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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
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Youth Assembly 2012: Youth and Democracy
The Young Generation Sacrificed?
The
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
in cooperation with the European Youth Foundation
and the European Youth Centre are launching a
call for application for the Youth Assembly
2012: Youth and Democracy- the young generation
sacrificed?
This activity will take place on 4-8 October 2012
at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg.
The Youth Assembly will bring together 170 young
people from all over Europe to reflect on youth's
current challenges to democracy and to
formulate common recommendations to the World
Forum on democracy on how young people can
better benefit and develop more democratic and
inclusive societies.
Participants should be young people aged 16-25 who
are actively involved in youth work, civil
society movements or processes for democracy.
Interested candidates should fill in their
application online, folowing the link:
http://youthapplications.coe.int/
In order to be able to apply online, participants
will be asked to register first and follow the
instructions.
A detailed description of the Youth Assembly can
be found together with the online application
form.
Please note that the deadline for applications is
Wednesday 30th May 2012!!
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW!
with ERYICA
On 17th April, the European Youth Information and
Counselling Agency in partnership with the Council
of Europe, launched the “Information Right Now!”
campaign, which intends to raise awareness of
the special role of youth information with regard to
young people’s access to rights and – eventually –
on the access to information as a right in itself
for all young people.
( read more...)
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!
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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
Training Seminar for Specialists on Youth Work of the
State Authorities and Representatives of the Youth
NGOs from the Russian
Federation (50/50 training)
The Youth Department and the Ministry of Youth and
Sport of the Russian Federation are organising in
the period 6 - 13 May 2012 a Joint Training-Seminar
for Specialists on Youth
Work of the State Authorities alongside with
Representatives of the Youth Non-Governmental
Organisations from the Russian Federation (50/50
training).
ROMA YOUTH- ROMANO TERNIPE
Roma Youth Action Plan!
Find
out more about what the Council of Europe and its
partners are doing on Roma youth issues… / Diken po
but so Evropako Konsili thaj leske parnerja kerna e
Terne Romenge puchipa... (more...)
In May 2011, the Forum of European Muslim Youth
and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) in
co-operation with the Youth Department of the
Council of Europe organised a study session in the
European Youth Centre Strasbourg "Combating
Islamophobia through Intercultural and
Interreligious Work"
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
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The
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
in cooperation with the European Youth Foundation
and the European Youth Centre are launching a
call for application for the Youth Assembly
2012: Youth and Democracy- the young generation
sacrificed?
Europe in cooperation with experts and partners such
as the European Commission and the European Youth
Forum. 
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.
