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 session focused on supporting resilient and sustainable rural youth clubs and organisations, and to help them improve the lives of young people, with a focus on mental health. This was seen as an important focus area coming out of the pandemic, that saw a drop in participation of young people in rural areas.

 The study session included guest speaker Mette Ranta from the University of Helsinki, who brought insights into how the pandemic has impacted young people in Europe – and Lukas Stede from the Youth Departments’ Advisory Council on Youth, who shed light on future policy tools on participation of rural youth. In the end of the week, the participants created a guidebook that will support other young people in organising engaging and participatory youth activities in rural areas.

 For more info visit the webpage of the session