 Young people are playing an essential part in building a better future. This year marks the European year of youth, putting a spotlight on the key role of youths in bringing change. It's time to move towards a promising post-pandemic society, placing the voices of young people at the forefront. We asked EPP young elected politicians from villages, cities and regions across Europe to tell us about projects they're leading and how they're contributing to make citizens' lives better. In particular, young people are working on various fronts to achieve the green transition across European villages, cities and regions. One key area is sustainable mass transport systems. In my city of Palini, Athens, we are starting a project on electromobility with stations, vehicles and bicycles. EPP young elected politicians are committed to protecting the environment, ensuring sustainable agricultural practices and promoting healthy lifestyles. We make policies focused on the care, the protection and promotion of rice cultivation and the natural space. Protect the environment is everyone's job. In my area of Neapoli last March, we planted trees for the green area and for the cleaner air. In my future plans, I am organizing a day about chronic nerve disease to inform the citizens. I wish for a better tomorrow. EPP young elected politicians are also working to make education fit for the digital age and offer more spaces for young people through youth centres and recreational green spaces. In my municipality, we take care of youths. In this year, we reconstruct the primary school and expand the school. At the same time, it is significant that in the year of youths, we made a decision to open the youth centre. Hi, my name is Venla and I'm from Henola, Finland. I made a council initiative in my hometown and we built this children's traffic park and now the whole area is developing to be a common park for all the families and children in Henola. In my village, we are going to start an oral health programme for all the children to guarantee an epi smile for the future. Achieving results requires collaboration. So, twinning projects in rural areas are also playing an important role for youths. We think that Europe should be present also in little realities like ours. That's why next year we will join the call for proposals town twinning in accordance with our mayor. So, we hope that right here will be a mark of the twinning of Karate with another European town. To build a better future, we must strengthen the democratic process through youth engagement. EPP, young elected politicians, are ready to play their role. I'm Thomas Pavelka and I'm the youngest mayor in the Czech Republic. In our village, Morice, we would to engage young people directly to politics and to community life. I think it's the only good way for a sustainable future. So, do it too. To change Europe, education and small action cannot be neglected. To love Europe, to really feel like belonging to a community, how a young citizen must learn its history, they must know how it is working every day, they must understand how decisions are made. That's why before launching a huge project, I installed in my city, in Anier, a discovery cycle of European institutions. We started a few months ago in Strasbourg with the European Parliament and we'll carry on throughout the mandate to create a new generation of European citizens for tomorrow. EPP, young elected politicians at the local and regional levels, are the ones who can defend our European values and build a better, sustainable, digital, inclusive, caring and more united Europe.