Border Focal Point Network (BFPN) Cross-Border Ambassadors Program 2025 – YOA

Deadline: August 31, 2025

Applications are open for the Border Focal Point Network (BFPN) Cross-Border Ambassadors Program 2025. The Border Focal Point Network (BFPN), in cooperation with Youth4Cooperation, is in search of passionate younger voices to hitch the third consumption of the Cross-Border Ambassadors Program.

This initiative, coordinated by the European Commission’s DG REGIO, seeks to empower younger individuals residing in or linked to Europe’s border areas to interact actively in EU-degree dialogue on cross-border cooperation, contribute significant insights from the bottom, and improve the visibility of border points by means of youth-led communication.

Benefits

• Successful candidates will turn into Ambassadors of the Border Focal Point Network, taking part in a key function in shaping its outreach to younger individuals in border areas. As passionate advocates for cross-border cooperation, they are going to assist elevate the voices of youth, foster significant connections throughout communities, and actively contribute to constructing a extra cohesive Europe by means of inclusive, youth-pushed dialogue and engagement.

Eligibility

Successful candidates will: 

• Are aged 18–30 on the time of application;
• Live in an EU Member State or EFTA nation (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein) and have a robust connection to a border area;
• Are fluent in English (information of different EU languages is a robust asset);
• Have a real curiosity in European cooperation, border coverage, or native engagement;
• Are able to commit roughly 2 days per thirty days from September 2025 to March 2025.

Evaluation Criteria

Applicants will likely be evaluated in opposition to 4 standards:

• Engagement and motivation in cross-border actions
• Innovative considering and drawback-fixing
• Communications and storytelling capability
• Commitment to EU Values

Application

Applicants should submit:

• A motivational letter (most 500 phrases), outlining your motivation, background, and curiosity in changing into a Cross-Border Ambassador.
• A brief video (most 2 minutes), creatively explaining your private expertise with cross-border points and one resolution you’d suggest. This is your likelihood to point out off your communication abilities, originality, and the cross-border matters that matter to you. Be daring – the extra creative, the higher!

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Cross-Border Ambassadors.