The YVA project started the new year with a kick-off meeting at the Soziokulturelles ZentrumTELUX in Weißwasser. Together with social workers and teachers from the region, the project partners gathered ideas for the upcoming Future Congress on June 18, 2026. The focus was on the wishes and central issues of young people in the border triangle, as well as low-threshold opportunities to implement these sustainably at the local level. With regard to the Future Congress, formats are to be developed in which young people can develop their own ideas, present them and discuss them with decision-makers from politics and civil society.