About!
EcoGuardians is an inspiring European initiative supported by Erasmus+, bringing together young people and organizations from across Europe to protect some of the continent’s most precious ecosystems.
Led by the Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares, located on the shores of the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain, the project unites a diverse network of partners from across Europe.
EcoGuardians places young people at the center of its mission by giving them real ownership, responsibility, and leadership in every stage of the project. Using creative methods like gamification, co-creation processes, and peer-to-peer learning, the project encourages meaningful participation and long-term engagement.
The ultimate goal is to build a dynamic, cross-border network of young people who are committed to biodiversity conservation and ready to take action. Whether it’s through local initiatives, community involvement, or raising awareness on social media, EcoGuardians supports young people in becoming powerful advocates for nature.
Our objectives!
Empower young people as leaders of change and conservation of environmentally sensitive areas, giving them the ownership, responsibility, and leadership in the project!
The project has the following main objectives:
🍃Promote environmental conservation
Raise awareness of the importance of wetlands and empower young people to actively contribute to their conservation through local actions and international cooperation.
🧑🎓Foster environmental education
Develop knowledge and understanding of the role of wetlands for biodiversity and our well-being.
💪Develop skills
Enhance leadership, communication, critical thinking and and project management through youth project development.
♥️Promote social inclusion
Ensure the inclusion of vulnerable youth in the project, providing equal opportunities for participation and development and make the project the tool to ensure social and citizen inclusion.
Highlights!
In each partner country :
- Follow many experts meetings and environnemental and communication skill learning.
- Write is own environemental action plan helped by local expert and nature conservation manager.
- Be leader in a hackaton to share awareness and solution to enhance involvemnt for biodiversity
protection. - Participate to 2 five-days exhange travel in Italy and Spain to strenghten the Europeans
Ecoguadians community. - Create at least 10 story telling about there engagement.
Meet the partners…
EcoGuardians is a European project supported by the Erasmus+ programme, designed to empower young people as active leaders in the protection of environmentally sensitive areas. The initiative is coordinated by the Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares, located on the shores of the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain, and brings together partners from across Europe, including the city of Oulu in Finland, the Amalfi Coast Biosphere Reserve Association in Italy, the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation working in the wetlands around Sofia, CPIE Littoral d’Occitanie from France and the Prostir Molodi Youth Space from Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region.
Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares
Spain
Los Alcázares is a municipality and a coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares
Spain
Los Alcázares is a municipality and a coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares
Spain
Los Alcázares is a municipality and a coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares
Spain
Los Alcázares is a municipality and a coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares
Spain
Los Alcázares is a municipality and a coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares
Spain
Los Alcázares is a municipality and a coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Associazione costiera amalfitana riserva biosfera
Italia
The associazione was founded with the aim of promoting the Amalfi Coast’s candidacy to become a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve with the mission of bringing people, tradition and nature back together.
Oulun kaupunki
Finland
Oulu is a northern Finnish city where urban life meets wild nature. Surrounded by forests, rivers, and the sea, it offers clean air and year-round outdoor activities making it a unique place to live and explore.
Balgarska fondatsiya bioraznoobrazie
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation was established in 1997 and carries out public benefit activities to protect the environment and biological diversity.
CPIE Littoral d’Occitanie
France
Based in Frontignan, this NGO aims to develop and promote initiatives for the ecological transition of the region.
Youth Space
Ukraine
Youth Space is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014 and based in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
The main mission of the NGO is to promote youth development and form a new type of thinking, implementing youth policy in the Zakarpattia region, where young people want to live and develop.
This project has been funded with the support of the European Commission.
This publication is solely the responsibility of the author and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
