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Bulgaria joins the Partial Agreement on youth mobility through the youth card
On 9 February 2023, the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card welcomed Bulgaria as its 24th member. The overall objective of the Partial Agreement is for member governments and member organisations of the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) to work together to create...
The Advisory Council on Youth addresses the Committee of Ministers’ 4th summit working group
On 24 February, Alice Bergholtz, vice-chair of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ), the non-governmental partner in the youth sector’s co-managed decision-making system, addressed the GT-SOM, the Committee of Ministers’ ad hoc working group set up to organise the 4th Summit of Heads of State and...
Climate crisis and young people: sharing of expertise, experiences and expectations
On 22 and 23 February, 16 young climate experts and activists met in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg to exchange views on the effects of the climate crisis on young people, as well as to share experiences, practices and recommendations on youth participation in climate-related activities....
Youth Centre, National Youth Foundation, Bucharest, 27 February - 4 March 2023
Training courses for youth workers on human rights education with young Ukrainian refugees and host communities in Romania
The training courses aim to develop the competences of youth workers to prepare, implement and evaluate human rights education activities and programmes based on the approaches of Compass – The Manual for Human Rights Education with Young People. The courses bring together 42 participants, youth...
Youth workers in Ukraine provide continued support to young people in the war-torn country
Today marks the first anniversary of the brutal and unprovoked aggression by Russia against Ukraine, a then-fellow Council of Europe member state. The devastation and destruction of lives and property across Ukraine sadly continues to this day and young people and the infrastructure that...
Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth
First anniversary of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine
Today, on 24 February 2023, we remember the beginning of the ongoing Russian military attack against Ukraine, in flagrant violation of the Statute of the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights, and recommitted to the statement of the Secretary General of the Council of...
Online meeting in the Quality Label network to discuss cooperation measures with Ukrainian youth centres
On 27 January 2023, representatives of youth centres in the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres network came together in an online meeting to follow up on the main outcomes of the study visit and seminar for youth workers and representatives of youth centres providing youth work...
ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Seminar on Roma youth participation and intersectional discrimination ROMA YOUTH TOGETHER 2023
The seminar Roma Youth Together 2023 will bring together 30 young people who are youth leaders or youth workers in Roma and Travellers communities and organisations. It is organised by the Youth Department and Roma and Travellers Team of the Council of Europe in cooperation with the European...
COMPASS training courses 2023: starting together
A preparatory meeting with partners organising Compass national training courses in 2023 brought together 21 representatives of 12 organisations from Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Italy, North Macedonia, Armenia and Georgia. The meeting familiarised the partners of...
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 APRIL 2023
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Activities in co-operation with the European Youth Centre in 2024
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policy to submit applications for activities to be held in co-operation with the...
Call for participants: Workshop/launching event "YOUNG REFUGEES: Turning 18 with confidence"
The International Launching Event Turning 18 with Confidence: Supporting Migrant and Refugee Children Transitioning to Adulthood will be held at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg on 18 April 2023. The Youth Department organises a workshop for young refugees and youth workers around the...
The Essence of Non-formal Education with young people
In order to support youth organisations to implementing their intercultural activities and support the Council of Europe values and standards, the Youth Department organised a Training Course on Essentials of Non-formal Education from 6 to 11 February 2023 at the European Youth Centre in...
Review Seminar on the Recommendation CM/Rec (2017)4 on Youth Work
Call for Participants
In 2017, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 on Youth Work, the first internationally agreed policy document that focuses on youth work explicitly, its value for society and the way ahead for its quality development in Europe. The...
Conference to discuss the follow-up of the Democracy Here | Democracy Now youth campaign
The Youth Department has started the implementation of the project “Youth revitalising democracy”, a response to the challenges faced by democratic systems and institutions in recent years. The project follows up the youth campaign Democracy Here | Democracy Now and aims to strengthen the...
Renewing Peace Education in intercultural youth activities
This consultative meeting brought together 35 experts in peace education, peacebuilding and conflict transformation to review and renew key contents and approaches to peace education in the intercultural youth activities of the Council of Europe, be them organised at the European Youth Centres or...
The Youth sector statutory committees’ Bureaux meet in Strasbourg
The Bureaux of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) held their first meetings of the year in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg on 16 and 17 January 2023. High on the agenda of their joint meeting, the Bureaux were informed about the...
Discovering the Youth Sector over breakfast
About forty guests from 35 Permanent representations and diplomatic missions met on Monday 16 January at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg (EYCS) where they were greeted by Matjaž Gruden, Director of Democratic Participation, and Antje Rothemund, Head of the Youth Department. The information...
Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card
Annual Report 2022 published
The annual report 2022 of the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card is now available Read the annual report
Youth Participation - Deadline to apply 18 January 2023
At its meeting of 11-12 October 2022 in Budapest, the CMJ decided to: set up a drafting group to develop guidelines for the implementation of CM/Rec(2006)14 as well as Congress Resolution 152 (2003), composed of two CCJ members, two CDEJ members, as well as one elected representative of the...
Deadline to apply: 31 January 2023, 23:59 PM (CET)
Call for Participants: COMPASS TRAINING OF TRAINERS in human rights education 2023
The Human Rights Education Youth Programme is included in the Youth for Democracy programme and it plays a central role in the 2030 Strategy of the youth sector. It safeguards its key features: Dissemination and update of the educational resources for human rights education Advocacy for the...
A "youth partner" status with the Parliamentary Assembly
Addressing the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Anastasios CHATZIVASILEIOU (Greece, EPP) spoke of the “disturbing dichotomy” between the potential, motivation, and interest of young people to contribute to politics, and...
Advocacy for the rights and social inclusion of young refugees
In the occasion of the World Refugee Day the Youth Department of the Council of Europe organised a training course on advocacy for rights and social inclusion of young refugees. The need for this capacity-building was driven by the demand of young refugees hit by the pandemic, when access to...
Deadline for applications: 19 December 2022
Call for participants: Renewing peace education in intercultural youth activities
A consultative meeting about key contents and approaches to peacebuilding and conflict transformation in the intercultural youth activities of the Council of Europe The Consultative Meeting is organised to pool together experiences, approaches and identifying methodologies for credible...
Study visit of Bulgarian representatives to the European Youth Centre in Budapest
On 30 November-1 December 2022, a study visit took place at the European Youth Centre in Budapest with the participation of government representatives, local authorities and managers and youth workers from youth centres in Pernik, Burgas and Vratsa. This visit was organised with the aim to...
UKRAINE: Values-based youth work in war context
Thirty-five youth workers and representatives of youth centres from Ukraine made it to the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg for a seminar on youth work during war time in Ukraine, from 5 to 10 December 2022. The seminar will strengthen their competences to provide youth work taking into...
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023, 23:59 CET
Call for participants: Training of Trainers for Youth in the Council of Europe (TRAYCE) 2023-2024
TRAYCE II is a long-term training course to support the implementation of the Council of Europe youth sector strategy 2030 by developing the competences of youth trainers and sustaining the quality of non-formal education and training activities. The 2023-2024 edition of TRAYCE is the next step...
VOICES OF YOUNG REFUGEES IN EUROPE (VYRE) AND EURO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH (EYMH)
Managing mental health as a refugee, asylum seeker and migrant
Study session on “Managing mental health as a refugee, asylum seeker and migrant” took place in the European Youth Centre, Strasbourg on 20-26 November 2022 in cooperation with VOICES OF YOUNG REFUGEES IN EUROPE (VYRE) AND EURO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH (EYMH). During the study session 33 young...
All different, all equal! – still relevant?
The study session “All different, all equal! – still relevant? Discovering and embracing Human Rights!” took place from 20 to 27 November in the EYCB in cooperation with european playwork association (e.p.a). 28 participants explored topics such as anti-discrimination, human rights, children’s...
Deadline for applications: 2 January 2023, 23:59 CET
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Training Course on Essentials of Non-Formal Education 2023
The training course will bring together young people who are trainers, facilitators or organisers of non-formal education activities and are likely to be involved in upcoming study sessions (organised in one of the European Youth Centres) or international activities and annual work plans...
The EYF publishes a toolbox on inclusion in youth projects
To support youth organisations, the EYF has now published a Toolbox on inclusive practices. The Toolbox is the result of a collaborative process involving representatives of youth organisations. The Toolbox includes concrete ideas on how to incorporate inclusive practices into youth activities,...
End of term evaluation visit of the Quality Label Expert Team to Lisbon Youth Centre, Portugal
On 20-21 October 2022, an end-of-term visit of the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres was organised in Lisbon Youth Centre, Portugal with the aim to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label which Lisbon Youth Centre has been holding since 2015. In...
Quality Label exploratory visit to Braga Youth Centre in Portugal
On 24 October 2022, a Quality Label exploratory visit took place in Braga Youth Centre, Portugal with the aim to introduce the work of the youth centre to Council of Europe representatives from operational perspective, and to also provide a deeper insight into its mission and educational...
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 04 JANUARY 2023 (at 23:00 CET)
CALL FOR ACTIVITIES: 2023 COMPASS National and Regional Training Courses in Human Rights Education (NRTC’s)
The Council of Europe invites partners to apply with projects for Compass National and Regional Training Courses in Human Rights Education in 2023. The Compass Training Courses are strategic national or regional activities for the development of competences of key multipliers for human rights...
A Council of Europe-ERYICA webinar
Do you kNOw distress? - Youth information responses to mental health
What is mental health? Why is mental health important for overall health? Can mental health change over time? What causes mental illness? What is the role, and what are the boundaries of youth information services? Who are our main stakeholders, and how can youth information cooperate with them?...
Vacancy notice - Project Assistant - European Youth Centre Budapest
The European Youth Centre Budapest of the Council of Europe Youth Department (Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity) - is looking for qualified applicants to fill the position of Project Assistant (temporary employment, full-time). The deadline for applications is 30 November...
Call for participants for conference on evaluation and follow-up to the youth campaign Democracy Here | Democracy Now
The Council of Europe Youth Department organises, under the patronage of the Icelandic presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, the Conference on evaluation and follow-up of the Democracy Here | Democracy Now youth campaign between 31 January and 2 February 2023 in the...
Study session “Advancing at constructing Safe Learning Space in Non-Formal Education”
On 1-5 November, the study session “Advancing at constructing Safe Learning Space in Non-Formal Education” was held at European Youth Centre Budapest in cooperation with the Human Rights Education Network (HREYN) and the World Organisation of Scouts Movement (WOSM). The five-day study session...
The Youth Delegation on the starting blocks of the 10th World Forum for Democracy
The Youth Delegation is on the starting-blocks to actively take part in the 10th World Forum for Democracy starting today. Together with the Advisory Council on Youth, they will bring a global Youth perspective to the question “Democracy : A new Hope ?”.
Catch up with the Youth Department’s news each month! Subscribe to THINK YOUTH!
The October issue of THINK YOUTH, the Youth Department’s monthly newsletter, is now available: discover the major events organised by the Youth Department last month, as well as those of our partners. You will find information on the latest meeting of the Joint Council on Youth, on activities to...
Hearing young people’s voices – Ireland’s commitment to participatory democracy and youth engagement
Organised as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Caroline CONROY, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Peter BURKE, Minister of State for Planning and Local Government at the Department of Housing, paid a visit to the European Youth Centre Strasbourg on 25 October...
“It is Okay to Get Political!”: Compass training course in Greece
The Compass National Training Course on Human Rights Education “It is Okay to Get Political!” was held from 5 to 7 October 2022 in Trilofos, Greece. The activity was implemented by the Youth Empowerment Center in partnership with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe within the Youth for...
STATEMENT BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON YOUTH
10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, the Advisory Council on Youth calls on the member states to take all necessary measures to implement the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence and to urgently...
Jelentkezési határidő: 2022. november 25.
JELENTKEZÉSI FELHÍVÁS: Információs tréning és műhely ifjúsági civil szervezeteknek – ismerd meg az Európa Tanács és az Európai Ifjúsági Alap pályázati forrásait és szakmai segédanyagait
A Budapesti Európai Ifjúsági Központ és az Európai Ifjúsági Alap közös információs tréninget és műhelyt szervez magyarországi ifjúsági civil szervezeteknek. Az 1972-ben alapított Európai Ifjúsági Alap (angolul European Youth Foundation, EYF) ifjúsági civil szervezetek programjainak támogatásán...
Youth statutory meetings
Democracy campaign, Roma youth participation, Ukrainian youth, climate change, rural youth…
These are just some of the subjects discussed during the youth statutory meetings held in the European Youth Centre in Budapest from 10 to 12 October 2022. Buoyed by the conclusions of the high-level reflection group of the Council of Europe, which wholeheartedly agreed that “building sustainable...
Study session: “Youth Work to make Housing First for Youth…WORK! “
The study session “Youth Work to make Housing First for Youth…WORK!” was hosted by FEANTSA Youth and Housing First Europe Hub from 3 to 7 October at the European Youth Centre Budapest. FEANTSA is the European Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless and the only European NGO...
Democracy done right: young people as key actors in pluralistic democracies and the role of the European Youth Card
The seminar “Democracy done right: young people as key actors in pluralistic democracies - role of the European Youth Card” was organised within the 2022 programme of activities of the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card and is aimed at supporting the recognition of various...
The chairs of the youth sector statutory bodies in dialogue with the Council of Europe’s decision-makers
Miriam Teuma, chair of the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ), and Spyros Papadatos, chair of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ), travelled to the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg on 4 October to meet with the Organisation’s decision-making body and Secretary General. On the invitation...
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 OCTOBER 2022
Call for activities to be held in co-operation with the European Youth Centres in Strasbourg and Budapest - 2nd semester 2023
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policy to submit applications for activities to be held in co-operation with the...
ENTER! Training youth workers for social rights
Thirty youth workers are taking part in the evaluation and consolidation seminar of the Enter! long-term training course for youth workers. Held at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg from 1 to 10 October, the seminar will review the social impact and learning achievements of the...
Networking for quality in non-formal education
A seminar for trainers and youth workers involved in non-formal education in Azerbaijan was organised in Baku from 28 to 30 September 2022 under the title “Common grounds for networking for non-formal education”. The activity fostered exchange between youth workers and trainers and encourage the...
13th European Platform of Youth Centres in the Quality Label network
On 20-21 September 2022, representatives of the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres network met for their annual meeting of a European Platform of Youth Centres that aims at sharing knowledge and experiences in strategic management of youth centres recognised with the Quality Label...
The Committee of Ministers says “stop” to bogus internships!
Following a complaint lodged in 2017 with the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) by the European Youth Forum (YFJ) on issues of unpaid internships, the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body, has found in favour of the YFJ that efforts should be made to fight...
STATEMENT BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON YOUTH
European Action Day Against Islamophobia 2022
On this European Action Day Against Islamophobia, the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) reiterates the importance of fighting against all forms of racism and discrimination as a cornerstone of pluralistic and peaceful societies. The CCJ invites governments to see youth organisations, and in...
A new Compass for North Macedonia
The Centre for Human Rights AMOS in Bitola, North Macedonia, has published the Macedonian version of Compass, the Council of Europe manual for human rights education with young people. The new publication was launched in Bitola on 14 September during a public event led by Prof. Dr. Sasho...
Human Rights Education for Inclusion and Empowerment - Compass National Training Course on Human Rights Education in Portugal
Clube Intercultural Europeu in cooperation with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe organised the Compass National Training Course “Human Rights Education for Inclusion and Empowerment”. The activity was held from 12 to 16 September 2022 in Escola Artística António Arroio (Lisbon,...
12 August: International Youth Day calling for intergenerational solidarity!
Revitalising democracy is an intergenerational effort where people of all ages are both learners and agents of change, say participants in the Youth Action Week! In an era when democracy is being threatened on many fronts, be it by war on our European continent, the rise of authoritarian regimes,...
End of term evaluation visit of the Quality Label Expert Team to Stara Zagora Youth Centre, Bulgaria
On 2-3 June 2022, an end-of-term visit of the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres took place in Stara Zagora Youth Centre, Bulgaria with the aim to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label which Stara Zagora Youth Centre has been holding since 2017. ...
Study visit of Brčko District representatives to the European Youth Centre in Budapest
On 22-23 June 2022, a study visit took place at the European Youth Centre in Budapest with the participation of government representatives of Brčko District in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The visit aimed at exchanging experiences and practices for setting up a new youth centre in Brčko District in...
Youth Action Week - Young people call on European governments to step up action to revitalise democracy
The Council of Europe Youth Action Week concluded on 1 July 2022 with a presentation by the participants of a call for action directed to national governments to step up the actions and policies to revitalise democracy with the participation of young people. The 450 young people emphasised the...
Selection of great moments during the week!
Youth Action Week - closing sessions: inspiring discussions and birthday cake celebrating the 50th anniversary of the CoE Youth Sector
Young people should stand up against populism, nationalism and extremism that risk silencing their voices, says Secretary General
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 2 AUGUST 2022 CET 13:00 (1 P.M.)
Call for applications: World Forum for Democracy 2022 - Youth Delegation
The World Forum for Democracy is a unique platform for political decision-makers and activists to debate solutions to key challenges for democracies worldwide. By identifying and analysing experimental initiatives and practices, the Forum highlights and encourages democracy innovations at the...
"Education for Life" - Compass training course in Lithuania
The National Training Course in Human Rights Education Compass “Education for Life: Human Rights Themes and Methods for Working with Youth" started in Lithuania! Twenty teachers and non-formal education practitioners from various regions of Lithuania have gathered Antaliepte to work together in...
HRM King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands meets with young people in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg (EYCS)
On the occasion of his visit to Strasbourg to address the Parliamentary Assembly, HRM King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands visited the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg where he engaged in a round table discussion with young people from the Council of Europe Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ),...
Training Course on Human Rights Education for youth centres in the Council of Europe Quality Label network
The annual training course on Human Rights Education for the youth centres in the network of the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres was organised at the European Youth Centre in Budapest on 13-17 June 2022. The course was attended by educational staff and youth workers from 11...
1st meeting of the new Programming Committee on Youth (2022 – 2023)
As part of the Co-management governing system of the youth sector, the newly composed Programming Committee on Youth (CPJ) held its first plenary meeting on 16-17 June 2022, at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. The Committee considered and discussed activities implemented in the European...
Training course - Young people’s access to rights in Azerbaijan
The “50-50” course Young people’s access to rights in Azerbaijan started at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg on 23 May 2022. The seminar aimed at strengthening youth participation and access of young people to social rights for further development of youth policy and youth work in Azerbaijan...
The Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) elects its new Bureau!
On 10 May 2022, the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) elected its new Bureau as follows: Spyros Papadatos, chair Alice Bergholtz, vice-chair Constantin-Alexandru Manda Nedeljka Borojević Nickolas Pagonakis (no photo available) The Bureau will hold its first meeting on 2 and 3 June 2022 in the...
The European Youth Centres are ramping up their initiatives to promote fauna and flora
Our commitment to biodiversity The European Youth Centres (EYCs) highlight recent initiatives to promote biodiversity in their garden and make their impact on the environment more positive, in response to suggestions from youth participants. Led by the statutory bodies of the youth sector, in...
Training Course on the Essentials of Non-Formal Education
The Training Course on the Essentials of NFE took place in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg, 9-14 May 2022. The TC was designed to support participants in applying non-formal education methodology in youth activities organised in partnership with the Youth Department, in using Council of...
Youth Here: Democracy Now! Apply now to take part in the Council of Europe Youth Action Week (Strasbourg, 27 June – 2 July 2022, DL 19 May 2022, 11AM CET)
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe launches the call for participants for the Youth Here: Democracy Now! The Council of Europe Youth Action Week which will take place in Strasbourg between 27 June and 2 July 2022. The Youth Action Week is the flagship event of the Democracy Here |...
The European University on youth policies - 2022 edition - Malta
The European University on youth policies took place in Malta, St Venera, on 27-29 April 2022 The European University on youth policies took place in Malta, St Venera, on 27-29 April 2022. The University is part of the Council of Europe’s package of youth policy development measures and aims to...
9 to 13 May 2022, European Youth Centre Budapest
50/50 training - Strengthening co-operation and partnership for youth participation and youth policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina
To contribute to the promotion of youth participation in decision-making processes and in the implementation of youth policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is organising a training for...
Conference “Reshaping Democracy and Public Space in Europe: What Place for Young Journalists and the New Media?” (2 May, 16:00 - 18:15, European Youth Centre Strasbourg)
In the context of the European Year of Youth and the World Press Freedom Day (3rd of May), the EU Delegation and the Youth Department of the Council of Europe in cooperation with EUNIC Strasbourg will organise a local thematic conference bringing together young journalists and policy-makers in a...
50/50 Seminar report now available
THE 50/50 TRAINING SEMINAR “Synergies to implement the Youth Work Recommendation CM/Rec (2017)4: Can the European Youth Card be used as the policy tool?” (25-26 April 2022) and the European University on Youth Policies (so called CDEJ Spring University, 27-29 April 2022) was organised in La...
Forum on the present and future of citizenship and human rights education in Europe with young people
Happy INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY!
Participants of the seminar Roma Youth Together, held at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg from 6 to 8 April celebrated the International Roma Day in a flower-casting ceremony over the river Ill. They did it in the company of Bjorn Berge, Deputy Secretary of the Council of Europe who, in...
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 APRIL 2022
Call for activities to be held in co-operation with the European Youth Centres in Strasbourg and Budapest - 1st semester 2023
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policy to submit applications for activities to be held in co-operation with the...
Training Course on AI Literacy with young people
The Training Course on AI Literacy with young people took place in the EYCB 28 March to 1 April 2022. The course brought together young multipliers to explore what AI Literacy is, to understand where AI exists in young people’s every-day life and to discuss what youth organisations need in order...
The CMJ expresses its unwavering solidarity and support to Ukraine
At its 46th meeting (Strasbourg, 22-23 March 2022), the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ) adopted a statement in which it expressed its unwavering solidarity and support to Ukraine. The Joint Council pledged to assist its Ukrainian partners in meeting present and future challenges by mobilising the...
Deadline for applications: 13:00 PM (CET), Friday, 25 April 2022
Call for participants: Advocacy and action for inclusion of young refugees
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe is launching a call for participants for the training course for young refugees and youth leaders to design and apply advocacy projects to promote the human rights and social inclusion of young refugees. The course will strengthen the conceptual...
The youth statutory committees set the road map for the new four-year programming period
The Joint Council on Youth (CMJ) met for the first time in the new four-year programming period on 22 and 23 March 2022. Meeting in hybrid format, this was the first time the members had been able to meet in person since October 2019. The statutory meetings were held at a sombre time, under the...
Democracy Here | Democracy Now - reaching out to young people, including in times of crisis
Strasbourg and online, 21 March 2022, 14:00 -15:00 Strasbourg time
Launching event of the campaign
The official launch of the Democracy Here | Democracy Now takes place on 21 March 2022, 14:00-15:00 Strasbourg time in the Foyer of the Assembly in Palais d'Europe. The event is also livestreamed here. The programme of the launching event includes addresses from: Mr. Bjørn Berge, Deputy...
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2022, 23:59 CET
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Training Course on Essentials of Non-Formal Education for organisers and facilitators of study sessions at the European Youth Centres and of projects supported by the European Youth Foundation
The training course on essentials of non-formal education for facilitators will bring together young people who are trainers, facilitators or organisers of non-formal education activities and are likely to be involved in upcoming study sessions or activities supported by the European Youth...
Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe
The Advisory Council on Youth echoes the statement of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in “condemning the Russian military attack against Ukraine in flagrant violation of the Statute of Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights.” These attacks will have...
9 to 13 May 2022, Budapest
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 23 MARCH: CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: 50/50 training - Strengthening co-operation and partnership for youth participation and youth policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina
To contribute to the promotion of youth participation in decision-making processes and in the implementation of youth policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is organising a training for...
On the occasion of the International Roma Day
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Seminar on Roma youth participation and empowerment ROMA YOUTH TOGETHER 2022
The seminar Roma Youth Together 2022 will bring together 30 young people who are youth leaders or youth workers in Roma and Travellers communities. It is organised by the Youth Department of the Council of Europe in cooperation with Phiren Amenca International, ERGO Network and the European Roma...
De Hoge Rielen Youth Centre in Belgium officially receives the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres
On the 5th February 2022, de Hoge Rielen Youth Centre (Kasterlee, Belgium) received officially the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres in an award ceremony that was held in the presence of Mr Benjamin Dalle, Flemish Minister of Brussels, Youth and Media and Ms Antje Rothemund, Head...
Online Preparatory Seminar of Compass National and Regional Training Courses (NRTCs) 2022 on Human Rights Education.
The preparatory seminar took place on 11, 14, 15 February 2022 and gathered 30 representatives from 12 organisations coming from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. The purpose of the online preparatory meeting was to...
Deadline to apply 1st April 2022
50-50 Seminar of the PA on Youth Mobililty through the Youth Card
The 50/50 seminar on “Synergies to implement the Youth Work Recommendation CM/Rec (2017)4: Can the European Youth Card be used as the policy tool?” is organised as part of the 2022 work programme of the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card. It is particularly dedicated to...
Greece joins the Partial Agreement on youth mobility through the youth card
On 25 January 2022, Greece joined the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card, thus becoming its 23rd member. The overall objective of the Partial Agreement is for member governments and EYCA member organisations to work together to create better mobility solutions for young...
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Training Course on AI literacy with young people
Supporting youth leaders and multipliers to address the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on young people’s lives and access to human rights 28 March – 1 April 2022 , European Youth Centre Budapest The training course will build on previous work done by the Council of Europe in the area of...
Bureaux of the Youth sector statutory committees meet online
The Bureaux of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) held their first meetings of the year online on 20 and 21 January 2022. In their joint meeting, the newly recruited campaign co-ordinator for the 2022 youth campaign “Democracy Here....
