Foreword The next 20 years: towards true societal impact As we wrap up a year of unprecedented impact in 2022, we also celebrate the 20th Anniversary of JA Europe. The In September2022 JAEuropepresentedtheEU YouthandInnovationManifesto to story of JA in Europe goes back much longer than 20 years, starting with Young Enterprise UK which was founded EuropeanCommissioner Mariya Gabriel. It includes 20 concrete goals for 2030 and can be seen as a already 60 years ago. Since then, societal and economic changes have allowed JA programmes to be launched in roadmapto reach our long-term 2050 targets. It requires a collective effort from policy, business and most countries of the European continent, empowering each new generation of youth with the necessary skillset educationto achieve real and meaningful change at the level of the society as a whole. and mindset to build thriving communities. JA has the network, the learning content and the partnerships to deliver on our collective The Nobel Peace Prize nomination of JA Worldwide in January 2022 and the election of a JA Alumni, Roberta ambition.We dare to dream big because the momentum is right. We are excited about the future Metsola, as President of the European Parliament has given our network a momentum like never before, as the andempowered by our past. role of economic empowerment and opportunities for the youth population are recognized as playing a critical If not now, when? role in peace, stability and economic development. JA9s mission is more relevant than ever in Europe where the year 2022 was assigned the European Year of Youth and next year 2023 will be the European Year of Skills. As we raise a toast to celebrate our journey so far, we are also ready to design the strategy towards societal impact in 2050 when our ambition is to serve increasing numbers of European youth Adam Warby Salvatore Nigro with programmesthatleverage the latest technology and ensure social inclusion. Significant societal impact is achieved when 10% of the population is reached and also making sure that no one is Chairman of JA CEO of JA Europe left behind, as we witnessed by the outstanding support of JA Europe and its memberstowards the Ukrainian Europe Board of youth and children. We are convinced that JA9s network in Europe has the capacity to achieve these ambitious Directors targets, by embracing digital transformation and leveraging the power of partnerships to modernize our learning experiences as concretelyput in action with the organization of the largest European Entrepreneurship Event GEN- E in Tallin. We can already see that our collective impact in learning experiences and the transformation of pan- Europeancompetitions in 2021-22 paves the way for the growth path.