HEY, Home for Empowering the Youth

About Home for Empowering the Youth

HEY is a youth-led non-governmental organization in Skopje, North Macedonia. It was legally registered in October 2025 and opened to the public on 27 December 2025.

Who we are

Home for Empowering the Youth (HEY) was created with one aim: a space where young people can empower themselves, connect with each other and grow.

We run workshops, talks and training for young people in Skopje, send youth workers and young leaders to Erasmus+ training courses across Europe, and promote regional programs for young founders. Every activity is documented in public on our Instagram account, @heyskopje.

How we work

In its first year HEY ran without a core grant or a commercial sponsor. Venues and training places came from partners, and our work follows a Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2028.

  • INNOX Center of Innovation
  • YoWo Poland
  • Udruga DRONE
  • Startgate Tekmer
  • Bridge to Balkans (B2B)
  • LAG Vallis Colapis
  • Future Opportunities Association (Oportunitati de Viitor)
Participants and guests seated on the tiered steps at InnoX Center during a HEY event
A HEY event at InnoX Center, Skopje

Our mission

To give young people in Skopje a home: a safe space for growth, learning and self-development, and concrete activities, programs and opportunities to grow, connect and lead.

Empower

Workshops and talks that build practical knowledge: sport science, startups, gamification, stereotypes.

Connect

Erasmus+ courses and partnerships that link Skopje with youth organizations in Poland, Croatia and across Europe.

Grow

Programs that move young people from idea to action, from the Bridge2Balkan accelerator to our first Erasmus+ application.

Our story so far

From registration to our first Erasmus+ project application in twelve months.

  1. HEY is legally registered in Skopje as the Association Home for Empowering the Youth.

  2. Grand Opening at INNOX Center. Co-Founder Abbad Ramadani presents HEY's identity and direction, followed by a keynote from Professor Abil Baush.

  3. First workshops in Skopje: 360 Elite Athlete and From Idea to Business. HEY partners on GAMY, an Erasmus+ gamification bootcamp.

  4. First Erasmus+ training course abroad: Voices to Inspire in Osieck, Poland, where HEY met 14 organizations from across Europe.

  5. Stereotype Deconstructed in Skopje, the Bridge2Balkan accelerator, and Erasmus+ courses in Karlovac, Croatia and Osieck, Poland.

  6. HEY submits its first own Erasmus+ project application, BuildHer Stack, and publishes its Year One Report.

Projects & activities

Eleven projects and activities from our first year, from October 2025 to October 2026. Select one to read what happened.

No.DateActivityTypePlace
0127 Dec 2025Grand Opening of HEYLaunch eventSkopje
021 Feb 2026360 Elite AthleteWorkshopSkopje
039 to 12 Feb 2026GAMY, Gamification AcademyErasmus+ bootcampSkopje
0415 Feb 2026From Idea to BusinessWorkshopSkopje
0514 to 22 Mar 2026Voices to InspireErasmus+ courseOsieck, Poland
0612 Apr 2026Stereotype DeconstructedFilm and workshopSkopje
07From 7 May 2026Bridge2BalkanStartup accelerationSkopje, hybrid
0825 to 29 May 2026The Human Rights OdysseyErasmus+ courseKarlovac, Croatia
0911 to 19 Jul 2026Economy EssentialsErasmus+ courseOsieck, Poland
1019 to 25 Nov 2026Epic FailErasmus+ course, upcomingCroatia
111 Jan 2027 to 31 Mar 2028BuildHer StackKA210-YOU, application submittedSkopje and Romania

Year one in numbers

11Projects and activities
177+Young people who took part
3Erasmus+ training courses attended abroad
14Organizations met at Voices to Inspire

Source: HEY Year One Activity Report, October 2025 to October 2026.

Our team

  • Furkan IdriziPresident & Project Coordinator
  • Agan SulejmanProject Implementation Coordinator
  • Abbad RamadaniDigital Skills & Technical Coordinator
  • Joana Shemko
  • Sara Tairi
Full legal name (Latin)
ASSOCIATION HOME FOR EMPOWERING THE YOUTH SKOPJE
Full legal name (Macedonian)
Здружение ДОМ ЗА ЗАЈАКНУВАЊЕ НА МЛАДИТЕ Скопје
Public name
Home for Empowering the Youth
Acronym
HEY
Legal form
Association (non-governmental, non-profit organization)
Registered
October 2025, Skopje, North Macedonia
National ID (ЕМБС)
7907109
Erasmus+ Organisation ID (OID)
E10415382
Registered address
Ismail Kadare St. No. 111
Chair, Skopje 1000
North Macedonia
Official email
skopjehey@gmail.com
Website
https://heyskopje.com/
Social media

Read the full Year One Report

Every project from our first year with dates, aims and outcomes. PDF, 15 pages.

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