The European Defence Network (EDN) is a private initiative and association of French law aiming at promoting the European perspective in Defence and Security. Targeting on young professionals and students from the relevant domains (international relations, politics, military, academia, defence industry) we aspire to have a long term impact by connecting, building trust, educating and inspiring for action. As we are independent we can do this without a specific political agenda. Moreover, we have a highly interactive approach involving our members in the design and development of our organization and the execution of projects, .e.g., a war game, study, video interviews. For our concept we have been awarded with a price by the French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly in 2020. You can find some reference projects here: 1) Expert Interview on a industry deep-tech topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okgdw25WyVQ 2) Multinational interview with decision-makers on the role of the reservists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okgdw25WyVQ 3) Knowledge nuggets on European defence institutions: https://e-d-n.eu/index.php/edin/