The Most Important in Brief

Euforia is an evolving, youth-driven NGO based in Switzerland with a community of volunt'heroes in over 20 countries across three continents. Combining non-formal education and transformative learning methods we empower people and organizations to embark on their own changemaking journey. Our key strength is to create safe spaces where people realize their own potential, find solutions and become transformational leaders. In recognition of our state-of-the-art approach and impact we have been awarded several prizes, for example by Ashoka, the UNESCO and the World Economic Forum.

1. Purpose

   euforia aims to co-create a global movement that unleashes the qualities of youth in order to act for a more just society in which everyone can use their full potential while respecting others and Nature. euforia vise à co-créer un mouvement global qui libère les qualités de la jeunesse en vue d'agir pour une société plus juste dans laquelle chacun(e) peut utiliser son plein potentiel tout en respectant les autres et la nature

2. The Most Important in Brief

   Euforia is an evolving, youth-driven NGO based in Switzerland with a community of volunt'heroes in over 20 countries across three continents. Combining non-formal education and transformative learning methods we empower people and organizations to embark on their own changemaking journey. Our key strength is to create safe spaces where people realize their own potential, find solutions and become transformational leaders. In recognition of our state-of-the-art approach and impact we have been awarded several prizes, for example by Ashoka, the UNESCO and the World Economic Forum.

3. Goals

   euforia aims at empowering and connecting people to embark on their own changemaking journey or create their own social enterprise by tackling global challenges through local commitments. euforia also creates transformational opportunities and foments radical collaboration across a variety of organisations to co-create solutions for global challenges.

4. Principles

   Our organization was born out of a common need to make this world a better place. Our work is very purpose-driven to achieve greater impact and wellbeing on an individual, organizational and societal level. Our values are at the core of our daily work and have accompanied us throughout the past years and we are living them fully: - Dedication and impact: We are unsatisfied with the current world and dedicated to taking action and joining forces with unlikely allies in order to foster justice, respect and wellbeing for current and future generations. - Authenticity: euforia stands for idealism, creativity, passion, naivety, flexibility, subversiveness, diversity, spicyness and integrity. - Joie de vivre and Wholebeing: Fun, meaning, and friendship fuel us, but we do not hesitate to stand up for our personal needs. - Radical Collaboration: We give everyone the opportunity to reach her/his full potential within a context of inclusion, competence and openness. - Oops culture: Be ambitious, be courageous, dare to doubt of yourself and enjoy the right to fail. euforia uses non-formal education and transformative & holistic learning methods to empower and connect people to embark on their own changemaking journey or create their own social enterprise by tackling global challenges through local commitments.

5. Measures

   euforia uses non-formal education and transformative & holistic learning methods to empower and connect people to embark on their own changemaking journey or create their own social enterprise by tackling global challenges through local commitments. We also create transformational opportunities not only for leading businesses, such as PostFinance, Migros & Swisscom, but also for organizations and institutions, like the WWF & IDMC to change the way they collaborate and innovate together. - Youth trainings - corporate trainings - collaboration with public agencies that foster the qualities of Youth and their wellbeing - collaboration with companies that foster the qualities of Youth and their wellbeing

6. Financing

   public subsidies private foundations revenues generation

Area of Impact

• Switzerland