Main aim of VIRAGO project is promoting regional partnerships and wider civic participation of young women from 5 EU member states and 1 candidate country and by doing this fostering the sense of European citizenship and European values. The project will achieve this through development of a cooperation network model in the context of EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027. Main target group will be young women aged 18-29 years, who will sustain partnership initiatives, encourage wider civic participation for their peers in the democratic process and in society.Today young women in Europe have access to more opportunities for participation at all levels of governance and policy making. Empowering them to be actively engaged in civic life is crucial to achieve positive outcomes – skills development, confidence and competency building. From Latin VIRAGO means WOMAN WHO DEMONSTRATES HEROIC QUALITIES. VIRAGO project will explore specific role and status of European young women in 6 partner countries–Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Spain and Turkey. A balanced partnership between public bodies and NGOs is established, as well as between “old” and “young” EU member states and a candidate. Target group will be involved in set of activities, that are logically targeted to the complex approach of ‘Engage-Connect-Empower’ priorities of EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027. Project duration is 24 months in all partner countries, by covering: researches on specific topics, targeted to youths and young women; training-of-young women trainers in EU Youth policy 2019-2027; improved skills of youths for project design and implementation; leadership seminars for young women; public debates on EU youth policy measures for 2019 – 2027; large-scale cross-border mobility activities for building youth networks and establishing partnerships. As a result, more than 1600 participants will be empowered for fostering sense of European citizenship and European values, by participating in 73 events.