About us

Our Mission
Our mission is to place youth at the heart of the European energy transition, by empowering energy-focused youth organisations, connecting them with each other and with key actors in the energy sector, and sharing knowledge on European and national levels.
Our Story
We are passionate and experienced in the European energy sector and in youth engagement. After participating in the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial as youth delegates, we noticed something was missing. There was a lack of youth participation in high-level debates and ministerial meetings concerning the European energy transition. In order to change this, we decided to found EYEN.

EYEN has been working closely with DG ENER and the UN Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY) via the SDG7 Youth Constituency (SDG7 YC) to establish and develop the network. In June 2020, we helped develop the first ever European Youth Energy Day. Following our Youth Shaping the Climate Pact event in December 2020, we wrote a policy paper on “Gaps and ideas for youth engagement”. Our proposals were received by DG CLIMA, who then invited us to contribute for the Climate Pact. In March 2021, EYEN won the SOLVE THE GAP Hackathon with the OpenPolicy Europe project. Find out more:
Meet the volunteers behind EYEN
Board

Federico Barbieri
President

Carlotta Ferri
Vice-president

Luciana Miu
Advocacy and Public Relationship

Tiago Vicente
EYEN Development

Juan Sebastián Álvarez
Treasurer
Secretariat

Jacopo Sala
Director of Secretariat

Grace van den Boogaart
HR Manager
Governance

Alberto Claudio Alvisi
Coordinator

Evi Makri
GDPR Responsible
Membership

Carolina Alves
Coordinator
Partnership & Funding

María Luisa Scarano
Coordinator

Jim Vaughan
Co-coordinator
Communication & Marketing

Adriana Bascone
Coordinator

Joana Alsina Sanchez
Graphic Design responsible

Sara Vieira
Website responsible

Arianna Crosera
Newsletter responsible
Event & Project managers

Guilherme Canavilhas
EYEF Event Manager
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.

Miguel Mósca
Co-founder & former Vice-President

Beniamin Strzelecki
SDG7 YC Global Focal Point

Helen Watts
Senior Director of Global Partnerships at Student Energy

Riccardo Toxiri
Programme Officer, Governance Support Office at IRENA

Tammy Mayer
Founder and Director of One Climate Action & former Strategic Communications Manager at REN21