About us

Our Vision & Mission

EYEN’s vision is to see the European youth play a key role in shaping a fair and sustainable energy transition. To achieve this, we aim to build intergenerational trust, empower young people with the necessary knowledge and skills, and create platforms for them to take action. Our guiding principle is simple: Placing youth at the heart of the European energy transition!

Our Story

What first started as 3-people initiative, has now flourished into a network with more than 2000 like-minded individuals, and 25 member organizations.

Committed to sustainable development and to bridging the gap between youth and decision-makers in the energy sector, the European Youth Energy Network’s founding members gathered in 2019 after participating in the 10^th Clean Energy Ministerial in Vancouver, Canada, as youth delegates and noticing that something was missing. Meaningful youth engagement. Find out more:

Meet the volunteers behind EYEN

We are made up of young professionals and entrepreneurs who dedicate some of their time to building and strengthening the network of networks.

Board

Our board is responsible for the day-to-day decisions, the coordination and management of the organization. We cooperate with relevant stakeholders while preparing and implementing the long-term strategy of the network.

Secretariat

The backbone of EYEN’s daily operations. We organize ourselves in five separate working groups: Human Resources, Membership & Community, Partnership & Funding, Communication and Public Relations & Advocacy

Human Resources (HR)

We are the people responsible for EYEN’s people! From your first contact in EYEN after your application to join us, to the onboarding process and taking care of our volunteers!

Membership & Community (M&C)

We are the bridges of EYEN. On one hand, we connect youth organizations with governmental, industry and third-sector bodies in the energy field. On the other hand, we connect individuals with established youth organizations and their ongoing activities. This will all happen on both an European and national levels.

Partnership & Funding (P&F)

We collaborate with other organisations to help bridging the gap between youth and the energy sector. We are also the people working for EYEN to have the financial resources it needs to function, by searching for and applying to different scholarships and funding programmes, as well as establishing contact with potential sponsors.

Communication & Outreach

We are the interlink between you and the European Youth Energy Network. Given that, we develop EYEN’s character and presence, to promote our activities and offer you content, events or workshops. We are realizing this by creating our website as your single stop market for correct and updated information, content and direct links to your most valuable potential partners, so that we can empower you to become yourself the voice of the energy transition and foster discussions and debates.

PR & Advocacy

We support EYEN’s Task Forces in their advocacy work, streamline public relations with key stakeholders like EU institutions, NGOs, and the press, and prepare materials that shape our external voice. Our goal is to boost EYEN’s visibility, influence policy, and ensure a coherent youth perspective in the energy transition.

Task forces

Some projects require cross-functional teams, where members from different working groups collaborate with each other. When that happens, we create a dedicated task force to that event or project.

European Youth Energy Forum (EYEF) 2026

Young Energy Consumers (YEC)

31st Conference of the Parties (COP31)

Fast and Fair Renewables (FFR)

Advisors

The EYEN Advisory board is made of people who have already contributed in youth engagement sectors either at local, national or European level. The advisors support EYEN with our knowledge, experience, network and perspective. They act as reality checkers for EYEN initiatives and also share opportunities from the business and institutional worlds with the network.