YOUTH FOR DEMOCRACY The Council of Europe Youth Sector : Council of Europe Europe of Council : PREMS 002320 – Photos Youth for Democracy Programme
Our mission Our priorities
► To extend youth participation ► promoting young people’s access … so that young people are participating to rights and supporting them in meaningfully in decision-making at all advocating education for human rights levels, on the basis of a broad social and democracy and political consensus in support ► facilitating young people’s autonomy and of participatory governance and participation through the promotion of accountability. youth policies and youth work, as well as ► To strengthen young people’s access support for youth civil society to rights ► engaging young people in peace- … so that young people and all forms building and social cohesion, to combat of youth civil society can rely on an discrimination and exclusion enabling environment for the full exercise ► increasing member states’ capacity of all their human rights and freedoms, to develop youth policies promoting including concrete policies, mechanisms Council of Europe standards and resources. ► To deepen youth knowledge … so that young people’s democratic Our instruments engagement is supported by communities of practice that are ► Co-managed statutory committees producing knowledge and expertise. ► European Youth Centres (Strasbourg and Budapest) Our objective ► European Youth Foundation ► Partnership with the European ► To tackle the challenges facing young Commission in the field of youth people • to the full enjoyment of their human rights • to their personal development • to their meaningful participation and inclusion in society • to a smooth transition to an autonomous life
The Council of Europe youth sector: shaping generations of democracy- and human rights-spirited young Europeans Intergovernmental co‐operation at pan‐European level on the development and implementation of youth policy, based on Council of Europe standards
Our vision Our advantages
► Enabling young people across Europe to ► competence actively uphold, defend, promote and new and innovative methodologies, benefit from the Council of Europe’s approaches and concepts core values: human rights, democracy ► expertise and the rule of law a wide-ranging European network of experts to hand Our policy ► legitimacy the Council of Europe’s rights-based ► adopting an opportunity-focused philosophy of youth work and youth approach to youth policy and youth policy work ► quality ► fully involving young people in their the Council of Europe’s reputation for formulation and implementation quality in youth policy and youth work in the international youth sector Our help to member states Our principles ► developing, implementing, evaluating youth policies through exchange, ► mutual respect co-operation and knowledge sharing ► trust ► inclusiveness Quality label for ► sustained commitment youth centres ► participation equity ► associating youth ► centres with our ► transparency values, philosophy ► collaboration and educational approaches
Assistance to member states, in particular through youth policy advisory missions and other multilateral and bilateral support measures The European Youth Centres Strasbourg and Budapest
► Trainings ► Study sessions ► Youth peace camps The European Youth Centres ► Consultative meetings ► Seminars ► a unique combination of innovative ► Conferences policy development, standard setting, training, research and Education and training educational creativity ► education and training activities of the ► training Europe’s young multipliers in Youth for Democracy programme the values of the Council of Europe empowering young people from ► educational philosophy, approaches ► and principles of the youth sector all spectrums of European society to participate in pluralist democracy and ► networking and exchanging good promote human rights practice at international level ► producing research and educational ► the promotion of quality standards in manuals for youth workers, NGOs and non-formal learning and international national authorities youth work ► the furthering of international under- “An instrument for the standing in a spirit of respect for human participation of European youth rights and fundamental freedoms in the building of Europe” Statute of the European Youth Centres
Purpose-built, modern and flexible international training, conference and meeting centres with residential facilities The EYF’s guiding principle: The European Youth Foundation (EYF) BY, WITH and FOR young people
► a fund supporting European youth activities and youth work in Europe The EYF’s guiding principle: ► a tool to further the Council BY, WITH and FOR young people of Europe’s values ► a partner for national Financial and educational support and international non- governmental youth ► the projects organisations and networks developed by, with and for young people ► a contribution to the promoting the youth sector’s priorities sustainability of youth tailored to meet the needs of young people NGOs ► the approaches non-formal education gender perspective volunteer time recognition ► the annual figures around 300 youth activities supported about 15 000 young people involved about 2.9 million euros distributed
► International activities ► Annual work plans ► Structural grants ► Pilot activities A common European approach
► fostering synergies a platform for co-operation a laboratory for knowledge production ► addressing needs a testing ground for new approaches of young people, decision makers, governmental experts, youth ► implementing aims of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-27: researchers, youth practitioners and “engaging, connecting and youth organisations empowering young people” ► forging links of the Council of Europe youth sector between the triangle of governance: strategy 2030: “engaging young people youth research, youth policy, youth with the Council of Europe’s values” work
Networks, resources and tools
► European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy ► Pool of European Youth Researchers ► Youth Knowledge Books ► Perspectives on Youth ► European Platform on Learning Mobility ► Youth work development ► Massive Open Online Course on youth work and youth policy ► Training kits/handbooks ► Coyote magazine The co‐ management system
A ground-breaking principle for decision-making
► combining the voice of young Europeans and that of public authorities responsible for youth affairs ► a living example of participatory democracy and citizen participation ► exchanging ideas and experiences in a spirit of mutual understanding and respect ► giving legitimacy and relevance to our Youth sector programme and meaningfulness to strategy 2030 intergovernmental co-operation ► Revitalising pluralistic democracy ► Young people’s access to rights ► Living together in peaceful and inclusive societies ► Youth work of theConvention inthememberstates. overseesof HumanRights theimplementation andtheruleoflaw.democracy The European Court Rights, atreatydesigned to protect humanrights, signed upto theEuropean Convention onHuman Union. AllCouncil ofEurope memberstates have states, includingallmembersoftheEuropean 47member comprises organisation.human rights It The Council ofEurope isthecontinent’s leading EU/CoE youth partnership European Youth Centres Strasbourg andBudapest European YouthFoundation Youth Department Directorate ofDemocratic Participation Directorate Gener 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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