Following the first steps taken during the consultative meeting held on 15 and 16 May 2018, during which representatives of the Council of Europe youth sector’s major stakeholders debated and reflected on the content of a new strategy for 2020 to 2030, work will today start on drafting the strategy itself.
Members of the European Steering Committee for Youth, the Advisory Council on Youth, the European Youth Forum, as well as experts in youth policy and strategy development will sit down with members of the Youth Department’s and the Directorate of Internal Oversight’s secretariats to start elaborating a draft strategy 2030 for the Council of Europe youth sector.
By building a theory of change for the youth sector (vision, mission, inputs and resources, thematic priorities, factors, conditions and context), the drafting group will encompass the various parameters of the future strategy in this theory, while ensuring the contents of the resulting strategy can be meaningfully evaluated. Possible key elements of the strategy 2030 will be defined, for example contents, context overview, key background reference documents, bibliography, etc. and the ensuing steps in the development process defined.
The outcomes of the meeting will be submitted to the Joint Council on Youth in the new year.
Follow our progress on our dedicated webpage Youth sector strategy 2030
Members of the drafting group:
- European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ): Katrin OLT (Estonia); Miriam TEUMA (Malta), chair of the CDEJ, of the CMJ and of the drafting group.
- Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ): Georgios CHATZIGEORGIOU (CCJ vice-chair); Natascha SKJALDGAARD (CCJ member).
- European Youth Forum: Liva VIKMANE, Policy officer.
- Experts in youth policy and strategy development: Yael OHANA, Frankly Speaking - Training, Research & Development; Howard WILLIAMSON, Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales in Cardiff.
