The Académie Notre Europe

The Académie, a training programme by the Jacques Delors Institute

Initiated by Enrico Letta, President of the Jacques Delors Institute, the Académie Notre Europe is a place for training, exchange and knowledge-sharing on European policies. It was created in 2017 within the Jacques Delors Institute.

For nearly 30 years, the Jacques Delors Institute has built strong expertise on European issues, combined with the development of a vast network of high-level experts, practitioners and decision-makers.

The Académie takes advantage of this expertise and this network to offer a range of activities aimed at bringing young people closer to the EU, helping them not only to better understand European challenges but also to foster their sense of belonging and European citizenship.

Our mission

The Académie fully embraces the mission of lifelong information and education promoted by the Jacques Delors Institute. Faithful to Jacques Delors’ legacy and vision, it places at the heart of its activities the different dimensions of knowledge which, in his view, should underpin education and lifelong learning : learning to know, learning to do, learning to be, and learning to live together.

With this in mind, the Académie primarily addresses young people aged 16 to 35, providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to understand Europe, participate fully in democratic life, and shape their future as European citizens. This ambition echoes the question Jacques Delors raised in 1989 : “How can we build Europe if young people do not see it as a collective project and as a representation of their own future ?”

Our activities

The Académie’s flagship initiative is its free annual training programme on European citizenship, which has welcomed more than 600 young people since 2017.

Each year, the Académie also organises two major events, bringing together several hundred young people: the Jacques Delors Conference and the Jacques Delors Agora.

The Académie develops a wide range of civic activities each year aimed at strengthening young people’s access to information, awareness and engagement. Some initiatives are long-standing and regularly renewed, such as its participation in the Europe Day organised by the City of Paris and its educational sessions in schools and other educational institutions. Other initiatives are developed on a one-off basis, in response to current events or emerging European issues. In 2025, for example, the Academy created the theatre play “Delors entre les mains – Le flambeau de l’architecte” and, ahead of the June 2024 European elections, conducted an information and awareness-raising campaign targeting young people.

View our annual report

The Académie publishes an annual report of its activities. Each report highlights the patron of the graduating class from the annual training programme.
As the Académie is an initiative of the Jacques Delors Institute, you can also consult the Institute’s annual report to learn more about our activities and organisation.