The
Directorate of Youth and Sport is part of the Directorate
General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport of
the Council of Europe. The youth and sports programmes of the
Council of Europe are integral parts of a wealth of initiatives
aimed at the development of a common European cultural area and
identity. (more…)
DECLARATION
of the 1st
European Youth Work Convention
The 1st European Youth
Work Convention took place under the Belgium EU
Presidency in July 2010. For the first time, the
focus was exclusively on youth work. The
Convention sought to connect the past, present and
future thinking and practice of youth work. Over 400
participants from 50 countries took part in an intensive
debate. This Declaration is addressed to the
Ministers responsible for youth for the 50 countries
belonging to the European Union and/or the Council of
Europe, other European institutions, and political
structures concerned with young people at national,
regional and local government, and of course the youth
work field and young people themselves.
Read the Declaration
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Visit the EU Belgium Presidency website
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Partial Agreement on
Youth Mobility through the Youth Card
Latest developments
[03/2010] The Slovak Republic joined the Partial agreement
on 17 February 2010, becoming the 18th member state Azerbaijan joined the Partial agreement on 23
Febrary 2010 becoming the 19th member state
more info on the Partial Agreement...
Intercultural Learning in
European Youth Work
lntercultural Learning in European Youth
Work: Which Ways Forward? by Ingrid Ramberg
The Human
Rights Education Youth Programme of the Council of
Europe
The Human Rights Education Youth Programme has been
running since 2001 and has embodied the work of the
Directorate of Youth and Sport in relation to the
promotion of the core mission and values of the Council
of Europe related to human rights and democracy.
The
forum on human rights education – Living,
Learning, Acting for Human Rights – brought
together 250 concerned and active young people in
Budapest and Strasbourg. They have reviewed the
achievements of the HRE
Youth Programme and outlined the future of HRE as a
strategic dimension of the programme of the
Directorate of Youth and Sport. The participants
summarised their conclusions in a Message to the
Council of Europe.
Encompassing Human Rights Education with young people
In 2000,
the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of
Europe launched a Human Rights Education Youth Programme
with the aim of "bringing human rights education into
the mainstream of youth work and youth policy". The
programme has built on the potential of youth
work and non-formal learning to strengthen human rights,
while human rights education has contributed to
anchoring youth work and non-formal education within the
human rights ethical, political and normative framework
of the Council of Europe. This publication is a review
of the main activities and achievements of this
programme.
Call for
applications - Study sessions
at the European Youth Centres in 2011
Youth organisations may now apply for study
sessions to be held in one of the European
Youth Centres of Budapest or Strasbourg during
the 2nd Semester of 2011.
Forum 21 is a European and international
information and communication project of IJAB, Germany,
INJEP, France, and the NYA, United
Kingdom. Forum21 publishes two journals twice a year:
European Journal on Child and Youth Policy and
European Journal on Child and Youth Research Forum21 issue 15 (Policy)
Forum21 issue 5 (Research) read on line...
Euro-Arab Ragusa Declaration on Youth, Migration and
Development
Within its project "Living together in Diverse
Societies - Youth Policy and Youth Work Promoting
Intercultural Dialogue" The Directorate of Youth and
Sport co-organised the Euro-Arab Youth Conference on
Youth, Migration and Development, together with the
League of Arab States, the European Youth Forum and the
Italian Youth Forum, in Ragusa from 25 to 30 July
2010.
The
conclusions of the participants - the Ragusa
Declaration - highlight the specific role of youth
and youth organisations in Euro-Arab dialogue and
co-operation and put forward their claims and
expectations for a future youth agenda in Euro-Arab
cooperation where matters related to migration,
development, human rights and youth participation must
be adressed. The conference was also a preparation for
and a contribution to the "International Year of Youth."
The European Steering Committee for Youth, the CDEJ,
has new, updated, dedicated pages on the Directorate of
youth and sport website!
This is a good opportunity to become acquainted with the
mission, activities and programmes undertaken by this
Committee.
These pages may be consulted by clicking on the left
handside menu, under Inter-governmental co-operation,
or directly below on the page of your choice CDEJ - presentation
CDEJ - Terms of Reference
CDEJ - activities
CDEJ - adopted texts
Advisory Council Newsletter
Issue No 2 ONLINE!
The Advisory Council on Youth is pleased to present its
Newsletter issue No 2 of April...
COMPASS: 30th
language version launched in Lithuania
The Lithuanian KOMPASAS was launched at a
conference on human rights education with young people
on Friday, 4th June 2010.
The event was organised by "In Actio" the
non-governmental youth organisation publishing KOMPASAS.
Consult the list of Compass in all language versions
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The Enter! project website is available in English
and French at:
http://www.coe.int/enter. This project is the most
visible dimension of the work priority “Social
Cohesion and Inclusion of Young People” of the
Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe.
It aims at sharing experiences and develop innovative
and effective youth work and youth policy responses
to exclusion, discrimination and violence affecting
young people in multicultural disadvantaged
neighbourhoods.
The website contains up-to-date information on the
development of the long term training course for youth
workers, the core of the project, and other activities
aimed at identifying and developing youth policy
approaches. You might find particularly interesting the
description of the thirty ongoing projects run by
the participants of the Enter! course with young people,
based on active participation, intercultural learning
and human rights education. The projects would serve as
a basis for a policy recommendation on the access of
young people to social rights.
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Work: Which Ways Forward? by Ingrid Ramberg
Youth Programme and outlined the future of HRE as a
strategic dimension of the programme of the
Directorate of Youth and Sport. The participants
summarised their conclusions in a Message to the
Council of Europe. 
while human rights education has contributed to
anchoring youth work and non-formal education within the
human rights ethical, political and normative framework
of the Council of Europe. This publication is a review
of the main activities and achievements of this
programme.
Kingdom. Forum21 publishes two journals twice a year:
The
conclusions of the participants - the Ragusa
Declaration - highlight the specific role of youth
and youth organisations in Euro-Arab dialogue and
co-operation and put forward their claims and
expectations for a future youth agenda in Euro-Arab
cooperation where matters related to migration,
development, human rights and youth participation must
be adressed. The conference was also a preparation for
and a contribution to the "International Year of Youth."
The event was organised by "In Actio" the
non-governmental youth organisation publishing KOMPASAS.
