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10th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth

  • Resolution on the Council of Europe Reference Framework on a Youth Perspective   French 
  • Final Declaration  French 

Social, economic and political participation of rural youth

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)3 on the social, economic and political participation of rural youth - Explanatory Memorandum - Addendum 
  •  French & Explanatory Memorandum - Addendum  Slovenian  Spanish  Ukrainian

Young people and climate action

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)6 on young people and climate action - Explanatory Memorandum
  •  French  Dutch (Rec) & Dutch Exp. Memo  Spanish

Roma youth participation

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2023)4 of the Committee of Ministers on Roma youth participation   French 
  •  Czech  Hungarian   Portuguese   Romany  Spanish  Ukrainian

Protecting Youth Civil Society

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)6 on protecting youth civil society and young people, and supporting their participation in democratic processes - Explanatory Memorandum
  • French - Explanatory Memorandum
  •  Czech (& Explanatory Memorandum)  Finnish  Finnish-Swedish  Latvian  Lithuanian  Ukrainian

Youth Sector Strategy 2030

  • Resolution CM/Res(2020)2 on the Council of Europe youth sector strategy 2030  French
  •   Albanian  Armenian  Azeri   Belarusian  Bosnian  Bulgarian Croatian  Czech  Danish  Dutch  Estonian Finnish  Georgian  German  Greek  Hungarian  Icelandic  Italian  Kazakh  Latvian  Lithuanian  Macedonian  Norwegian  Polish  Portuguese  Romanian  Russian  Serbian  Slovak  Slovenian  Spanish  Swedish Turkish  Ukrainian
  • Pocket-sized version of the Youth sector strategy 2030 and the accompanying document    English  French  Dutch  German  Hungarian  Latvian  Russian 

Supporting young refugees in transition to adulthood

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States
    on supporting young refugees in transition to adulthood
       French

Turning 18 with confidence - A practical guide to the Council of Europe Recommendation on Supporting Young Refugees in Transition to Adulthood – CM/Rec(2019)4  French

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Youth work

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on youth work     French

Recommendation on youth work Five years after adoption - Report on the review of the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 ​​ French

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Young people's access to rights

  • Recommendation CM/Rec (2016)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on young people's access to rights    French
  • Czech   Dutch  Estonian  German  Hungarian  Lithuanian  Portuguese Russian  Slovak  Turkish   Ukrainian

Young people's access to social rights (Enter Recommendation)

  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3 on the access of young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights 
  • Publication of Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3  French
  •   Czech   Dutch  Georgian German  Hungarian  Italian  Lithuanian  Portuguese   Russian  Slovak  Spanish  Turkish   Ukrainian

Youth policy

  • The Council of Europe and Youth policy - Support, assistance and resources for youth policy development in Member States   French
  • Resolution (98)6 on the youth policy of the Council of Europe
  • Resolution Res(2003)7 on the youth policy of the Council of Europe 
  • Resolution CM/Res(2008)23 on the youth policy of the Council of Europe
  • Recommendation Rec(2006)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the role of national youth councils in youth policy development

Youth participation

  • Guidelines on young people's participation - YOUTH PARTICIPATION 2.0 (2023)   French
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2023)9 Active political participation of national minority youth (prepared by the Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion-CDADI).  French
  • Recommendation Rec(2006)14 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on citizenship and participation of young people in public life
  • Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life (Congress 10th session-21 May 2003)  French  
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  • Recommendation Rec(2004)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the participation of young people in local and regional life
  • Recommendation No. R (97) 3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on youth participation and the future of civil society

Youth perspective

  • Elements for a Council of Europe reference framework for a youth perspective (2024)  French

Youth mobility

  • Recommendation No. R (95) 18 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on youth mobility
  • Convention on the Promotion of a Transnational Long-term Voluntary Service for Young People
  • Recommendation No. R (94) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the promotion of a voluntary service

Youth research

  • Recommendation No. R (92) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states concerning communication and co-operation in the field of youth research in Europe

Youth information

  • Recommendation No. R (90) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states concerning information and counselling for young people in Europe  French 
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  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)8 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on youth information

Non-formal education

  • Recommendation Rec(2003)8 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the promotion and recognition of non-formal education/learning of young people  French
  •  German  Russian  Italian  Spanish  Turkish

Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education

  • Recommendation on the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education CM/Rec(2010)7   French
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