Mr Thibaut de Saint Pol, Directeur of Youth, Non Formal education and Voluntary organisations and Ambassador Pap Ndiaye, Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe visited the European Youth Centre with by Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Youth department and Marie Farigoules, Executive director of the EYCS; the visit was the occasion to exchange on areas of future cooperation to strengthen the youth perspective.

Ambassador Ndiaye underlined the pioneer role played by the Council of Europe in the youth sector and the importance of developing the integration of the youth perspective into all Council of Europe activities in line with the Reykjavik Declaration.