News from the Quality Label network
Quality Label coaching visit to wannseeFORUM Youth Centre, Berlin, Germany
On 27-28 May 2026, a coaching visit took place in wannseeFORUM Youth Centre in Berlin, Germany together with an expert from the Council of Europe Quality Label programme. The meeting, which involved the educational staff of wannseeFORUM Youth Centre, aimed to help the youth centre in developing...
Quality Label coaching visit to Stara Zagora Youth Centre, Bulgaria
On 11-12 May 2026, the Stara Zagora Youth Centre in Bulgaria hosted a 2-day coaching visit together with an expert from the Council of Europe Quality Label programme. Every member of the educational staff of the youth centre took part in the exchange, which aimed to develop the centre’s...
The Marienthal Statement on Quality Youth Spaces is now available in ten languages!
The Marienthal Statement on Quality Youth Spaces is now available in Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian and Ukrainian on our website. The Marienthal Statement emerged from the 16th European Platform of Youth Centres, which was co-organised by...
Quality Label Exploratory Visit to Schüler Helfer Leben, Vila Braun and Brčko Youth Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A Quality Label exploratory visit took place to Bosnia and Herzegovina between 20 and 22 January 2026. The mission encompassed a visit to Vila Braun Youth Centre in Sarajevo (municipal and cantonal youth centre), Schüler Helfen Leben (SHL) Youth House in Sarajevo (non- governmental youth...
Study visit to Belgium to youth centres with the Quality Label of the Council of Europe
On 23 November 2025, a week-long study visit to the Hanenbos, Destelheide, and De Hoge Rielen youth centers in Belgium, which have the Quality Label of the Council of Europe, began. The visit is organised jointly by ADJ (Flemish Non-Profit Association), the NGO «Kremenchuk...
End-of-term visit of Marienthal Youth Centre, Luxembourg
On 10-12 November, the Quality Label’s team of experts visited Marienthal Youth Centre, Luxembourg to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label for Youth Centre’s programme. This was the third visit for the youth centre, which has held the label since 2018. The most...
Educational Forum for youth centres of the Quality Label network
On 19-23 October, the Quality Label for Youth Centres Educational Forum was organised in Magdeburg, Germany. This year, the event was hosted by the newest member of the Quality Label network, the European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg (EJBM). More than 30 members of the pedagogical teams...
Monitoring visit by the Quality Label expert team to the Plovdiv Youth Centre in Bulgaria
From 10 to 12 September 2025, a team of Quality Label experts visited the centre to evaluate its fulfilment of the 15 Quality Label for Youth Centres criteria, which it has held since 2018. The visit provided an opportunity for the expert team to meet the youth centre's leadership and staff, as...
Quality Label delegation joins the 4th European Youth Convention in Malta
On 27-30 May, a delegation of youth workers and managers from Quality Label youth centres gathered in Malta to join the 4th European Youth Work Convention (EYWC). Organised under the Maltese Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the European Youth Work Convention...
European Platform Meeting for Quality Label Youth Centres and Friends highlights the power of youth spaces for democracy and co-operation
Youth centres from across Europe gathered this week in Luxembourg for the 2025 European Platform Meeting for Quality Label Youth Centres and friends*, a flagship event promoting co-operation and knowledge exchange among youth centres committed to advancing human rights, democracy, and the rule...
European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg receives Quality Label awarded by the Council of Europe
The official ceremony at the EJBM brought together young people, representatives of the Council of Europe, the German Foreign Office, the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the City of Magdeburg, and civil society organisations from across Germany. Mayor of Magdeburg Simone Borris welcomed guests on behalf...
Updated Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres brochure
The Quality Label for Youth Centres is pleased to announce that the quality criteria brochure has now been revised and the new text was adopted by the CDEJ. The latest version of the brochure addresses the aims, components and added value of the Quality Label, in addition to presenting the...
Educational Forum for Youth Centres in the Council of Europe Quality Label Network
The first Educational Forum for youth centres in the network of the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres is taking place from 18 to 22 November 2024 at the European Youth Centre Budapest. More than 20 participants from youth centres across Europe have gathered to take part in the...
European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg to Join the Quality Label for Youth Centres Programme
The European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) took a decision at their 73rd meeting, held on 21 October, to award the Quality Label for Youth Centres to the European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg (EJBM) for an initial period of 3 years (2025-2027). As of 2025, EJBM will join a growing...
End-of-term visit of Wannsee Forum in Berlin, Germany
On 25-27 September 2024, the Quality Label’s team of experts visited Wannsee Forum in Berlin, Germany to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criterial of the Quality Label for Youth Centres, which the centre has been holding since 2019. This was the first end-of-term visit of the youth...
Exploratory visit of Magdeburg Youth Centre (EBJM), Germany
On 10-12 September 2024, the Quality Label exploratory visit took place in the European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg (EBJM), Germany to assess the centre’s eligibility for the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres. A formal request to acquire the Quality Label was made by the...
15th European Platform for Youth Centres of the Quality Label Network
The annual European Platform for Youth Centres took place between 7-8 May 2024 at the European Youth Centre in Budapest. The meeting, which brough together the directors and managers of the network, was attended by 14 labelled centres and several other candidate centres, including representatives...
End of term visit of the Quality Label Expert Team to Destelheide & Hanenbos, Belgium
On 24-25 April 2024, the Quality Label’s team of experts visited Destelheide & Hanenbos youth centre in Belgium to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label for Youth Centres which the centre has been holding since 2016. In the framework of the visit, the expert team...
End of term visit of the Quality Label Expert Team to De Hoge Rielen, Belgium
On 22-23 April 2024, the Quality Label’s team of experts visited De Hoge Rielen youth centre in Belgium to evaluate the fulfilment of the 15 quality criteria of the Quality Label for Youth Centres which the centre has been holding since 2020. The visit provided an opportunity for the expert team...
Braga Youth Centre receives the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres award
On 11 April 2024, Braga Youth Centre in North Portugal was awarded the Council of Europe’s Quality Label for Youth Centres award for the period 2024-2026 and has therefore become the 15th youth centre to join the network. In October 2023, the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) decided...
