🇪🇺 Bridge Borders as a DG REGIO Cross-Border Ambassador! 🌍✨ Call for Applications – 2025 Mandate

Step into the spotlight and represent your border region at Europe’s highest levels! The European Commission’s DG REGIO, together with the Border Focal Point Network, invites young leaders aged 18–30 to apply for the Cross-Border Ambassadors 2025 Mandate. Share your story, drive EU-level dialogue on cooperation, and shine a light on the challenges—and solutions—shaping Europe’s frontiers!

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🔎 What Is the Cross-Border Ambassadors Initiative?

• 🤝 Six-Month Mandate (29 Sep 2025 – 31 Mar 2026) connecting you directly with DG REGIO & BFPN
• 💻 Monthly Online Meetings to strategize, learn and co-create content
• ✍️ Communications Role: Contribute articles, social-media posts & features on Futurium
• 🎬 Personal Focus Activity: Choose one—short-form video, podcast episode, local cultural event or policy brief
• ☕ Beyond Borders Debates: Take part in live Breakfast Debates and network with EU youth actors

📆 Key Dates

• 📝 Applications Open: Now
• ⏳ Deadline: 31 August 2025
• 📣 Finalists Notified: by 15 September 2025
• 🚀 Kick-off Onboarding: 29 September 2025

🎯 Who Can Apply?

• 🇪🇺 Residents of EU Member States or EFTA countries with a strong connection to a border region
• 🗣️ Fluent in English (other EU languages a plus)
• 💡 Passionate about cross-border cooperation, policy or community engagement
• ⏰ Able to commit ~2 days/month from September 2025 to March 2026

🚀 Why Become an Ambassador?

• 📜 Earn a Certificate of Completion signed by DG REGIO
• 🌟 Showcase your insights in Commission policy events & communications
• 🔗 Collaborate with peers across Europe on tangible cross-border projects

🔗 Apply & Learn More: https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/border-focal-point-network/news/call-applications-cross-border-ambassadors-2025-mandate