long-term support for young people at the local, national and international level. 

We supported young people here as creative and innovative contributors to local society.

We strengthen and expand the impact of youth-led social ventures in countries such as Moldova.

Known locally as the Youth Press Agency, our Make a Connection initiative connected youth at risk in the Netherlands with access to positive, productive leisure time activities.  

We provided seed funding for the creation of the Polish Children and Youth Foundation (PCYF) in 1992, as the country was emerging from a post-communist recession.

We’ve always recognized youth as change-makers, and in Portugal our efforts focused on nurturing young social entrepreneurs. 

We worked to spark and sustain a national service learning movement across Romania through our Make a Connection initiative, known locally as IMPACT. 

Through partnerships with global entities such as the Caterpillar Foundation, Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, and Nokia, we began working in Russia more than a decade ago. 

After the fall of communism in Central Europe, we worked to support young people here by helping to establish the Children of Slovakia Foundation (NDS).

In the early 2000s, a robust partnership with Nokia brought us to Slovenia.

For years, we’ve empowered young innovators in Spain through YouthActionNet®.

Throughout our years of experience in Turkey, we worked with local partners to build their capacity to serve youth and increase opportunities for young people.

Through the Make a Connection initiative, known locally as Life Routes, we focused on having a deep impact on individual young lives.