Europe House, established by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of North Macedonia, serves as a platform for civic engagement, youth activation, and innovation. In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education systems worldwide, Europe House partnered with Solveo to rethink the future of learning by empowering young people to co-create real solutions.
The pandemic exposed deep gaps in traditional education systems—lack of digital readiness, low student engagement, and outdated teaching methods.
Europe House approached Solveo with a clear goal: bring together students, educators, and innovators to reimagine what schools could look like in a post-pandemic world. The objective was to uncover user-centered solutions that could reshape the learning experience and address long-standing issues that the pandemic had only intensified.
We designed and facilitated a large-scale open innovation program aimed at involving students directly in the process of designing the school of the future.
Using the Design Thinking methodology, we brought together youth from across North Macedonia to explore challenges within the current education system and generate actionable, student-led ideas. The process encouraged them to question outdated assumptions, uncover unmet needs, and apply structured creativity to propose new models of learning.
Over the course of the program, our facilitators worked closely with students to:
What set this program apart was the level of ownership the students had throughout. They weren’t just participants—they were the key stakeholders shaping solutions for their own future.
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