Launched in January 2023, the Youth for reviving (stagnating) EU territories project was inspired by the youth policy dialogue conducted by the Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, in September 2022. During the dialogue, several young people from around the EU highlighted the issues that they and their peers were facing in their regions of origin that were leading to increasing levels of youth emigration/out-migration. The scope of the project was also shaped by the European Commission’s Communication on Harnessing Talen