The Council of Europe’s youth sector statutory bodies met on 18-20 March to review the implementation of the priorities for the current biennium 2018-19 and to pursue the development of a strategy 2030.
High on the agenda is, of course, the current budgetary situation of the Council of Europe and the possible impact of the political crisis on the youth sector’s programme of activities. The Joint Council on Youth will steer a steady course in developing further its youth sector strategy 2030 and will put on its collective thinking cap to devise strategies for enhancing the impact of the Council of Europe’s youth policy and youth work standards in the member states.
Following last October’s decision to nominate a CMJ Rapporteur on Mainstreaming Disability Issues, the CMJ will explore the questions of accessibility: how small changes can make big differences and identity: what does it mean to be disabled? during a thematic debate.
And as the Council of Europe celebrates its 70th anniversary with the motto “Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Our Europe”, the Joint Council will mark this momentous occasion and the Advisory Council on Youth will commemorate it by making a video of the statutory bodies work.
