What we do
Four strategic areas for 2026-2030, the challenges behind them, and the projects and resources they have produced.
Our Strategic Plan 2026-2030 concentrates our work in four strategic areas. They are not departments: a single project usually contributes to more than one, and every one of them rests on our cross-cutting commitment to human rights, feminism, critical interculturality, inclusion, effective participation and transformative education.
The four areas
Inclusion and equal opportunities
Removing the barriers that keep young people out
Making sure young people with diverse profiles and circumstances, especially those facing the greatest barriers, can reach learning and participation opportunities adapted to their needs.
Learning and methodological innovation
Methodologies built with young people, not for them
Developing and applying non-formal education methodologies that carry the voice of young people, strengthen their capacities and improve the practice of professionals, organisations and public authorities.
Collaboration and youth participation
Connecting the local with the European and the global
Strengthening a local, national, European and cross-sector network that connects actors, territories and learning, creates new opportunities and increases the transformative capacity of youth work.
Evidence, validation and impact
What we claim, we measure
Consolidating an evaluation and learning system that measures the changes produced, improves interventions and demonstrates their impact.
The challenges we take on
Digitalisation, social polarisation, emotional distress, the climate crisis and deepening inequality are changing how young people participate and relate to their surroundings, and they create new needs both for young people and for those who work alongside them.
- A critical and human use of artificial intelligence. According to Spain’s INE, 37.9% of the Spanish population used generative AI tools in 2025; among young people adoption is higher still, with 75% having used it and 59% using it for educational purposes: twenty points above the EU average.
- Critical thinking against disinformation and hate speech. 76% of European young people report having been exposed to disinformation in the week before being surveyed, and more than half of 16-34 year olds have encountered hostile messages online.
- Emotional wellbeing. More than half of Spanish young people aged 15-29 report having experienced a mental health problem in the past year.
- Sustainability without greenwashing. 84% of European young people say they are worried about climate change, while the European Commission finds 53% of companies’ environmental claims in the EU vague or misleading.
- Access for those facing the most barriers. Spain is the fifth EU country with the highest rate of risk of poverty or social exclusion (25.7% against a European 20.9%), with 18-24 year olds the most affected group.
Thematic priorities
These are the fields in which we apply our strategic areas. They are reviewed periodically and adapted when the context requires it.
- Art and culture as educational tools. For participation and social transformation.
- Critical thinking and media literacy. Countering disinformation, hate speech, propaganda and manipulative narratives.
- Digital transformation and human use of technology. Including artificial intelligence, digital youth work and digital competences.
- Educational innovation and transfer of non-formal education. Especially towards higher education, vocational education and training, and other educational contexts.
- Employability, future skills and social entrepreneurship. From a community-based, inclusive perspective oriented to social change.
- Inclusion, diversity and equal opportunities. With particular attention to young people facing social, economic, territorial, educational or digital barriers.
- Mental and emotional wellbeing. Approached from a preventive, educational and non-medicalised perspective.
- Participation, democracy and human rights. Promoting real youth participation and strengthening democratic values.
- Personal, social and intercultural skills. Soft skills, autonomy, communication, collaboration and learning to learn.
- STEM, digital learning and technological innovation. With an accessible, critical approach connected to the needs of young people.
- Sustainability and climate action. Climate self-protection, environmental education, countering greenwashing and green entrepreneurship.
Working with us
Each strategic area page sets out its objective, its lines of action, the groups it prioritises, and the projects and resources it has produced.