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Dialogue
Create meaningful exchange between young cooperators, decision-makers and civil society actors.
#coops4dev regional youth event
Youth Voices, Cooperative Choices
Reinventing a Democratic Economy in Enlarged Europe
Budapest · 29 June – 1 July 2026
A three-day European gathering for young cooperators, entrepreneurs, youth organisations, researchers, policy actors and cooperative ecosystem builders from Hungary, the Western Balkans and wider Europe.
3 days
Panels, workshops, site visits and youth-led recommendations.
50 core participants
With wider open sessions for the Hungarian and European ecosystem.
Budapest
Hosted at Lónyay–Hatvany Villa, Csónak utca 1.
Why this matters
A practical space for democratic economic imagination
The event connects youth perspectives with cooperative enterprise models. It asks how young people in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe can use collective ownership, democratic governance and social impact to build more resilient local economies.
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Action
Turn conversations into policy recommendations, financing pathways and regional cooperation ideas.
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Capacity
Strengthen the next generation through mentoring, practical workshops and peer learning.
Draft programme arc
Detailed agenda items are under development and will be refined with session descriptions, mentors, youth-led contributions and invited speakers. The public structure below reflects the current event planning framework.
29 June · 14:00–18:00
Opening and framing
Welcome, high-level roundtable, cooperative ecosystem mapping and networking fair.
30 June · Full day
Workshops and field learning
Policy lab, access-to-finance roundtable, cooperative storytelling, mentor–mentee sessions and local cooperative site visits.
1 July · 09:00–14:00
Recommendations and next steps
Youth Declaration / recommendations, reflection, toolkit inputs and closing exchanges.
Participation routes
Registration distinguishes local participants from Hungary, selected international participants who may request support, self-funded international participants and partner or stakeholder contributors.
Selected international participants may receive travel and accommodation support. Catering is planned for participants during the official programme.
After registration
The organising team reviews submissions by category, support needs and programme fit, then follows up with confirmation and practical information.
Registration
Registration of interest
Please complete the form in English or Hungarian. This is an event registration form, not an account sign-up. The organising team will review submissions and follow up with practical information.
Access to registration data is restricted to the owner and explicitly approved viewer accounts.
Venue and practical information
Lónyay–Hatvany Villa
1015 Budapest, Csónak utca 1.
The event is designed as a regional European youth gathering connected to the wider Cooperatives Europe and #coops4dev ecosystem. Final logistical details will be shared with confirmed participants.
#coops4dev
The event is organised in the framework of #coops4dev with DiákÉSZ, YECN and Cooperatives Europe. It is co-funded by the European Union.
