A beach clean-up
Jan, one of our members, led a beach clean-up in Zeeland in January 2024.
Young people, one river, three countries.
The Scheldt connects us, and it's under pressure. Together we walk it, study it and look for solutions across borders. Then we take them straight to the decision-makers.
No fee, for 16 to 26 year olds. Travel, bed and meals arranged.
Why join
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Be heard
Your ideas go to the people who manage the river.
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Make friends
From three countries and all kinds of backgrounds.
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Learn by doing
Research, debate and present, in English.
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Have a good time
Kayaks, campfires and dinners together.
Rivers don't stop at borders. Neither do we.
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Three countries, one river. Young people from France, Belgium and the Netherlands, aged 16 to 26. The Scheldt's challenges cross borders: floods, water quality, nature.
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Out in the field. A few times a year we walk, sail or kayak the Scheldt and meet the people who manage it.
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Free and voluntary. No exams, no prior knowledge needed.
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Heard where it counts. Our recommendations go to the International Scheldt Commission, where the three countries work on the river together.
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Run by GoodPlanet Belgium, who started the youth parliament with the Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie and have run it ever since.
Small streams, big river
Got an idea of your own? Members started all of these.
Two podcasts
Emma made two podcasts about our exchanges with the Sava Youth Parliament from the Balkans, in Ghent (2022) and Zagreb (2023).
T-shirt & hoodie design
In 2021 our logo went onto hand-printed T-shirts and hoodies.
Latest news
All news
June 2026, Tournai
Our recommendations reached the International Scheldt Commission
At the commission's big meeting in Tournai, Mathieu, one of our participants, spoke for young people.
May 2026, Ghent
Three days on flooding and climate in Ghent
Fourteen participants cycled to Ghent's flood defences, met a deputy mayor and a water engineer, and wrote a letter to policymakers.
October 2025, Zeeland
Games, kayaks and river rights in Zeeland
Three days in Zeeland: the Scheldt game, legal rights for the river and kayaking on the Veerse Meer.
May 2025, Oudenaarde
Walking the Scheldt from Oudenaarde to Zingem
Our second Scheldt walk, along the Maarkebeek and the Zwalm, with a warm local welcome.
Making waves since 2008
So farComing up
- October 2008First plenaryIn Antwerp, where it all started.
- December 2012Our Commission seatOur own seat, as observers.
- March 2015Filling the SenateNearly a hundred of us, from three countries.
- April 2022Sailing to AntwerpNine of us on board.
- June 2026Recommendations deliveredAt the commission's plenary in Tournai.
- Early 2027Your turn nextA new group of 16 to 26 year olds.Join us
Want to make waves?
- Be heard
- Make friends
- Learn by doing
- Have a good time
For anyone aged 16 to 26 living in France, Belgium or the Netherlands