Are you a young researcher from the Euro-Mediterranean region? Are you interested in exploring the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in the region?

This year´s edition of the Forum will be about: “Shaping the digital future of the Euro-Mediterranean region”.

Participants will:

• Present their research proposals in peer-to-peer working sessions
• Benefit from capacity building sessions to improve their research and communications skills
• Access remunerated publishing opportunities: authors of selected concept notes will be asked to convert their proposals into Policy Briefs
• Exchange with experts and policy stakeholders.

Where and when? The Forum will take place at the Centro Eurolatinoamericano de juventud (CEULAJ) in Mollina (Spain) on 15-17 September 2025, in the framework of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe’s University on Youth and Development.

🗓️ Deadline for applications: 16 June 2025, 23:59hrs CET

The Euromed Young Researchers Forum is part of the Euromed Young Researchers Lab, an initiative co-ordinated by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, with financial support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The Euromed Young Researchers Lab aims to boost the research capacities of young experts across the Mediterranean, give visibility and recognition to their work, strengthen exchanges and stimulate research on issues of common interest.

During this year’s Forum, 30 participants from across the Mediterranean and its neighbouring regions will meet in Mollina, Spain to exchange with policy-makers, practitioners and other young experts on key issues relating to digital transformation in the Euro-Mediterranean area and contribute to policy shaping in the region. This year’s edition is hosted in the framework of the University on Youth and Development, organised by the North South Centre of the Council of Europe on “Empowering youth for digital safety”.

Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to the timely debate on digitalisation across the Euro-Mediterranean region and help shape its digital transition.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

🔗 Read more and apply here.