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Compass Training Courses 2025 - Call for Partnerships for National Activities
The Council of Europe Youth Department invites regional, national and local organisations or institutions to express their interest in partnering on human rights education with and for young people. The partnership aims to promote a culture of human rights by supporting the implementation of the...
Programming Committee on Youth approves key activities and grants for 2025
The 52nd meeting of the Programming Committee on Youth (CPJ) was held on 12–13 December 2024 at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. At the meeting, the Committee approved the programme of activities for the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg and Budapest for 2025. The Committee also made...
Council of Europe’s first Environmental Strategy to integrate a youth perspective
The Council of Europe is stepping up its climate action by integrating youth participation and human rights into its environmental policies. Discussions during the recent Ad Hoc Multidisciplinary Group on the Environment (GME) highlighted the importance of adopting a holistic and inclusive...
Delegation of Finland visits European Youth Centre Strasbourg to discuss youth initiatives
Marjaana Ettala, Desk Officer for Human Rights Policy at Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and Tony Paso, Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the Council of Europe visited the European Youth Centre to discuss the Council of Europe’s work in the youth field. The visit focused on...
Towards a culture of peace and human rights by supporting young people in non-formal peace education and conflict transformation
From 2 to 7 December 2024, young educators, activists, youth workers, and multipliers came together in Strasbourg for a training course, “Peace education and conflict transformation with young people”, organised by the Council of Europe Youth Department. Over the course of six days, 34...
Discussing youth co-operation: Armenian delegation visits the European Youth Centre
On 6 December, the Youth Department welcomed Artur Martirosyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, along with Marianna Manucharyan, Deputy to the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the Council of Europe. Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Youth Department,...
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Visits the European Youth Centre Budapest
On 4 December, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Theodoros Rousopoulos visited the European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB). The visit took place as part of the President’s official visit to attend the Interparliamentary Conference on Cultural Heritage and...
Deadline for applications: 10 December 2024, 23:59 CET
Call for participants: Consultative Meeting "How Confident?... Artificial Intelligence, Young People and Youth Work"
A consultative meeting about the developments in generative AI and their impact on young people’s human rights, youth work and youth policy in the context of Council of Europe standards and approaches. 22-23 January 2025 European Youth Centre, Strasbourg, France Aim and objectives The...
Youth Department’s visit to the Republic of Moldova
Young people have a key role in building resilient democracies
Young people have a key role in building resilient democracies and safeguarding information space from propaganda and harmful influences. The Council of Europe standards on democratic youth spaces, human rights and democratic citizenship education, and the European Youth Foundation are important...
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Training Course on Quality Essentials of International Youth Activities
The aim of the training course is to increase the capacities of international youth organisations and networks to carry out quality intercultural youth activities which apply principles of non-formal education and have a multiplying effect for their members, and to enable young people to actively...
Join us: information session for youth organisations about pilot activity grants
On 18 December 2024, from 10.30 to 12.00 CET, the European Youth Foundation will organise an online information session about its pilot activity grants in 2025. The participation in the online meeting is open for youth organisations. Please register in advance until 16 December 2024 at the...
Meeting between the US State Department and the CoE Youth Department
On 15 November 2024, the Youth Department hosted Lika Johnston, CoE Desk Officer for the US State Department, and Yann Agert, US Consular and Political Assistant, at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. Clementina Barbaro, Head of the Youth Policy Division, and Gordana Berjan, Head of the...
Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth
The Advisory Council on Youth calls for a commitment to guaranteeing young activists’ access to rights and their safety
The Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) notes with concern the opinions expressed by the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS) and the European Youth Forum (YFJ) regarding the violation of young people’s rights and the safety of young activists in Serbia. Recent reports highlight arrests,...
Changing the Narrative: Positive storytelling to help make young refugees feel valued and accepted in their new homes
This week, the European Youth Centre Strasbourg is hosting a study session with young activists, youth representatives from NGOs and representatives from local, regional and national authorities on “Positive storytellers,” co-organised with the Youth Social Rights Network (Y-SRN) and...
Merídio network in Strasbourg
40 young people – studying law, social sciences, etc. -travelled to Strasbourg for one of the institutional visits organised by the NGO Merídio, which also organises parliamentarian simulations, debates and encounters with public personalities. On top of visits to the Council of Europe, the...
Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth
Statement for International day for the elimination of violence against women
Every year on 25 November, the world is painted orange to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This date is also the start of the 16 Days of Activism campaign that unites and mobilises international civil society to advocate for the unconditional elimination of...
Visit of the European Students' Parliament to the European Youth Centre
Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Youth Department at the Council of Europe, welcomed a group of students involved in the European Students' Parliament at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. The European Students' Parliament, an organisation based in Italy, focuses on giving young people a...
Organised by ERYICA and the Council of Europe
Online Webinar: Exploring the Intersection of Youth Information and Artificial Intelligence
As the world becomes increasingly digitalised and interconnected, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent in various sectors, including youth information and counselling services. AI has the potential to revolutionise how young people access and engage with information,...
H.R.H. the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and H.R.H. the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg visit European Youth Centre Strasbourg
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg were welcomed by Matjaž Gruden, Director of the Council of Europe’s Directorate for Democracy. The Head of the Youth Department, Tobias Flessenkemper has given a tour of the European Youth Centre to Their Royal Highnesses and presented the...
Increase for structural grants for international youth organisations and networks to further promote Council of Europe values and practices
The Council of Europe reaffirmed the importance of civil society within the process of enhancing democracy and human rights in the final declaration of the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe, held in May 2023. The Summit also decided to introduce the concept of...
Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Roma Women and Roma LGBTQ+ Communities
This week, the European Youth Centre Budapest is hosting a study session with young activists and community leaders on “Improving the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Roma Women and Roma LGBTQ+ Communities,” co-organised with Phiren Amenca International Network. The study session will support...
Educational Forum for Youth Centres in the Council of Europe Quality Label Network
The first Educational Forum for youth centres in the network of the Council of Europe Quality Label for Youth Centres is taking place from 18 to 22 November 2024 at the European Youth Centre Budapest. More than 20 participants from youth centres across Europe have gathered to take part in the...
Strategic partnership: Exchange with the European Youth Forum
The President of the European Youth Forum, Rareș Voicu paid a visit to the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. During his visit, he met with Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Council of Europe Youth Department, to discuss their long-standing partnership between the European Youth Forum and the...
Exchange with the Oversight Board member during the World Forum of Democracy
At the World Forum for Democracy, Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department, met with Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a member of Meta's Oversight Board. They discussed the importance of internet governance, especially with the rise of artificial intelligence, and how it...
Youth Space Conference 2024: Young people from 21 countries discuss the future of Europe in the German Bundestag
From 13 to 15 November, young people from across Europe gathered for the 2024 Youth Space Conference (Y-Space) in the German Bundestag. This event, now for the third time, was organised by the German Federal Youth Council (DBJR), the German Bundestag, the German delegation to the Parliamentary...
APPLY BEFORE 3 DECEMBER 2024
Call for participants: Training course “Youth advocacy for democracy and human rights”
26 – 31 January 2025 European Youth Centre Strasbourg The training course “Youth advocacy for democracy and human rights” takes place in Strasbourg, between 26 and 31 January 2025 and is co-organised by the Council of Europe Youth Department and the European Youth Forum and the German Federal...
Crossing Human Rights Education Borders
Amnesty International Italy and Switzerland organised a regional Compass training course to empower young people and promote human rights in the transalpine area. The training course took place in Turin, Italy from 27 to 30 October. This activity contributed to the localisation of human rights...
Human Rights-Based Advocacy Unleashed
This week the European Youth Centre Budapest welcomes the study session “Human Rights-Based Advocacy Unleashed: Access to Rights and Services for Young Migrant & Refugee Women in Europe”. In cooperation with the Voices of Young Refugees in Europe (VYRE), the event focuses on equipping young...
Secretary General of the Council of Europe visits the European Youth Centre Budapest
On 8 November, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset visited the European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB). The visit took place following the Meeting of the European Political Community in Budapest on 7 November. The Secretary General was greeted by Executive Director of EYCB,...
Forum talk “Youth Engagement in Democracy – on What Terms?”
The Forum Talk “Youth Engagement in Democracy – on What Terms?” a part of the World Forum for Democracy, took place against the backdrop of increasing global concerns around democratic backsliding and authoritarian trends. It gathered leaders, policymakers, and youth delegates to discuss the...
Visit of the OHCHR 2024 Minorities Fellows to the European Youth Centre Strasbourg
On 8 November, the European Youth Centre Strasbourg welcomed a group of 32 participants from 29 countries of the 2024 Minorities Fellowship Programme to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The participants were introduced to the Council of Europe's youth sector, its...
Council of Europe Youth Department presented democracy initiatives for Belarusian youth in meeting with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
On the margins of the World Forum for Democracy, the Head of the Council of Europe Youth Department, Tobias Flessenkemper met with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and presented to her the Department’s action on democracy for Belarus. He introduced the Youth Department’s main events in 2025, which...
Video and Report of the Seminar Walk the Talk now available
The seminar "Access of Rural Youth to Cultural Heritage: European Youth Card’s Role in Promoting Cultural Routes" was organised within the framework of the 2024 programme of activities of the Council of Europe’s Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card, in Visegrád, Hungary, on...
Young People's Perspectives on Green Economics and Youth Political Participation
This week, the European Youth Centre Budapest is hosting “Breaking the Barriers: Green Economics and Youth Political Participation in Eastern Europe,” a study session uniting 35 young participants from across Eastern Europe. The study session is organised in cooperation with the Cooperation and...
Youth Minorities United for Self-Determination
This week, the European Youth Centre Budapest welcomes young activists and NGO representatives for a 6-day study session, “Achieving Justice through our Youth Minorities: Building Capacity to work together for a fairer future“. Organised in co-operation with the Unrepresented Nations and...
Youth for Diversity and Democracy
The World Forum for Democracy (WFD) brings together again this year policy-makers, academics, activists, youth representatives and democracy innovators. A global youth delegation of participants in the WFD gathered at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg two days before the start of the Forum...
Information session for Roma youth organisations about EYF grants
The European Youth Foundation will organise an online information session for Roma youth organisations about its funding opportunities, especially its pilot activity grants. The information session is organised in co-operation with the Roma and Travellers Division of the Council of Europe. This...
European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg to Join the Quality Label for Youth Centres Programme
The European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) took a decision at their 73rd meeting, held on 21 October, to award the Quality Label for Youth Centres to the European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg (EJBM) for an initial period of 3 years (2025-2027). As of 2025, EJBM will join a growing...
Fritt Ord Youth Competition laureates at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The European Youth Centre Strasbourg was pleased to receive again this year the Fritt Ord youth competition laureates for a visit organised in co-operation with the Permanent Representation of Norway to the Council of Europe. The Fritt Ord Prize is granted by the Fritt Ord Foundation, a private...
Local youth policy and democracy: Study visit of youth officers in local authorities at the Council of Europe
The study visit “Local youth policy and democracy” is co-organised by the Council of Europe Youth Department and the Democracy Reloading Partnership of Erasmus+ national agencies and takes place between 28 October and 1 November 2024. The study visit brings together 25 youth policy officers...
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CALL FOR TENDERS: Hosting, maintenance, technical support, and development of three internet platforms
The Council of Europe Youth Department is looking for Provider for hosting, maintenance, technical support, and development of three internet platforms/sites, namely a Moodle e.learning platform, a platform to manage application to activities and a new site for communication with providers of...
Young policy-makers exploring local participation in Strasbourg!
This week, we are hosting 25 young people in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg for a study session “Youth Democracy Academy for young policy-makers” organised by the DYPALL Network in cooperation with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe. The study session aims to share good...
Human rights education hackathon in Paris
The International Institute for Human Rights and Peace (2IDHP) organised an innovative training session for trainers and multipliers in the field of human rights education, based on a programme using approaches derived from Compass. This activity was organised in co-operation with the Council...
Pilot activity grants: 2025 focus themes and upcoming deadlines
Youth organisations can now apply for pilot activity grants to the European Youth Foundation for initiatives to be carried out in 2025. The following focus themes for pilot activity grants were approved by Joint Council on Youth within the youth sector priorities: Human rights education with and...
Adopted New Recommendation on Young People and Climate Action
The recommendation calls on governments to protect the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all young people, particularly environmental defenders, whose efforts to advocate for a sustainable environment often face significant barriers. It also emphasises the need to ensure...
KOMPASAS – Manual for human rights education launched in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Centre of Human Rights, in partnership with the Human Rights Film Festival "Inconvenient Films," is presenting the Lithuanian edition of Compass: Manual for Human Rights Education with Young People in Vilnius on 24 October 2024, within the programme of the Presidency of Lithuania...
Joint Council on Youth 51st meeting in Strasbourg
The leading co-managed youth policy making body at European level, the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ), is holding its 51st meeting in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg on 21-23 October 2024. The CMJ brings together representatives from the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and the...
Young people want a role in advancing ethical AI, bridging cultural divides, and addressing key global issues
The 8th Arab-European Youth Forum, co-organised by the Council of Europe and the League of Arab States, was held between 14 and 19 October 2024 at the International Youth City in Luxor, Egypt. The forum – focussed on ‘Intercultural Dialogue in the Age of Artificial Intelligence’ – brought...
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Call for expression of interest - Partial Agreement Seminar 'Urban youth participation and inclusive youth spaces'
The Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card and the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) organise on 27-29 November 2024, in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, the seminar ‘Urban youth participation and inclusive youth spaces´. The main objectives of the seminar are to: Promote the...
Transforming Social Work with the Power of Youth Work
From 14 to 18 October 2024, the European Youth Centre Budapest hosted 40 youth and social workers for the study session “Transforming Social Work with the Power of Youth Work”. The study session was organised by the FEANTSA youth network, together with the Youth Department of the Council of...
Democracy in Action! 2025 Braga Youth Conference presented in Strasbourg
The Braga European Youth Conference 2025, Young people in local and regional life: Democracy in Action!, was launched today by the Council of Europe youth department together with the Portuguese Permanent Representation. Ambassador Gilberto Jerónimo recalled Portugal’s longstanding commitment to...
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Call for participants: European Youth Conference "Young people in local and regional life: Democracy in action! "
The European Youth Conference takes place in Braga, between 5 and 7 February and is co-organised by the Council of Europe Youth Department and the Braga Youth Centre, and in partnership with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Municipality of Braga, the Portuguese Institute for...
Exchange on co-operation within the European Democracy Week in Kristiansand
The representatives of the Kristiansand municipality and the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities have paid a visit to the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. They discussed with the representatives of the Council of Europe Youth Department about potential future co-operation...
In European Youth Capitals, young activists discuss new initiatives in times of war
From 10 to 15 October 2024, over 30 young activists from across Europe are gathering in Lviv, Ukraine and Lublin, Poland, to discuss on how to best support Ukrainian youth, amid the ongoing war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Organised by the Council of Europe Youth...
Coming of age during war
How can we support the well-being of young people coming of age in war conditions, displaced within their own country or temporarily living abroad? This was the key question of a five-day seminar that took place from 30 September to 4 October 2024 at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, with...
Intercultural learning in a digital world
This week, the European Youth Centre Budapest welcomes a group of 40 young people from Asia and Europe for a 5-day Training Seminar on “Youth, Digitalisation, and Intercultural Dialogue”. The training seminar is organised by the Asia -Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Youth Department of the...
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 OCTOBER 2024
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Activities in co-operation with the European Youth Centres in 2025 - 2nd semester
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policy to submit applications for activities to be held in co-operation with the...
Strengthening Resilience of Youth Spaces in Europe
In the period from 9 until 13 October 2024, a group of young scouts are attending the study session “Strengthening resilience of youth spaces in Europe” at the European Youth Centre Strasbourg. The activity is organised together with the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM). In...
Remembering, resisting and rebuilding: Combating together antigypsyism for inclusive societies
This week the European Youth Centre Strasbourg welcomes a group of 33 young people coming from Youth Express Network (Y-E-N), Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) and ternYpe – International Roma youth network for a 5-day study session “Remembering, resisting and rebuilding: Combating together...
Unprecedented number of international youth co-operation grant requests towards the European Youth Foundation
On 1 October 2024 the European Youth Foundation (EYF) had its deadline for receiving requests for grants for short-term and annual international youth co-operation projects by youth organisations for 2025. The number of requests received is unprecedented in the last 6 years, showing a revitalised...
Human Rights Passwords – Compass in the United Kingdom
From 2 to 5 October, AICEM - International organisation for cooperation and worldwide education and Young Brent Foundation are organising a national training course “Human Rights Passwords” within the Youth revitalising democracy project under the support of the London Borough of Brent. This...
Journalists from Luxembourg visited the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg
In light of the forthcoming presidency of Luxembourg of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, a study visit for a group of journalists from Luxembourg was organised during the plenary session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Within the study visit, four journalists...
Exchange on youth policy priorities with the UNFPA representative
The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Florence Bauer, visited today the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg for an exchange with the Head of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe, Tobias Flessenkemper. During their discussion,...
Central European Initiative granted the observer status in the statutory bodies of the youth sector of the Council of Europe
The Central European Initiative (CEI) was granted an observer status with the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ) following its request of 6 May 2024 addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The CEI will take part in the statutory...
Talking with Youth about Human Rights
On 29 September, Národný inštitút vzdelávania a mládže – NIVAM begins a five-day Compass training course to improve youth sector multipliers’ competences for human rights education based on non-formal education methodology. The training course “Talking with youth about human rights through...
Statement of the Advisory Council on Youth
International Day of Peace - Cultivating a Culture of Peace
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Peace under this year’s theme of “Cultivating a Culture of Peace”, echoing the attitude that peace is not only the absence of conflict but that it also requires a dynamic participatory process “where dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are solved in a...
Public discussion “Youth, Ukraine, Europe: Coming of age during war. How can European youth policy adapt?” to be held in Strasbourg
The lives of too many young people are still shaped by war and its consequences. Young people coming to the age under the conditions of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine are deprived to enable to fully benefit from one of the Council of Europe’s core values of human rights on a daily...
LIVING COMPASS: training young multipliers for human rights education
European Youth Centre Budapest 23-30 September 2024 LIVING COMPASS – Training Course for Multipliers for Human Rights Education with Young People brings together some 35 human rights educators and activists from around the world to learn collaboratively about, through and for human rights. ...
Young people and policy makers discuss democracy and the climate crisis in Strasbourg
The Council of Europe has long recognised the importance of a healthy environment as a basic human right. It has adopted several texts that demand a shift in policies, to ensure that a healthy environment is recognised as a basic human right. These initiatives highlight the Council of Europe’s...
Including youth perspective and participation across the Council of Europe’ work
The Council of Europe held a ground-breaking two-day consultative meeting on the inclusion of a youth perspective in the Organisation’s intergovernmental and other deliberations on 19-20 September 2024 at the European Youth Centre. Consultations were held as the Organisation is committed to...
Remembering Mark Taylor: Educator and Advocate for Youth
It is with deep sadness that we learnt of the passing of Mark Taylor, a dedicated and innovative educator who made a lasting impact on the European youth sector. Mark Taylor worked as a tutor in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg in the early 1990s, where his passion for promoting intercultural...
Youth for human rights education in Luxembourg
The Compass national training course “Promoting human rights education in Luxembourg 2024” brought together 20 youth workers, human rights activists, teachers and students at the Marienthal Quality Labelled Youth Centre. Held from 9 to 13 September, the course was initiated by ALDIC - The...
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 6 October 2024 23:59 CET
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Training course “Peace Education and Conflict Transformation with Young People”
The Youth Department is organising a training course for educators, activists, youth workers and other multipliers working who want to develop their competence for facilitating peace education and conflict transformation using non-formal education approaches in the context of the work they do...
Youth Ambassadors of the Decade against Antigypsyism: From European Commitment to Local Actions
From 9th to 14th September, the European Youth Centre Budapest is hosting the study session “Youth Ambassadors of the Decade against Antigypsyism: From European Commitment to Local Actions” organised within the Youth for Democracy programme in cooperation with the European Roma Grassroots...
Updating the European Youth Foundation’s work after Reykjavik
The Consultative meeting on the reform of the EYF’s grants was held on 11-12 September in Strasbourg and it gathered more than 50 participants – representatives of member states, international, local and national youth organisations, donor community, youth researchers and the Council of Europe....
Advocacy in Action: Safeguarding a sustainable and peaceful future
In the period from 2 to 6 September, the European Youth Centre Strasbourg hosted 23 young activists for a study session “Advocacy in Action: Safeguarding a sustainable and peaceful future” organised by the Don-Bosco Youth Network, in cooperation with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe....
Rights in Our Languages: Compass training course in Greece
From 2 to 6 September, 25 educators, youth workers, and social workers from across Greece gathered at the ELIX Multispace in Athens to improve their competences for education for democratic citizenship and human rights education with young people. The programme of the national training course...
Highway to Wellbeing: Improving Mental Health and Physical Activity of Youth through Human Rights
From 9 to 12 September, the European Youth Centre Budapest is hosting the study session “Highway to Wellbeing: Improving Mental Health and Physical Activity of Youth through Human Rights.” This event is organised as part of the Youth for Democracy programme, in cooperation with the European...
Conclusion of the course Training of Trainers for Youth in the Council of Europe (TRAYCE)
Deepening Quality and Sustainability of Youth Activities
EYC Strasbourg 11-17 September 2024 The 30 youth trainers and youth workers taking part in TRAYCE have been working and learning together since March 2023. During the course each participant developed their own training practice activity and designed an educational product. The educational...
Council of Europe youth sector mourns activist Yaryna Bazylevych killed in Lviv
The Council of Europe Youth sector is deeply saddened by the loss of seven lives in attack on Lviv on 4 September 2024, as a result of the Russian war of aggression. Among the victims, we are mourning the 21 years old youth activist Yaryna Bazylevych, who was killed alongside her two sisters and...
Youth Policy Advisory Mission to Portugal
The Council of Europe Youth Department conducted a youth policy advisory mission to Portugal from 2 to 5 September 2024 within the framework of the European Steering Group for Youth (CDEJ) bilateral assistance measures. The mission aimed to enhance youth work, focusing on revising occupational...
Deadline for applications: 22 September 2024 (23:59 UTC – Lisbon time)
Call for participants: Tutored Online Training Course on Global Education and Intercultural/Interfaith Dialogue
The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe launches a Tutored Online Training Course on Global Education and Intercultural/Interfaith Dialogue, to take place from 7 October to 3 November 2024. The activity targets education practitioners in the formal and non-formal sector, active in Civil...
Sharing and shaping democracy and human rights together with young people
Call for participants: "Human Rights Passwords" - National Training course on Human rights education with young people - United Kingdom
The Council of Europe was founded in London in May 1949. To celebrate its 75th anniversary AICEM and Young Brent Foundation, is hosting a national training course on human rights education in London in October 2024 called “Human Rights Passwords” organised in cooperation with the Youth Department...
Council of Europe speech and video to mark EYCA 40th Conference
Dear EYCA President and EYCA members, Dear guests and colleagues, Cari rappresentanti italiani, It is a great pleasure for me today to address you on behalf of the Council of Europe on the occasion of EYCA’s 40th Conference. Forty is an important anniversary, for people and organisations alike....
STATEMENT OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON YOUTH
Statement on International Youth Day
Every year, on 12 August, we celebrate International Youth Day worldwide. The day was initially introduced in 2000 by the United Nations to put a spotlight on young people and the challenges they face. This year’s theme, “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable...
Roma Youth Combating Antigypsyism: Training Course in North Macedonia
Roma youth leaders, youth workers, human rights activists, and members of civil society organisations across North Macedonia gathered in Mavrovo for a training course “Roma Youth Combating Antigypsyism” from 24 to 27 July 2024. The training course was organised by the Institute for research and...
Deadline for submitting applications: 15 September 2024
Calls for tender: Consultancy services - Education, training and facilitation / Consultancy services - other than education, training and facilitation
We need you! COOPERATE WITH THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE! JOIN OUR TRAINER AND EXPERT ROSTERS! The Youth Department of the Council of Europe announces two new tenders for the establishment of rosters of trainers and experts. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROSTERS AND THE...
ЗАПРОШЕННЯ ДО УЧАСТІ: СЕМІНАР "ДОРОСЛІШАННЯ ПІД ЧАС ВІЙНИ МОЛОДІЖНА РОБОТА В УКРАЇНІ СЬОГОДНІ ЯК ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКА МОЛОДІЖНА ПОЛІТИКА МОЖЕ АДАПТУВАТИСЯ?"
Call for participants: Seminar "COMING OF AGE DURING WAR. YOUTH WORK IN UKRAINE TODAY - HOW CAN EUROPEAN YOUTH POLICY ADAPT?"
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine are organising a seminar entitled ‘COMING OF AGE DURING WAR. YOUTH WORK IN UKRAINE TODAY. HOW CAN EUROPEAN YOUTH POLICY ADAPT?’ from 30 September to 4 October 2024 (working days) at the...
Call for applications-Deadline: 25 August 2024
Walk the talk seminar
The Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card and the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) organise on 23-25/26 September 2024, in Visegrád, Hungary, the seminar Walk the Talk on „Access of Rural Youth to Cultural Heritage: European Youth Card’s role in promoting Cultural...
Statement on European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the events that took place during the night of 2 August 1944, when over 4 000 Roma men, women, and children were brutally murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. This date was chosen to commemorate the Roma Holocaust, known as the Porajmos or Murdaripen. This...
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 8 SEPTEMBER 2024
Call for participants – Study visit on local youth policy and democracy
The aim of the activity is to support local and regional authorities in designing and implementing participative youth strategies and structures for youth participation at local level. The activity is organised in the context of the revision of the European Charter on the participation of young...
Compass for formal and non-formal education: training course in Ukraine
Youth workers, teachers, and educators from all regions of Ukraine are participating in a national training course on human rights education from 21 to 25 July 2024 in Lviv, the European Youth Capital of 2025. This Compass national training course is organised by the Centre for Educational...
Report of the Partial Agreement seminar in Podgorica, Montenegro
Read the report of the Partial Agreement Seminar "Youth ecosystems essentials: the role of European Youth Card in advancing ecosystems for youth empowerment" which took place in Podgorica, Montenegro on 30-31 May 2024. Report of the seminar
Launch of the preparation of the 10th Conference of Ministers responsible for youth
On 9 June 2024, the first meeting of the Group of Senior Officials launched the preparation of the 10th Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth which will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 in Malta under the Maltese Presidency. The Group was established by the European...
Training Course on Global Education and Education for Sustainable Development
The North-South Centre is launching a Long-Term Blended Training Course on Global Education and Education for Sustainable Development, to take place from 26 August 2024 to 28 February 2025. Twenty-five participants will be invited to take part. Apply to be one of them! For more information:...
Call for Education Advisor in the European Youth Centre Strasbourg or Budapest
Do you believe in the power of young people to make a better world? Are you motivated and competent to help young people and youth leaders to promote democracy and human rights? Would you like to be part of a dynamic and creative team of the renowned European Youth Centre, with its two unique...
Dialogue for peacebuilding in action!
On July 2-9, 2024, the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg is hosting the Youth Peace Camp, a transformative event that brings together 80 young participants from regions deeply affected by conflicts, including Cyprus (Greek speaking Cypriots and Turkish speaking Cypriots), Bosnia and...
Call for participants: two capacity building activities to enhance international youth co-operation in times of war
The Youth Department of the Council of Europe aims to enhance international youth co-operation among youth organisations in and outside of Ukraine, through two main actions: 1. Study visit to Lviv on 10 and 11 October 2024, for up to 10 youth organisations active in international youth...
Integration of a youth perspective in the work of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)
The Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) took important measures at its 5th plenary meeting (11-12 June 2024) to ensure the integration of a youth perspective in its work. The Committee decided to designate Mark Bale (UK) as Rapporteur for the...
Preparation of the reference framework on the integration of a youth perspective
Think with Youth – a Youth Perspective is an Attitude Learn from and with Youth – a Youth Perspective is an Experience Participate with Youth – a Youth Perspective is a Skill Act with and for Youth – a Youth Perspective is an Action These gold standards constitute the strategic objectives the...
