ACCESS! - Training course for local action on young people’s social rights serves as a capacity-building and policy-support initiative aimed at strengthening local implementation of the Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3 through multi-stakeholder cooperation in the format of long-term blended learning process combining a residential seminar.

Building on the experience and legacy of the Enter! long-term training courses, ACCESS! introduces a renewed approach focused on local policy development, intersectoral cooperation with active participation of young people and youth workers in shaping local action for social rights. The course is designed to support local ecosystems capable of addressing barriers to young people’s access to social rights through coordinated and rights-based responses.

 The course combines training, peer learning, mentoring and local action processes. It supports participants in analysing local realities, strengthening cooperation across sectors, involving young people meaningfully in decision-making and developing policy responses addressing social inequalities and exclusion.

Objectives

The ACCESS! training course aims to strengthen the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3 on the access of young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights at local level.

Objectives of the training course are:

• support local authorities, youth organisations, youth work providers and other stakeholders in developing coordinated and participatory local responses to challenges affecting young people’s access to social rights;
• enhance cooperation between youth policy, social services, housing, education, health and other relevant sectors at local level.
• strengthen the capacity of participants to apply rights-based and youth-centred approaches in local policy development and service provision.
• support meaningful participation of young people in local decision-making processes related to social rights and inclusion.
• promote sustainable local partnerships capable of addressing inequalities, discrimination and social exclusion affecting young people.
• create a European network of local actors committed to advancing young people’s social rights through local democratic action.

   6 -11 October 2026

  European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, France

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 Deadline to apply: 19 July 2026, 23:59 CET

  Concept note and call for applications