Although the youth sector statutory committee plenary meetings had to be cancelled, the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ), the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) and the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ) continued to work online this week in order to ensure their essential functions in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By means of written procedures, a number of important decisions were taken by all three committees.

Both the CDEJ and the CCJ elected their representatives to the Programming Committee on Youth (CPJ) (see below). The CCJ elected its new Bureau for the 2020-21 mandate, and the CDEJ elected two new members to its Bureau (see below).

For its part, the CMJ appointed its Gender Equality Rapporteur its Rapporteur on Roma and Traveller Issues, and its co-ordinator on strategic communications, visibility and outreach for 2020-2021.

The CMJ endorsed two proposals from the Advisory Council on Youth: to explore possible topics and methodologies for a new, future youth campaign; and to set up a COVID-19 support group, to explore how best to adapt the youth sector’s work in light of the unprecedented circumstances so that it can pursue its mission for the benefit of young people in Europe. The CCJ also agreed to consult young people online about their proposals for the Council of Europe youth sector’s priorities 2022-23.

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Programming Committee on Youth (CPJ)