Further reading

• Youth Work - Youth Partnership
• Bergeret, J-M., Meisch, N., and Otten, H., for Service National de la Jeunesse, Community Project for Developing Training Modules for Youth Workers, Luxembourg, 1997, available on request from: [email protected]
• Bowyer, J. and Geudens T., for SALTO-YOUTH Inclusion Resource Centre, Bridges for Recognition – Promoting Recognition of Youth Work across Europe, Brussels, 2005
• Chisholm, L., Advanced Training for Trainers in Europe (ATTE), Pilot Course under the Council of Europe and the European Commission, Youth Worker Training Partnership Programme 2001-2003, External Evaluation, Final Report, 2004
• Chisholm, L., Recognising non-formal & informal learning in the youth sector – terminology cheat sheet, Innsbruck, 2005
• Chisholm, L., Rediscovering the learning continu-um: renewing education for democracy, Plenary keynote at the EU Lifelong Learning and Youth in Action Programmes 2007-2013, Launch Conference, Tallinn, 2007
• Chisholm, L. and Hoskins, B., with Glahn, C. (eds), Trading up – Potential and performance in non-formal learning, Strasbourg, 2005
• Colley, H., et al., Informality and Formality in Learning, Learning and Skills Research Centre, Leeds, 2003
• Council of Europe, Directorate of Youth and Sport, Quality Standards in Education and Training Activities of the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2007
• Council of Europe, Symposium on non-formal education. Report Part 1 / Part 2 Strasbourg, 2001
• Council of Europe, Recommendation (2003) 8 of the Committee of Ministers on the promotion and recognition of non-formal education/learning of young people, Strasbourg, 2003
• Council of Europe, Declaration of the 8th Conference of Ministers responsible for youth. The future of the Council of Europe youth policy: Agenda 2020, Kyiv, 2008

• Council of Europe, Recommendation CM/Rec (2017)4 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on youth work, Strasbourg, 2017
•  Council of Europe, Digital Citizenship Education Handbook, Being online, Well-being online, Rights online, Strasbourg, 2019
• Council of Europe, Youth Work in the spotlight, Guide to Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to Member States on youth work, Strasbourg, 2020
• Council of Europe, Youth sector strategy 2030, Strasbourg, 2020
• Council of Europe, Recommendation on youth work: Five years after adoption - Report on the review of the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4, Strasbourg, 2024
•  Council of Europe and European Commission, Pathways towards validation and recognition of education, training & learning in the youth field, Working paper by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, Strasbourg and Brussels, 2004
• Council of Europe and European Commission, Pathways 2.0: Towards Recognition of Non-formal Learning/Education and of Youth Work in Europe, Strasbourg and Brussels, 2011
• Council of Europe and European Commission, Coyote 11 – Non-formal learning and education, Strasbourg, 2006
• Council of Europe and European Commission, Youth worker education in Europe. Policies, structures, practices, Strasbourg, 2020
• Council of Europe and European Commission, Insights into developing the youth work environ-ment, A thinking and action kit, Strasbourg, 2022
• Council of the European Union, Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning, Brussels, 2012.
• Council of the European Union, Conclusions of the Council on Common European Principles for the identification and validation of non-formal and informal learning, Brussels, 2004
• Council of the European Union, Council resolu-tion on the recognition of the value of non-formal and informal learning within the European youth field, Brussels, 2006
• Council of the European Union, Council resolution on a renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018), Brussels, 2009
• Council of the European Union, Recommenda-tion on the validation of non-formal and informal learning, Brussels, 2012
• Council of the European Union, Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on the Framework for establishing a European Youth Work Agenda 2020/C 415/01, Brussels, 2020
• Coussée, F., et al. (eds), The history of youth work in Europe and its relevance for youth policy today, Strasbourg, 2009
• Coussée, F., et al. (eds), The history of youth work in Europe - Volume 2. Relevance for today’s youth work policy, Council of Europe Publications, Strasbourg, 2010
• Coussée, F., Williamson, H., and Verschelden, G.    (eds), The history of youth work in Europe. Relevance for today’s youth work policy. Volume 3, Strasbourg, 2012
• Davies, B., Youth Work: A Manifesto for Our Times, in Youth and Policy, No. 88 (summer edn), Leicester
• Delors, J., et al., Learning the Treasure Within, Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, Paris,
• Du Bois-Reymond, M., for the Council of Europe, Study on the links between formal and non-formal education, Strasbourg, 2003
• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe: A Snapshot, Thessaloniki, 2008
• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, European guidelines for validating non‐formal and informal learning, Thessaloniki, 2009
• European Commission, A memorandum on lifelong learning, Commission Staff Working Paper (SEC(2000)1832), Brussels, 2000
• European Commission, A New Impetus for European Youth. White Paper, Brussels, 2001
• European Commission, Common European principles for validation of non-formal and informal learning. Final proposal from Working Group H, Brussels, 2004
• European Commission, An EU Strategy for Youth – Investing and Empowering. A renewed open method of coordination to address youth challenges and opportunities, Brussels, 2009
•  European Commission, The Value of Working with Young People, Study prepared by: ICF GHK
•  European Commission, Developing digital youth work, Policy recommendations, training needs and good practice examples for youth workers and decision-makers, Expert group set up under the European Union Work Plan for Youth for 2016-2018, Brussels, 2017
• European Youth Forum, Policy paper on youth organisations as non-formal educators – recognis-ing our role, Rome, 2003
• European Youth Forum, Policy paper on recogni-tion of non-formal education: confirming the real competencies of young people in the knowledge society, Brussels, 2005
• European Youth Forum, Policy paper on non-for-mal education: a framework for indicating and assuring quality, Castelldefels, 2008
• European Youth Forum, Quality Assurance for Non-Formal Education: A Framework for Youth Organisations, Brussels, 2013
• Fennes, H. and Otten, H., for SALTO Training Resource Centre, Quality in non-formal education and training in the field of European youth work, Bonn, 2008
• Institut für Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik for the Youth Partnership, The Socio-economic Scope of Youth Work in Europe, Frankfurt, 2007
• Karsten, A. (ed.), Youth Wiki: Europe’s Encyclope-dia of National Youth Policies, Youth Policy Press,
• Kiilakoski T. and Kovacic M., for the EU Youth Conference, Youth work (education) in flux: contemporary challenges in an erratic Europe, Helsinki, 2019
• Krezios, A. and Ambrozy, M., Here2stay – a handbook on non-formal learning and its social recognition, Thessaloniki, 2010
• Kuosmanen, Dr T.,  Dowling, Dr K., and Barry, Ph.D M., A Framework for Promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing in the European Youth Sector, October, 2020
• Oberosler, M., Rapetti, E., and Zimmermann N.(eds), Competendo Facilitator Handbook “Learning the digital”, 2021/22
• Ohana, Y. and Otten, H., for SALTO Training and Development Resource Centre, The eight key competencies for lifelong learning: An appropriate framework within which to develop the compe-tence of trainers in the field of European Youth Work or just plain politics?, Bonn, 2009
• Otero, M., with McCoshan, A., and Junge, K.    (eds), European inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning. Final report to the European Commission, Birmingham, 2005
• Taylor, M. (ed.), European Portfolio for Youth Leaders and Youth Workers (1st edn), Strasbourg,
• UNESCO, Synergies between formal and non-for-mal education Paris, 2006

Useful reference websites

• Council of Europe – Youth Department
• Compass: Manual for Human Rights Education with Young People
  Education with young people and value-based youth work
• Digital Youth Work 
  A long-term project of the National Agencies of Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps
• Digital resource hub
  www.verke.org/en/publications/a-professional-digital-competence-toolbox-for-youth-work
  A professional digital competence toolbox for youth work
• Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission
  (‘Youth’ is spread around opportunities for individuals and organisations)
• European Commission, Handbooks on Youthpass and recognition
• European Solidarity Corps
• ETS Competence Model for Youth Workers to Work Internationally 
  Competence model developed within the framework of EU Youth Programmes
• Eurodesk Portal 
  The main provider of information on European policies and opportunities for young people and those who work with them
• European guidelines for digital youth work
• European Language Portfolio of the Council of Europe 
  Supporting the development of learner autonomy, pluri-lingualism, intercultural awareness and competence; helping people record their language learning achievements and experiences
• EURYDICE Network 
  The Eurydice Network provides information on and analyses of European education systems and policies. As of 2024, it consists of 43 national units across 40 countries (following the addition of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova) participating in the Eu’s Lifelong Learning Programme.
• INFED. Not-for-profit resource site on informal education
• Recognition resources website of the Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth

• The European Youth Work Agenda and the Bonn process
• The Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth
• The SALTO Youth Resource Centres Network
  Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities within the European YOUTH programme
• Training Kits by the Partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission in the field of Youth
• Unique Learning Badges
  Project Online visual recognition platform for providers and receivers of non-formal education
• Visible value – Recognition of youth work, CoE-EU Youth Partnership