Educate, Defend, Grow, Empower: EDGE1

Programme(s): Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Topic(s): CERV-2025-OG-SGA
Type of action: CERV Operating Grants Framework Partnerships

Project ID: 101236585

Objective:

"EUJS is the pluralistic and inclusive umbrella organization of national Jewish student unions in Europe. With a youth perspective and a peer-led approach, EUJS aims to deliver a contribution to mitigating the effects of antisemitism and promoting understanding through mutual learning, awareness-raising, and analytical activities in the scope of the FPA in 2026. As part of the EDGE project, EUJS organises seminars to foster civic engagement, educate about rights, policy-making processes, and EU mechanisms, and encourage youth participation and partnerships among youth organizations to combat racism, xenophobia, and all forms of intolerance. It aims to build the capacity needed for its network of Jewish student unions to combat antisemitism, promote Jewish life, mainstream gender equality, and thrive as an integral and visible part of European societies. EUJS will highlight positive expressions of Jewish life, culture, and tradition, showcasing their contribution towards delivering a more equal and inclusive Europe for all. It will promote rights awareness among Jewish students and provide tools for transmitting the memory of the Holocaust to the next generation. The organisation will promote cross-border cooperation in 24 EU Member States in the fields of combating antisemitism, racism, and all forms of intolerance. It will promote knowledge of Jewish life, preserve the memory of the Holocaust, increase democratic participation, and foster interfaith and intercultural exchanges. The project feeds into the implementation and development of supported policy initiatives, in particular, the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life and the ""No Place for Hate: A Europe United Against Hatred"" Communication. It directly responds to the alarming rise of antisemitic incidents and their disproportionate effects on young Jewish Europeans."