The Council of Europe Youth Department is proposing the seminar in Magdeburg, Germany as a contribution to enhance youth organisations’ networking and co-operation, their project management skills and political awareness about the situation in Ukraine. The stakeholder meeting in Berlin, Germany will also contribute to strengthen international support for the situation of young people in Ukraine.
The activity is organised on 30 November – 3 December 2026 in co-operation with EJBM - European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg, one of the youth centres that have received the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres. The seminar in Magdeburg will take place in the youth centre, where participants will also be accommodated.
The main expected results from these 2 actions are:
- Strengthen the skills of representatives of youth organisations to organise projects in the area of the priorities of the youth sector
- Strengthen the partnerships between youth organisations from Ukraine and from other member states
- Promote the values, principles, tools and resources of the youth sector of the Council of Europe among youth organisations
- Increase the outreach of the EYF 2027 call in support of international co-operation for young people from Ukraine.
Further information and a draft programme are available via the link.
Interested candidates from Ukraine must apply by 2 November 2026, 23h59 CET by the link https://forms.gle/pexLcAxg2DWQvoQQ8
The project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase IV” is implemented under the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2023–2026. It builds on the results and experience of the Council of Europe’s “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine” project, implemented from 2020 to 2024.
The project aims to ensure that young people in Ukraine benefit from participatory youth policies and quality youth work. This strengthens their resilience and well-being, enables them to exercise their human rights during the war and in the post-war period, and supports them in playing an important role in Ukraine’s reconstruction. Among other results, the project is developing training programmes on trauma-informed youth work, accessibility in the youth sector, participatory youth policy. It is also strengthening co-operation between youth centres in Ukraine and youth centres in other Council of Europe member states that hold the Council of Europe Quality Label. Find out more on the project website: https://www.coe.int/en/web/kyiv/youth-for-democracy-in-ukraine
Further information about the project, including news, youth-related resources and open calls to participate in project activities, is available here.
