The
Youth Department is part of the Directorate of
Democratic Citizenship and Participation of
the Council of Europe.
The youth programmes of the
Council of Europe are integral part of a wealth of initiatives
aimed at the development of a common European cultural identity. (more…)
ALLIANCE
Study session
Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organizations
organises from 19th February until 26th February a
study session on "Strengthening intercultural
learning impact of voluntary programmes for the
local communities", in co-operation with the
Youth Department of the Council of Europe.
The Youth Peace Ambassadors project
invited its third group of participants
(group C)in
the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. Youth
Peace Ambassadors is a one and a half year project
gathering youth leaders from conflict affected
communities, aiming at supporting the role of young
people in peacebuilding.
Group C
consists of 27 young people from 20 different
countries; they attended from 22nd to 28th
January their first residential seminar. It will be
followed by e-learning modules until September, when
the second residential seminar will take place in
Budapest. In November 2012, the three Youth Peace
Ambassadors groups will present the peacebuilding
projects they have undertaken in their communities
in a joint conference. For more information visit:
www.coe.int/youthpeace
The
Council of Europe
QUALITY LABEL FOR YOUTH CENTRES
Promoting Council of Europe values, youth policy
and youth work standards in Europe
The Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth
Centres is an opportunity for youth centres with a
structured relationship to a public authority to benefit
from the Council of Europe's approach to youth work and
youth policy
An evaluation and follow-up meeting was held in
Strasbourg on 9-10 December, co-organised by the
Team of the Special Representative of the Secretary
General on Roma Issues and the Youth Department. The
meeting will prepare the Roma Youth Action Plan for
2012 and 2013.
Guidelines for Roma Youth Action plan ENGLISH - ROMANI
Voicing the aspirations and projects of Roma youth
in the Council of Europe - Dejpe krlo/glaso e
aspiracijenge thaj projektonge katar e terne Roma
ande Europako Konsilo(more...)
The
Symposium on Recognition of Youth Work and of
non-formal learning/education in the youth field
took place 2011 at the
European Youth Centre in Strasbourg.
It was co-organised by the partnership between
the European Commission and the Council of Europe
in the youth field, by JUGEND für Europa –
the German National Agency for the Youth in Action
programme, and by the SALTO Training and
Cooperation Resource Centre, in cooperation with
the European Youth Forum
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JECI-MIEC organises from from 19th February until
26th February a study session on “Creating
Empowered Students in Human Rights through Integral
Education” in co-operation with the Youth
Department of the Council of Europe.
PORTFOLIO FOR YOUTH LEADERS AND YOUTH WORKERS
How to get a free copy!
The European Portfolio for youth leaders and
youth workers is an initiative of the Council of
Europe in cooperation with experts and partners such
as the European Commission and the European Youth
Forum.
It provides youth leaders and youth workers in
Europe, volunteers or professionals, with a tool
which can help them identify, assess and describe
their competencies based on European quality
standards.
If you'd like to receive a FREE COPY by post, please
send you post address to
youthportfolio@coe.int. Please mention
"PORTFOLIO ORDER" in the subject line, to avoid your
email being deleted by antispamming systems!
Minorities of Europe will hold a study session at
the European Youth Centre Budapest on 6-13 May 2012
"Minority Rights Protection - 20 years on".
The study session seeks to bring together youth
workers and youth leaders directly interested or
concerned by the themes of the event (minorities and
youth work). All those interested in attending must
submit application by e-mail by 26 February, 2012
to
stsminorities2012@gmail.com
The European Drug Prevention Prize
Call for applications to the Prize 2012
The
European Drug Prevention Prize is awarded every two
years to three drug prevention projects that
fully involve young people, either in the
development and implementation of activities, the
decision-making, the project management and/or the
evaluation.
The Enter! Youth Meeting is an international
three-day meeting which gathered some 180 young people,
youth workers, youth researchers, policy makers and
representatives of the project partners with the aim
to provide them with the opportunity and the space
to voice their opinions, and share their experiences
about access to social rights in Europe as a
contribution to the development of youth policies in
the Council of Europe
On the occasion of the anniversary of the World
Refugee Day and the 60th anniversary of the
1951 Geneva Refugee Convention, the PACE
Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population and
the Directorate of Youth and Sport organised in
co-operation with the United Nations High
Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) a Living Library.
the Living Library of Refugees & Asylum Seekers
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the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. Youth
Peace Ambassadors is a one and a half year project
gathering youth leaders from conflict affected
communities, aiming at supporting the role of young
people in peacebuilding.
The
Symposium on Recognition of Youth Work and of
non-formal learning/education in the youth field
took place 2011 at the
European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. 
Europe in cooperation with experts and partners such
as the European Commission and the European Youth
Forum. 
