Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card
5 January 2023
At its meeting of 11-12 October 2022 in Budapest, the CMJ decided to: set up a drafting group to develop guidelines for the implementation of CM/Rec(2006)14 as well as Congress Resolution 152 (2003), composed of two CCJ members, two CDEJ members, as well as one elected representative of the...
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Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card
5 January 2023
The annual report 2022 of the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card is now available Read the annual report
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16 January 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
About forty guests from 35 Permanent representations and diplomatic missions met on Monday 16 January at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg (EYCS) where they were greeted by Matjaž Gruden, Director of Democratic Participation, and Antje Rothemund, Head of the Youth Department. The information...
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16-17 January 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The Bureaux of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) held their first meetings of the year in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg on 16 and 17 January 2023. High on the agenda of their joint meeting, the Bureaux were informed about the...
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24-25 January 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
This consultative meeting brought together 35 experts in peace education, peacebuilding and conflict transformation to review and renew key contents and approaches to peace education in the intercultural youth activities of the Council of Europe, be them organised at the European Youth Centres or...
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31 January 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The Youth Department has started the implementation of the project “Youth revitalising democracy”, a response to the challenges faced by democratic systems and institutions in recent years. The project follows up the youth campaign Democracy Here | Democracy Now and aims to strengthen the...
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Review Seminar on the Recommendation CM/Rec (2017)4 on Youth Work
3-4 April 2023
Strasbourg, European Youth Centre
In 2017, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 on Youth Work, the first internationally agreed policy document that focuses on youth work explicitly, its value for society and the way ahead for its quality development in Europe. The...
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9 February 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
In order to support youth organisations to implementing their intercultural activities and support the Council of Europe values and standards, the Youth Department organised a Training Course on Essentials of Non-formal Education from 6 to 11 February 2023 at the European Youth Centre in...
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20 February 2023
A preparatory meeting with partners organising Compass national training courses in 2023 brought together 21 representatives of 12 organisations from Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Italy, North Macedonia, Armenia and Georgia. The meeting familiarised the partners of...
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23 February 2023
On 27 January 2023, representatives of youth centres in the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres network came together in an online meeting to follow up on the main outcomes of the study visit and seminar for youth workers and representatives of youth centres providing youth work...
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Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth
24 February 2023
Today, on 24 February 2023, we remember the beginning of the ongoing Russian military attack against Ukraine, in flagrant violation of the Statute of the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights, and recommitted to the statement of the Secretary General of the Council of...
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24 February 2023
Today marks the first anniversary of the brutal and unprovoked aggression by Russia against Ukraine, a then-fellow Council of Europe member state. The devastation and destruction of lives and property across Ukraine sadly continues to this day and young people and the infrastructure that...
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22 and 23 February 2023
Strasbourg
On 22 and 23 February, 16 young climate experts and activists met in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg to exchange views on the effects of the climate crisis on young people, as well as to share experiences, practices and recommendations on youth participation in climate-related activities....
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24 february 2023
On 24 February, Alice Bergholtz, vice-chair of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ), the non-governmental partner in the youth sector’s co-managed decision-making system, addressed the GT-SOM, the Committee of Ministers’ ad hoc working group set up to organise the 4th Summit of Heads of State and...
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On 9 February 2023, the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card welcomed Bulgaria as its 24th member. The overall objective of the Partial Agreement is for member governments and member organisations of the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) to work together to create...
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17 February 2023
The International Launching Event Turning 18 with Confidence: Supporting Migrant and Refugee Children Transitioning to Adulthood will be held at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg on 18 April 2023. The Youth Department organises a workshop for young refugees and youth workers around the...
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ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY
22 February 2023
The seminar Roma Youth Together 2023 will bring together 30 young people who are youth leaders or youth workers in Roma and Travellers communities and organisations. It is organised by the Youth Department and Roma and Travellers Team of the Council of Europe in cooperation with the European...
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 1 APRIL 2023, 23:59 CEST
6 March 2023
The Youth Peace Camp is the flagship activity of the Council of Europe youth sector on promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies. The Youth Peace Camp project was born in 2003 in the framework the programme of the Council of Europe’s confidence-building measures and has been providing a...
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Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth on
8 March 2023
On this year’s International Women’s Day themed “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, we celebrate women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education. IWD 2023 explores the impact of the digital gender gap on widening...
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13 March 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
In March 2023 the exhibition "Youth work in war time" opens at the European Youth Center in Strasbourg. The photos for the exhibition were gathered by the participants of the study visit and seminar for youth workers and representatives of youth centres providing youth work during war time in...
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13 March 2023
The Quality Label for Youth Centres Programme was developed to promote the European Youth Centres of the Council of Europe as standard-setting instruments and examples of good practice for youth policy. It aims at knowledge sharing and networking among youth centres across Europe, and consists...
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On 7 March 2023, the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card welcomed Romania as its 25th member. The overall objective of the Partial Agreement is for member governments and member organisations of the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) to work together to create better...
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Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth
Recalling the provisions of Committee of Ministers recommendation CM/Rec(2022)6 on protecting youth civil society and young people, and supporting their participation in democratic processes, the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) welcomes the withdrawal of the Georgian Government’s bill on...
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22 March 2023
Are you a young activist? Do you want to take action for democracy, human rights, and youth participation? Apply to the training course Young activists for democracy and join our project Democracy Here | Democracy Now. The Council of Europe Youth Department runs a project entitled Youth...
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22 March 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The upcoming 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government will define the future orientations of the Council of Europe. As such, the Secretary General has proposed to the Committee of Ministers to launch a new four-year programme from 2024 to build on those outcomes. Consequently, an important...
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3-4 April 2023
Strasbourg
The two-day review seminar that took place from 3-4 April 2023 brought together 20 participants, representatives of ministries as well as civil society. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss the implementation of the Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 on Youth Work in member states and the visions...
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3 April 2023
The European Youth Centre Budapest of the Council of Europe Youth Department (Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity) - is looking for qualified applicants to fill the position of Financial Assistant (temporary employment, part-time). The deadline for applications is 26 April...
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4-5-6 APRIL 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
Addressing intersectional discrimination for empowerment and youth participation on International Roma Day Thirty-five Roma young people and youth workers meet at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg to discuss and learn about the consequences of intersectional discrimination on Roma youth...
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5 April 2023
Strasbourg, France
The Committee of Ministers has issued a new Recommendation to 46 Council of Europe member states to ensure substantive participation, representation and inclusion of Roma youth in all spheres of society and decision-making processes, and well as to combat structural racism. The Committee of...
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8 April 2023
On International Roma Day, 8 April, the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) recommits to promoting the inclusion, equality, and empowerment of Roma youth in all aspects of life calls. Read the CCJ statement English only The opinions expressed in this statement are those of the Advisory Council on...
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Celebrating Roma identity and culture with pride
6 April 2023
Strasbourg, France
The participants at the seminar Roma Youth Together joined their voices and their hands at a ceremony marking the 2023 International Roma Day held at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe expressed gratitude for the rich...
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5 April 2023
On 29-30 March 2023, Braga Youth Centre in Portugal was visited by the Quality Label expert group of the Council of Europe to assess the centre’s eligibility for the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres. A formal request to initiate the process of acquiring the Quality Label was...
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Strengthening capacities for governmental youth agendas using the EYC: the case of Portugal
3-6 April 2023
Evora and Lisbon, Portugal
The study visit “Strengthening capacities for governmental youth agendas using the EYC: the case of Portugal” was organised by the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility in co-operation with EYCA and its Portuguese member Movijovem, the mission of which is to support youth mobility and tourism in a...
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 APRIL 2023
17 February 2023
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policy to submit applications for activities to be held in co-operation with the...
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18 April 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
This Council of Europe practical guide aimed at helping young migrants and refugees in their transition to adulthood was launched today in Strasbourg with the support of the Icelandic Presidency and the participation of Iceland’s Minister of Education and Children, Ásmundur Einar Daðason. The...
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19 April 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
Organised as part of the Presidency of Iceland of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, and on the occasion of the Launch of a guide to help young migrants and refugees in transition to adulthood, Ásmundur Einar Daðason, Minister of Education and Children of Iceland, paid a visit to the...
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24 April 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the European Coordination JECI-MIEC, is hosting a study session titled "Shaping our World across Generations: Understanding the Past to Create a Democratic and Sustainable Future"at the European Youth Centre Budapest from 24...
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 10 MAY 2023, 6 P.M. CET
24 April 2023
Do you wish to contribute the voice of European youth to policymaking in the Council of Europe youth sector? Do you want to work with governmental representatives, in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding, to find consensus on the youth sector's priorities and objectives? Are you aged...
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28 April 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The study session “Respect and Resilience – Strengthening Communities in the Face of Adversity”, co-organised by Rural Youth Europe, Mijarc Europe and the Youth Department of the Council of Europe, brought together 36 participants to the European Youth Centre Budapest 24-28 April. The study...
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9 May 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
Ahead of the 4th summit of Heads of State and Government which will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 16 and 17 May 2023, as part of the Presidency of Iceland of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Velislava PETROVA, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria,...
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17 May 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
From 15 to 20 May 2023, the Youth Department, in cooperation with the Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (YPAN), is hosting a study session at the European Youth Centre Budapest titled "With Whom did you Make Peace Today? – Building Networks as a Tool of Developing a Sustainable Culture of Peace in...
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17 May 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
Study session organised within the Youth for Democracy programme in cooperation with the Youth Social Rights Network and I-PARTICIPATE
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26 May 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
A Consultative Meeting to follow-up the 3rd review of the Charter on Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education, organised by the Youth Department in cooperation with the Education Department of the Council of Europe Between May 23 and May 24 2023, participants and representatives of...
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9 June 2023
The European Youth Centre Budapest of the Council of Europe Youth Department (Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity) - is looking for qualified applicants to fill the position of Programme Assistant (temporary employment, full-time). The deadline for applications is 23 June...
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9 June 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
A youth delegation of Kazakhstan paid a visit to the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg on 8 June 2023 at the occasion of the European Youth Event. The delegation consisted of representatives of public institutions , including the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, research...
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13 June 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The first residential seminar of the long-term training course TRAYCE (Training of Trainers for Youth in the Council of Europe) took place 4-11 June in the European Youth Centre Budapest. The group of 29 young trainers had been engaging with each-other online for three months before meeting in...
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14 June 2023
The new Serbian language version of the Compass manual was presented in Belgrade on 8 June. The translation of the manual is important step for human rights education of young people in Serbia, as it will help empower youth leaders, multipliers and youth workers to support young people’s...
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14 June 2023
The Council of Europe's Youth Department, in partnership with the European Parliament, organised several activities within the European Youth Event (EYE) on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June 2023. A Living Library with a very diverse collection of new books including Roma women, members of the...
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12th of July 2023, 13:00 CET (1 p.m.)
15 June 2023
The World Forum for Democracy is a unique platform for political decision-makers and activists to debate solutions to key challenges for democracies worldwide. By identifying and analysing experimental initiatives and practices, the Forum highlights and encourages democracy innovations at the...
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YOUTH PARTICIPATION 2.0
25-26 May 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The European Youth Centre in Strasbourg hosted a meeting of the drafting group for the CMJ guidelines on young people's participation on May 25-26, 2023. The guidelines focus on two documents: Congress Resolution 152 (2003) on the revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in...
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22 June 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The European Youth Centre in Budapest is currently hosting a two-day consultative meeting on education about digital citizenship from June 21 to June 22. The meeting is focused on integrating and addressing digital citizenship within the Youth for Democracy programme of the Council of Europe,...
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Ensuring participation of young people in climate discussions and decision making
22 June 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
On the occasion of her visit to Strasbourg to address the Parliamentary Assembly, Nataša Pirc Musar President of the Republic of Slovenia, visited the European Youth Centre Strasbourg with a primary objective of engaging with the youth sector and discussing the vital role that young people play...
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23 June 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The No Hate Speech Network (NHSN) recently convened the study session "Developing Digital Literacy and Responding to Hate Speech in the Age of AI" from 12-16 June at the European Youth Centre Budapest. It brought together 30 determined youth workers and activists from diverse backgrounds. They...
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5-6 June 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
On 5 and 6 June 2023, the CDEJ and CCJ Bureaux held their joint meeting in the European Youth Centre in Budapest. Their deliberations centred around three important issues for the youth sector in the upcoming months, indeed years: the conclusions of the 4th Summit; the programme, budget and terms...
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Learning and exchanging about youth mobility, youth card and cultural heritage
4-7 July 2023
Luxembourg
An innovative interactive seminar ‘Walk the Talk’ is organised on 4-7 July 2023 in Luxembourg in the framework of the 2023 programme of activities of the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card. Guests will be walking along a few selected Cultural Routes of the Council of...
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5 July 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The Youth Department in cooperation with the Youth Express Network (YEN) and the European Confederation of Youth Clubs (ECYC) is hosting a study session titled "Youth Work for All: Defining Social Inclusion from Policy to Reality” at the European Youth Centre Budapest from 3rd July to 7th July. ...
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24/07/2023
Strasbourg
The Council of Europe is looking for a senior consultant to prepare, carry out and report on the mid-term review process of the Council of Europe Youth Sector Strategy 2030. Further information on the requirements and on how to apply can be found in the document below: Call for senior consultant...
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12 August 2023
On International Youth Day, which this year is dedicated to green skills for youth, we celebrate all the young people who are actively involved with environmental and climate issues. Read the CCJ statement English only The opinions expressed in this statement are those of the Advisory...
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11 August 2023
On 2 - 3 August 2023, the Quality Label’s team of experts visited the Ekocentar Radulovacki youth centre in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label for Youth Centres which the centre has been holding since 2015. During the evaluation,...
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11 August 2023
On 4 August 2023, the Quality Label’s team of experts visited the Timisoara Youth House (FITT) in Romania to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label for Youth Centres which the centre has been holding since 2016. The inspiring visit provided an opportunity for...
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28-30 June 2023
Riga, Latvia
The European University on youth policies (known also as the «Summer University») took place in Riga, Latvia, on 28-30 June 2023 in the framework of the current Latvian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The University is part of the Council of Europe’s package of...
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29 August 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The Council of Europe and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Ukraine are holding the final stage of the Compass long-term training course for youth trainers in human rights education with young people in Ukraine (LTTC) at the European Youth Centre Budapest. The gathering brings together...
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A meeting of the Management Committee for the implementation of the Framework Programme for cooperation in the field of youth policy between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Council of Europe was held on 29 August 2023 at the European Youth Centre Budapest. The Ukrainian partners were...
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6 September 2023
The Council of Europe Youth Work Portfolio is an online tool that helps individuals, teams and organisations doing youth work around Europe to understand their competence and to develop it more effectively. This tool is also be used by trainers, youth work managers and policy makers and...
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14 September 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
The European Youth Centre in Budapest is currently hosting the study session titled "Mobilising Youth Towards Climate and Health Injustice" from 11 to 16 September 2023. The study session, organised by the Youth Department in cooperation with the International Youth Health Organisation, aims to...
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22 September 2023
European Youth Centre Budapest
From 11 to 16 September, the European Youth Centre in Budapest hosted the study session ‘Youth Ambassadors of the Decade Against Antigypsyism’. Organised in cooperation with ERGO Network and the International Roma Youth Network (ternYpe), the study session looked at strategies to combat...
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27 September 2023
On 25-26 September, a study visit took place at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg with the participation of government representatives, local authorities, managers and youth workers from youth centres in Pernik, Burgas, Montana and Vratsa (Bulgaria). The visit was organised with the aim...
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A training course to support action for democratic youth participation in Belarus
2 October 2023
The Youth Department is initiating a project - Democratic Participation with Belarusian Youth Civil Society - to support democratic Belarusian youth civil society and activists for democracy, in particular to develop their abilities to organise, advocate, mobilise and network with counterparts...
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2 October 2023
European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The European Free Alliance Youth (EFAY) and the Unrepresented People’s Organisations (UNPO) host a study session to promote more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable societies in Europe and abroad through increased political and civic participation of European minorities. The session brings...
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2 October 2023
Strasbourg
The Committee of the Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body, has agreed on the composition of the next Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) for the period of 2024-25. Ten representatives proposed by the Council of Europe Secretary General following an open call for candidates, along...
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4 OCTOBER 2023
EUROPEAN YOUTH CENTRE STRASBOURG
In the framework of the preparations of the Maltese Presidency to the Council of Europe, which will take place in May – November 2025, the Parliamentary Secretary of Reforms and Equality, Hon. Rebecca Buttigieg, accompanied by the Ambassador Francesca Camilleri Vettiger, paid a visit to the...
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The European Youth Centre Strasbourg hosted the study session " Rise: Design for emergent futures ", organised by the Youth Department in cooperation with the Don Bosco Youth Network (DBYN), bringing together 22 participants. The study session took place from 27 November to 1 December 2023 and...
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The European University on youth policies (known also as the «Summer University») took place in Riga, Latvia, on 28-30 June 2023 in the framework of the current Latvian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The University is part of the Council of Europe’s package of youth policy development measures and aims to familiarise participants with the values, objectives, programmes and structures of the Council of Europe and its Youth Department.
The 32 participants, including local hosts and secretariat, which represented 14 countries, not counting the local Latvian participants, amongst which were representatives of the European Steering Committee for Youth and their colleagues from ministries responsible for youth affairs, of the Advisory Council on Youth and of partner organisations, were welcomed by Kārlis Strautiņš, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia. The participants also had an exchange with Agnese Vilde, Director of Department for international organisations and human rights, MFA of Latvia, focusing on the Follow-up to the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe.
The University also provided a unique opportunity to facilitate peer advice, networking and exchange good practices, and to acquaint participants with the reality of youth, and youth work, in the host country. The participants in particular, learnt about several Latvian projects, such as «Design for democracy programme» implemented by the Latvian Academy of Arts, or the programme «Youth Parliament».