ANNUAL REPORT 2014
1 AR 2014 SUMMARY 01. YOUTH PARTICIPATION European Elections: LoveYouthFuture League of Young Voters InterRegional Youth Cooperation Post 2015 European Youth Capital Vote@16 Citizenship education 02. STRONG YOUTH ORGANISATIONS Funding for youth work Youth Work Policy Youth Laws Youth Work capacity building Membership Growth Project Volunteering 03. AUTONOMY & INCLUSION Employment Quality Internships and Apprenticeships Youth Rights and Anti-discrimination Education Mobility 04. INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS European Union Council of Europe United Nations 05. COMMUNICATION Media relations Social media Publications 06. INCLUSIVE PLATFORM Membership Services Working structures 07. FINANCES 08. BOARD MEMBERS 09. SECRETARIAT 10. MEMBER ORGANISATIONS AR 2014 A CHALLENGING YEAR! Words by Johanna Nyman, President Allan Päll, Secretary-General
What is in a year? It is a short period after all. But that has never shied us in the youth movement away from being ambitious. Ambition is the key to achieve what we are out to get.
Many things changed in Europe during this year. Starting from leadership in the European Union, following the European Parliament elections, in which the European Youth Forum was actively campaigning for youth. But the year was also plagued by conflict in Ukraine, which has only grown more complicated and has affected young people very directly. We have strongly condemned the conflict and encouraged peace building.
Although European elections were tainted by the rise of the Eurosceptic parties, there were also positive elements. The League of Young Voters was active around the elections and not only organised a televised debate between the Commission presidency candidates, but also spread information to young people all across Europe about the elections in general and the political parties in particular. Youth issues did
5 generally feature higher on the agenda than in the past, which was about time! 86 Members of European Parliament that were elected signed our LoveYouthFuture pledges during the campaign and more than a hundred signed up for the Youth Intergroup by the end of the year. This legislature promises to be an active one, and it is now our task to make sure we help it become a youth friendly one.
The Youth Forum has continued to push for a rights-based approach and youth rights. Something that is more important than ever in a European society in crisis and in areas of conflict. One of our key reports of the year “Youth in the Crisis” demonstrated the negative impacts of half-baked policies and politics of recent years – the response to the crisis was clearly inadequate, leading to huge increases in poverty and unemployment and discriminatory measures. But most importantly, it was a year when finally, after years of damaging austerity, the tide started to turn. The Youth Forum has been heavily advocating for a balanced policy set that puts emphasis on the role of inclusion and participation of young people.
And a glimmer of hope did rise as finally, Europe started to talk seriously about investment. Fruits of which we shall have to see in coming months and years as we need to highlight the need for the right kind of investment – into youth. This also means that the road is cut out for us, but it won’t be smooth and surely we need to put all our efforts into getting the results we want from these investments.
6 During the spring the first ever European Youth Event (EYE) together with the fifth YO!Fest was successfully organised, with around 8,000 young people taking part in the events. The political outcomes were later shared with the European Parliament and the visibility was high. This was the first, but not the last EYE, something that will help put youth issues into the European agenda also in the future.
So, what is in a year? Plenty! As you will read from this annual report, highlighting our main advocacy actions and successes. It is also a testament that European Youth Forum continues to grow, being smarter and developing wider outreach.
The only way that any of this can be possible is because we have great people. Our platform has such talent and so many hard-working people, volunteers and staff alike. And when we say platform, that includes all member organisations, whom we shall continue to put at the centre of our work.
But no word or book can fully capture the appreciation we have for everyone in this wonderful Youth Forum.
Let’s keep going and let’s continue to be ambitious and carry through our plans. Let´s grow stronger together!
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01 YOUTH PARTICIPATION
2014 was a vital year for youth participation with the European Elections again providing a platform for young people to share the Europe that they want, which they did in great numbers in the framework of the League of Young Voters and through our LoveYouthFuture campaign. Meanwhile, with 16 & 17 year-olds voting in the Scottish Referendum, the right of young people to vote was given even greater attention. 2014 was also a crucial year in the creation of a sustainable world without poverty through preparations for the post- 2015 Development Agenda and 2015’s European Year for Development. The European Youth Capitals, meanwhile, continue to create excellent programmes to bring young people into the heart of their cities - an example for everyone across Europe.
9 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR
The Critical Success Factor • LoveYouthFuture – is "a strong European gaining the commitment initiative to strengthen of 240 candidates and youth participation 85 MEPs (including two “spitzenkandidaten”) for the in decision-making Youth Forum’s policy agenda – processes at all levels and work began on ensuring these inclusion of a chapter on commitments are followed-up. intergenerational justice in the programmes of • Progress continued toward political parties". The vote@16 in many countries, Youth Forum activities including the UK and Estonia. aimed at ensuring this • Developing, supporting and include: participating in the first World Conference on Youth, held in • The League of Young Voters – Sri Lanka. advocating for a youth voice in elections. Co-hosting the first • Gaining further institutional European Presidential debate, recognition of the European launching a widely-noted Youth Capital title. report on youth absenteeism and facilitating debates on youth and politics.
10 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: LOVEYOUTHFUTURE
240 candidates for the The MEPs have pledged to European Elections implement a whole series of pledged to ensure a commitments from more youth strong place for youth rights, to youth participation, a more effective youth guarantee, in the future agenda of more balanced budgets the EU by supporting the focused on growth and more LoveYouthFuture campaign protection for youth. for the European Elections. Of these, 85 were elected To ensure effective MEPs, including 2 implementation of these “spitzenkandidaten”. commitments, the Youth Forum also developed a set of suggested questions for Many Youth Forum members the Commissioner-hearings were involved in the campaign and many of the demands and encouraged MEP from LoveYouthFuture were candidates to sign right across included in these questions.. Europe. Also our political party Lastly, the supporters of the youth organisation members LoveYouthFuture campaign supported the campaign to were among the leaders in the varying degrees. At the EYE re-establishment of the Youth event (9-11 May) in Strasbourg, Intergroup in the European France, an information stand Parliament, which is to serve about the LoveYouthFuture as a focal point for efforts to campaign outreached to nearly increase the weight of youth 1000 young people present, policy in this vital institution. encouraging them to invite their MEP candidates to sign the pledges.
11 LEAGUE OF YOUNG VOTERS
2014 was a big year for The LYV was responsible for the League of Young press relations and for setting Voters, which was the themes and questions of originally conceived for the debate through a month- long participatory process. the European Elections. With nearly 30 member The League was also present organisations running and highly visible at the EYE LYV campaigns in 25 2014. Alongside its popular EU member states, the stand, where users could LYV was truly a EU-wide discover all the League’s campaign. online tools, one of the main activities of the League at the EYE was the organisation of The LYV co-organised the first the final of “Debate, Engage, ever European Presidential Vote!” a debating competition Debate in April in Maastricht, led by IDEA. broadcast live on Euronews.
12 In April, the League also Finally, the LYV launched a unveiled itself as behind research project as follow up “the Alliance for Responsible of the first study on youth Democracy”, a fake campaign absenteeism in Europe. The that outrageously called for 2nd edition, published early increasing the voting age 2015, looks more broadly in Europe to 25. Through at why young people across the use of social media and Europe are moving away guerrilla marketing, the from voting in favour of shadow campaign challenged more informal channels of Europeans to take a stand participation. against the ‘threat’ of disenfranchising youth. The campaign was rewarded for its creativity winning European Campaign of the Year by European Excellence Awards and a Digital Communication Award.
13 GLOBAL AND INTERREGIONAL YOUTH COOPERATION
During 2014, the Youth Forum The World Conference continued to strengthen on Youth, which took its interregional and place in Sri Lanka in May, global youth cooperation, gathered 1500 participants, through involvement in the including representatives International Coordination of governments, youth-led Meeting of Youth Organisations organisations and other (ICMYO) and the maintenance partners. The outcome and development of bilateral document of the conference, relationships with regional the Colombo Declaration, youth platforms in other parts explores ways and means of the world. ICMYO continued of mainstreaming youth in to strengthen as a network, the post-2015 development focusing on putting into place agenda and was developed the guiding principles that jointly by young people and had been agreed in 2013 and governments. The Youth working to collaborate together Forum, together with many and present common positions members and ICMYO partners, for United Nations and global participated actively in the processes. Conference.
14 The 3rd Africa-Europe Youth the 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Leaders' Summit, held in University on Youth and Global late-March, gathered more Citizenship, in Hammamet, than 100 representatives of the European Youth African and European youth Forum participated in the organisations and called for a Stakeholders Meeting on Euro- youth mechanism in the EU- Arab and Euro-Mediterranean Africa partnership, something youth cooperation. which leaders did not include as strongly as this in the final In September the Youth communiqué. Meanwhile, Forum participated in the a second call for the 1% Youth session of the EU-China Solidarity Fund was opened, HLPPD in Beijing. A joint with a focus on Africa. communiqué and Follow-Up Action Plan were adopted. The University on Youth and Development, which took place in Spain in September, focused on the theme of “Youth Opportunities”. In early June, in the framework of
15 POST 2015
Through its work in 2014, the The Youth Forum attended Youth Forum aimed to influence several sessions of the Open the process leading to the post- Working Group on Sustainable 2015 sustainable development Development Goals, including framework by providing a strong the final one in July 2014 where European youth voice in the the proposal for the goals was discussions. Throughout the year, agreed. Together with the Major the Youth Forum participated in a Group for Children and Youth number of meetings at European and other partners, the Youth level to put forward its priorities Forum contributed to ensuring for the framework. Member that a small number of specific Organisations were involved in references to young people are the work on post-2015 through a inscribed in the proposed targets Task Force meeting, which took for the post-2015 framework. place in June and focused on identifying youth-specific targets In October, the Youth Forum was and sets of indicators for youth elected one of the Organising development. Partners of the Major Group for Children and Youth and will continue to work with the Major Group into 2015.
16 EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL
Due to the commendable work the European elections. Cluj- of the Youth Capitals, the title Napoca’s theme for 2015 is continues to gain attention, "Share", sharing cultural and credibility and recognition. The intergenerational diversity, the network of European Youth culture and customs of the Capitals continues to build city and to enhance friendships coordination and cooperation and understanding between between the cities while the European youth. In November, official recognition of the tile meanwhile it was announced by the Congress of Local and that the Youth Capital for 2017 Regional Authorities of the is Varna, Bulgaria. (2016 is Council of Europe gives the Ganja, Azerbaijan) title even more attention at the European level. Cooperation meanwhile between the Network and the Youth 2014 was the year of Forum is strong. For example Thessaloniki and its active and in October, the Forum and the European-focused programme Network cooperated in the has seen hundreds of events hosting of a reception at the take place across the year, Congress of Local and Regional including many events of the Authorities of the Council of Youth Forum members and a Europe, marking 5 years of the whole series of events around title.
17 VOTE@16
September’s Vote@16 Taskforce The Scottish referendum, was an opportunity for Youth where 90% of 16/17 year Forum members active or olds registered to vote was interested in the area to a practical example of how exchange best practice, tactics vote@16 is relevant right across and expert insight into the Europe. Estonia also made area. The Youth Forum’s stand moves towards lowering the at May’s EYE found that a big voting age to 16 – in both of majority (over 80%) of the these countries Youth Forum participants who voted were in members are in the lead of the favour of vote at 16. A debate campaign. However, it is not was also held during the EYE all success, Ireland reneged event on the topic of vote@16 on its commitment to hold a with MEP Heinz K. Becker and referendum in 2015. many member organisations.
18 STRUCTURED DIALOGUE
The European Youth Forum, participation of young people as a member of the Steering in decision-making processes at Committee (ESC), the EU and local level. coordinating body of the Structured Dialogue, has been 2014 was also the handover working on the management between two Trios. The Greek of the Structured Dialogue Presidency closed the 3rd Cycle at different levels, from the on Social Inclusion and the next communication with National Trio Presidency (Italy, Latvia Working Groups (NWGs) and and Luxembourg) chose “youth INGYOs, to the overview of the empowerment for political review process and the support participation” as the priority to the organisation of the EU of the 4th cycle. The Italian Youth Conferences. Presidency kicked off the new process with the EU Youth The biggest challenge of conference in Rome, which 2014 was the adoption of an focused mainly on identifying updated architecture, aimed the existing challenges on the at increasing the efficiency issue, focusing their work on and impact of the Structured access to rights. Dialogue as a tool for political
19 CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
The Pool of Trainers finalised Citizenship education continues the module for citizenship to be of high importance and education in July 2014 and the will be an increasingly relevant content will be developed once topic for other thematic the League of Young Voters fields, notably Vote@16 and research is ready. The policy the League of Young Voters, paper was disseminated to reinforcing the link between the education working group formal participation and and other relevant taskforce citizenship education. meetings (such as Vote@16).
20 21 22 02 STRONG YOUTH ORGANISATIONS
The Youth Forum has been monitoring the implementation of Erasmus+ to contribute to its improvement and particularly followed the administrative support to European Youth Organisations. The Volunteer Time Contribution (VTC) has been included in EU funding programmes following cooperation with the European Parliament. Under youth work and youth policy capacity building the Youth Forum has steadily continued to support newly established national youth councils through several activities, actions and processes building towards stronger, more sustainable and recognised actors in society. The Membership Growth Project is improving the platform’s capacity to provide qualitative support for the growth of youth organisations.
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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR
The Critical Success Factor is • Sustainable administrative “more recognition and more and funding ensured to youth better targeted administrative organisations and financial funding for youth organisations, support to Structured Dialogue through the development of NWGs new and current European Union and Council of Europe • Increased resources allocated financial programmes and other to the Youth Chapter of the instruments (legal basis)”. Erasmus+ This CSF has been relevantly endorsed thanks to the fact • Increased recognition of that: Youth Forum’s capacity building efforts by MOs
• Successful implementation of an inclusive process for the development of the Policy Paper on Youth
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FUNDING FOR YOUTH WORK
The first year of implementation EAC), to the CULT Committee of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Parliament and has been quite challenging to other relevant stakeholders. for many beneficiaries. The Youth Forum has been However, the Youth Forum constantly in contact with has been supporting its the Education, Audiovisual member organisations in and Culture Executive the transition towards it and Agency (EACEA) to ensure overall the implementation is that the requirements for well on track. Nonetheless, accessing the administrative the Youth Forum is aware of support to European Youth the difficulties faced during its Organisations were in line with first phase of implementation the expectations of members. and has been disseminating 2014 Info Days on Funding recommendations to were a great opportunity to improve the Programme to equip the membership with all the Directorate General for the necessary information to Education and Culture (DG access the administrative grant
25 and to become familiar with the organisations and a review new family of EU Programmes of these has been published 2014-2020 potentially relevant with the support of the WG on for youth organisations. Funding. Moreover, the Youth Forum The Funding WG has is continuing its work on taken several actions for alternative sources of funding close monitoring of the with the support of the Funding implementation of Erasmus+ working group. and to contribute to the improvement of the running • The toolkit on Youth the Programme. The Youth Cooperatives has been Forum has been monitoring finalised and well disseminated closely the re-introduction of throughout the year with the so-called "Western Balkans dedicated events involving Window", "Eastern Partnership young people, experts and Window" and cooperation with institutions. MED countries. Additionally, the Youth Forum has started a close • The training session on cooperation with a number fundraising during the of European Commission Academy in June provided Directorate Generals to collect key information about new information on other EU funding fundraising strategies. programmes available for youth
2626 YOUTH WORK POLICY
After an 18-month process education and volunteering involving multiple consultation and highlights the positive rounds with Member impact that youth work has on Organisations as well as both society as well as on the external experts, the Youth individual. The policy paper Forum’s General Assembly examines the role of the Forum approved a new policy paper on and what actions it should take youth work. Through this policy in this area. Finally, the aim paper, the Forum aims to define is to foster political action by its understanding of youth work institutional actors to create an and build a coherent approach environment where youth work to the topic. It underlines the is nurtured and promoted. strong link with non-formal
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YOUTH WORK CAPACITY BUILDING
In 2014 the Youth Forum We have noticed an increasing continued its efforts to support number of MOs interested in the development of national attending capacity building representation structures in training and events in the various countries. Efforts have course of 2014. been made to support the creation of the Turkish national • An NYCs Sustainability Forum youth council and to continue took place in October 2014 assisting the process of the in Helsinki with the aim of establishment of a NYC in supporting NYCs to develop Hungary. In September 2014 a strategic vision and plans, the Youth Forum invited all the improve their link with their national youth councils from member organisations and the EEC region, as well as share experiences with each INGYOs operating in the region other. It received positive for a meeting in Chisinau, feedback and was very well Moldova. This meeting attended. focused on strengthening the institutional capacity of NYCs • A training session on from the region and developing ‘advocacy from a youth work an implementation plan and perspective’ took place in June a communication strategy 2014 as part of the Youth for stronger membership Forum Academy. The event involvement as well as trained 30 representatives from developing inter-organisational various member organisations cooperation in the region. on how to effectively advocate
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the issues of concern to them. on the raisons d'être of an There was a high number NYC, how to establish an of applications and positive NYC, the different roles and feedback received for this possible structures and ways of training session. cooperating with the government as well as sources of funding. In November 2014 the European It was disseminated online and Youth Forum published distributed during the Forum’s "Everything you always wanted General Assembly. From the to know about national youth initial feedback, the publication councils… but were afraid to was positively received by MOs. ask". The publication focuses YOUTH LAWS
To contribute to a better actions at national level. The understanding of the youth database currently includes policy legislation landscape 32 legal documents (largely across Europe the Youth Forum youth laws) from 22 countries. has gathered youth laws from The database is conceived across Europe. An online as a work in progress, as it database was created in order allows further inclusion of legal to share this information with documents. member organisations and to support them in their advocacy
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IMPACT OF YOUTH WORK
The Youth Forum has been showcasing grassroots working towards exemplifying youth organisations in four and highlighting the impact different countries, were that youth organisations filmed in cooperation with have on society as a a number of our member whole and on individuals. organisations. These videos Through a partnership with were widely shared via social a production company a media and highlighted during number of short videos, the EYE. VOLUNTEERING
The Youth Forum launched taken a strong step away its online resource on from recognition. Despite the the Charter on the Rights fact that the legal basis of and Responsibilities of Erasmus+ encourages VTC Volunteers for volunteers, recognition, this is subject to volunteer organisations the EU Financial Guidelines. and decision-makers and it The European Commission is continuing its advocacy is interpreting the EU’s through feeding into all new Financial Guidelines relevant institutional in a way that VTC, for processes. accounting purposes, cannot www.youthforum.org/ be included. New funding volunteering/ structures in Erasmus+ mean VTC is less relevant, however While the Volunteers Time the Youth Forum will continue Contribution (VTC) has been to monitor the impact on recognised in the framework youth organisations of of the European Youth this arbitrary change in Foundation grants through interpretation. the Council of Europe, the European Commission has
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MEMBERSHIP GROWTH PROJECT
The Youth Forum has been Ireland) have delivered improving its capacity in outstanding contributions providing qualitative support both in their organisations and for the growth of youth throughout the two-year project, organisations. The Membership making the project a success Growth Project has been and developing a publication concluded with outstanding on capacity building for youth results and feedback from organisations – to be available participating organisations. to the whole membership. Representatives of the Through this project the Forum international organisations is progressing in achieving and national/local branches qualitative growth of youth of AEGEE (Bratislava group), organisations and in improving ACTIVE (NOM Slovakia), YEU the quality of its capacity (Resource Centre Serbia and building support. NAK Hellas), YWCA (YWCA
31 32 03 AUTONOMY & INCLUSION
2014 was dominated by the great concern about employment and young people. While the Youth Forum continued to advocate on the implementation of the youth guarantee, quality internships and quality jobs, it also offered its analysis and proposals on macroeconomic policies regarding the situation of young people in Europe. The Forum maintained a strong focus on visa issues, focusing on advocacy and telling the story of young people. Rights and access to rights, as well as fight against discrimination have been key, not only for our EU work but also towards the Council of Europe and the UN system. In terms of education, the Forum kept a strong focus on validation and recognition of non-formal education, highlighting the key elements of cooperating with all education actors. Key steps were also taken to further the adoption of the rights based approach within the platform.
3333 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR
The Critical Success Factor • Regularly monitored the foreseen is “a strong European implementation of the Package institutional initiative that will increase political and • Advocated for the involvement financial investment in youth of youth organisations in the employment’. This CSF has design and monitoring of been relevantly endorsed by: the Youth Guarantee, as well December 2012: The European as more funding and quality Commission released the Youth criteria Employment package made of policy measures and related • Called for a wider scope and funding, including a binding stronger impact of the Quality Youth Guarantee, a Quality Framework on Traineeships Framework on Traineeships and the European Alliance for • Contributed to the promotion Apprenticeships. The Youth of quality apprenticeships Forum: through engaging with the Alliance for Apprenticeships with different company partners
34 EMPLOYMENT
The Forum has built strong Organisation. In April, the Forum links with the new European met the ILO Director General Parliament on youth employment Mr Ryder and in September the and contributed greatly to ILO hosted a Youth Forum Task the Youth Resolution of the Force on the creation of quality first plenary of the European jobs for young people in Geneva, Parliament in July, which largely with 10 participants. The experts reflected the claims of the from the ILO provided the Youth Forum. Forum with input to finalise its latest publication ‘Youth and The Forum also worked with the Crisis: what went wrong’, other social NGOs on the need published in November, which is for minimum social standards an examination of the crisis and at the European level, including potential macroeconomic policies minimum wages, unemployment to help bring young people out of benefits and minimum income. it. In October, after consulting its members, the Youth Forum This publication was presented submitted input to the mid-term at a large Youth Event on review of the EU2020 strategy. Employment organised in collaboration with the Italian During 2014 the Forum Youth Forum - FNG, in November developed strong cooperation 2014 - gathering 100 young with the International Labour people in Rome for 2 days, with
35 experts, and producing an high-level conference of the outcome document calling for European Commission on the an investment in quality job implementation of the Youth creation and a turn to demand- Guarantee, where the Youth side measures to come out of Forum’s publication Youth the youth employment crisis Organisations and the Youth as well as the implementation Guarantee was presented. of the Youth Guarantee and quality internships. The Forum worked on the monitoring of the Over this year, the Forum European Commission of has continued monitoring the implementation of the the progress of the Youth Youth Guarantee through the Guarantee and advocating for European Semester process quality jobs. In April, the Forum (in particular via the Country finalised its publication on Specific Recommendations). Youth Organisations and the The Forum provided input Youth Guarantee, organised an to the set of indicators ad-hoc meeting with members developed by the Employment as an update on the progress Committee of the Council of of the Youth Guarantee at the EU, strongly advocating for the national level and sent a quality offers under the Youth delegation of members to a Guarantee schemes.
3636 QUALITY INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS
The work of 2014 started • Expansion of its network with continued advocacy on of business partners. The the Quality Framework for Adecco Group, Nestle, the Traineeships. Unfortunately, a European Brands Association weak Council Recommendation (representing 1800 companies) was approved in March 2014 and the British Chamber of and the Youth Forum issued Commerce are supporting our a strong reaction against it, work and disseminating both joint with member and partner the Charter and the Guide to organisations, outlining that their extensive networks. it did not address the key issues of internships at the • Co-organised in July the first moment, namely, the lack of European Interns Day with NGO remuneration. partners, which saw a panel discussion with Commissioner Since then, the Youth Forum Androulla Vassiliou. This has focused on collecting was co-organised with information, building networks InternsGoPro, who have since and working directly with become a partner of the Forum companies to promote due to the Quality Label they quality internships and offer employers (based on the apprenticeships, including: Charter).
• Collecting national legislation The Youth Forum has also on internships published on the established links with Youth Forum’s website business representatives who are working on quality • Establishing a Working Group apprenticeships – namely CSR of employers to produce the Europe and Eurochambres. ‘Employers guide for quality And in December, the Youth internships’, a collection of Forum signed a pledge under best practices and tips for the European Alliance for employers on how they can Apprenticeships with the abide by the Charter in the European Brands Association. internships they offer.
37 YOUTH RIGHTS AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
The Youth Forum put particular and training for trainers on efforts in capitalising on the the rights-based approach has momentum in the Council been designed for the Forum’s of Europe with the aim of Pool of Trainers and will take safeguarding the main results place in 2015. achieved in recent years: the Forum contributed to the According to the strategy of drafting of the Committee of raising the debate on youth Ministers Recommendation rights in the United Nations, on “Young people’s access to the Forum established good rights” and succeeded in being working contacts with some part of the Social Charter Member States missions in list of NGOs entitled to lodge New York and the Office of the collective complaints. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Evidence collection and promotion of a genuine rights- A taskforce on youth rights based approach has progressed meeting was held in Helsinki further: the publication “The in June in cooperation with International law on youth Allianssi. Participants identified rights” has been finalised and as a priority working on the a launch event is foreseen for legal treatment of youth rights 2015; a tailored session on the violations and developed a rights-based approach for MOs skeleton long-term strategy on took place during the Academy youth rights.
3838 The Forum promoted a joint Rights. This coalition drafted a roundtable on youth and joint political statement tabled multiple discrimination together to Vice President Timmermans with the members of the NGOs and agreed on working together coalition on Anti-Discrimination under a common campaign during the EYE and called “Equality for All” which strengthened the cooperation claims for the adoption of the with them with a strong Horizontal Directive against re-launch of the advocacy Discrimination and for the work towards the adoption development of an internal EU of the anti-discrimination Human Rights Strategy. Horizontal Directive. A capacity building seminar on multiple Finally, the Forum launched the discrimination for members was first European Survey on youth held in December with expert and multiple discrimination and contributions from IGLYO, the disseminated the final report UK Equality and Diversity Forum with main stakeholders during and the Belgian Interfederal the High Level Conference on Center for Equal Opportunities. Equality organised by the Italian Presidency of the Council of the The Forum established a fruitful EU in November. working relationship with Vice President Timmermans together with an informal coalition of NGOs working on Human
39 EDUCATION
The revision of the Education The advocacy work on the & Training 2020 strategy implementation of the 2012 has been at the core of the Council Recommendation EU advocacy work of the on the validation of non- Forum. Following consultation formal and informal learning with our members active on was enhanced through our education, we put forward active participation in the our claims through the online European Qualifications survey by the Commission. Framework Advisory Group. An active cooperation was Contributions gathered from established with EUCIS- our members - both through LLL in this process, as the consultation meeting in part of the partnership September as well as through agreement between the the online questionnaires two organisations. We sent earlier this year - served also contributed to the as the basis for the Forum’s consultation around "A written contribution to the European Area for Skills and Draft European Guidelines on Qualifications", concerning Validation. the recognition of skills and qualifications and the The Youth Forum’s Quality harmonisation of tools. Assurance Framework for
4040 Non-Formal Education Working Group on Education continued to raise interest of the Forum, brought among its members. Seven together members active in ad-hoc training sessions the field of formal and non- were provided to member formal education, and was organisations, in addition to instrumental in ensuring the the session on this topic which holistic approach to education took place during the 2014 in the event. The regular Education Week. The launch cooperation with the Expert of the microsite on Quality Group on Recognition of Non- Assurance gave the external Formal Education/Learning visibility of our work a boost. and Youth Work led by the Youth Partnership served to The 2014 Education Week intensify our advocacy on the at the end of the year gave recognition of non-formal visibility to the work of our education during the Seminar members around the right organised on this topic. to quality education (both formal and non-formal) and the fruitful cooperation between the Forum and other stakeholders in the field. The
41 MOBILITY
The Youth Forum continued the year, with more members and intensified its advocacy getting involved in the advocacy work on the two legislative visa on mobility. A Mobility processes, namely the Long- Resolution was adopted at the term Visa Directive and the General Assembly in November, Union Code on Visas. calling on members to advocate for the Visa Directive In February, the Youth Forum at the national level. Advocacy issued a reaction to the Report toolkits were disseminated, of the European Parliament on explaining the process and the Visa Directive, advocating the Youth Forum supported for further demands such members in carrying out as the abolition of visa fees such advocacy. At the EYE, and calling on the European members of the Working Group Council to issue their position collected stories from young swiftly. In April, the Youth people regarding visa barriers, Forum issued a reaction to the providing content for the Commission proposal on the website. Union Code for Visas. The Working Group on mobility Engagement with members on met twice in 2014. The first the topic continued throughout meeting in July, hosted by
4242 CNTM focused on planning and to promote specifically the advocacy actions on the Visa story-telling element of the site. Directive and on finalising the website on mobility. The The Youth Forum also second meeting took place in strengthened its network December and focused on how on mobility, with partners best to disseminate the website including Eurodesk, CEV, as well as on planning the event EUCIS-LLL and the European on mobility which followed. Platform for Learning Mobility (EPLM). The Youth The Youth Forum organised Forum, represented by a a conference on mobility member of the Working in December. It included Group attended two Steering panellists from the European Committee meetings of the Commission, the Latvian EPLM, contributing the youth Presidency and civil society, organisation perspective who discussed the barriers to the discussion, and young people face in moving providing content input to freely in Europe and the state the organisation of the EPLM of play of the Visa Directive. conference in 2015. The event was a chance to launch the website on mobility,
43 44 04 INSTITUTIONS
In 2014, a year of European elections, the European Youth Forum was building on this momentum to enhance its position as a valued and recognised institutional partner with a measurable impact on the political agenda. The Youth Forum's institutional advocacy work provided a major contribution to the quality and the quantity of youth issues being debated by various institutional partners – contributing to placing youth at the top of the political agenda. The most important event increasing the visibility and standing of the Youth Forum was the European Youth Event, which was jointly organised with the European Parliament in Strasbourg and took place together with the annual YO!Fest.
45 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR
The relations with institutions Union and Council of Europe do not, as such, have a specific financial programmes and other Critical Success Factor, but instruments (legal basis): contribute to the each chapter’s CSF: • In cooperation with the Council of Europe youth sector, the Youth A strong European initiative to Forum triggered the recognition strengthen youth participation in of the volunteering time decision-making processes at all contribution by to the European levels and inclusion of a chapter Youth Foundation. on intergenerational justice in the programmes of political parties: A strong European institutional initiative that will increase • The EYE which took place political and financial investment together with the YO!Fest in youth employment: 2014, the 1st pan-European political TV debate, the work • Strengthened inclusion of the around the European elections Forum's members in its advocacy including the League of Young work and external representation, Voters and the LoveYouthFuture and increased proactivity of campaign were key events/ members in contributing to the campaigns, inextricably linked work of the platform. to the institutional work of the Youth Forum and together they • Members have been involved in contributed to youth issues being numerous advocacy processes at the top of the political agenda. at different levels and through diverse activities. These joint More recognition and more and initiatives were to do with better targeted administrative different policy areas and funding for youth organisations, institutions within the United through the development of Nations, the Council of Europe new and current European and the European Union.
4646 EUROPEAN UNION
2014 was a year dominated “Spitzenkandidaten” from by the European elections in political groups of the European May. The major event related Parliament debated their policy to the EU was the European proposals with a special focus Youth Event, which was on youth issues. organised in cooperation with the European Parliament and These events further enlarged which took place together the network of contacts of with the annual YO!Fest. On the Youth Forum in particular 9-11 May around 8,000 young outside the youth sector. In people came to Strasbourg to addition to the events, the jointly brainstorm, discuss and Youth Forum's institutional celebrate youth participation. advocacy work provided a major The event was a great success contribution to the quality and further contributing to the quantity of youth issues increasing the visibility and being debated by institutions awareness for youth issues in at all levels – placing them at view of the elections, as well as the top of the political agenda. the Youth Forum's standing as Following the elections, the a valuable and representative Youth Forum -including efforts institutional partner. The by members - led to the renewal European Parliament fully of the Youth Intergroup of the appreciated the cooperation European Parliament triggering and is committed to cooperate the support of 116 MEPs and again with the Youth Forum as consequently the necessary a full partner to co-organise the number of three political European Youth Event again in groups for the creation of the 2016. Another key event linked intergroup (Greens/EFA, EPP to the European elections, and S&D) that will provide the was the first pan-European co-Chairs. Moreover, the Youth political TV debate broadcasted Forum has contributed to youth live from Maastricht. All related questions during the
47 Parliamentary hearings of for their positions during the most relevant designated their campaigns ensuring Commissioners. that youth was not only a major topic before and during From the start of the new the elections but remains mandate onwards, the a priority throughout the Youth Forum has focussed whole mandate. This includes on establishing close key processes such as the relations with the most implementation of the Youth relevant renewed high- Guarantee, the mid-term level representatives of the review of the Europe 2020 European Parliament and the strategy, the long-term European Commission, such visa directive, the smooth as MEPs, Commissioners functioning of the Structured and Directors within the DGs. Dialogue on Youth and its In the second half of 2014, continuous improvement, the the focus of the European Council conclusions of the Youth Forum was to make Greek and Italian Presidency newly elected or appointed of the Council of the EU. representatives accountable COUNCIL OF EUROPE
At the beginning of the Social Charter, as well year, the European Youth as youth rights in view Forum met with numerous of a recommendation on stakeholders within the young people’s access Council of Europe during to rights. Regarding annual coordination youth participation, the meetings, including also cooperation with the potential partners outside Congress of Local and the Youth Department. An Regional Authorities was emphasis was put on the enhanced, contributing
48 to a youth session in will facilitate all future October and their becoming cooperation. endorsing partner of the European Youth Capital. In 2014, for the first time After a preparatory meeting applicants to the European in January, the Youth Forum Youth Foundation grants co-facilitated the training got their volunteering time of the incoming Advisory recognised, an achievement Council on Youth 2014- of a joint work of the 2015. The training included Advisory Council, the Youth institutional and procedural Foundation and the Youth information in order to help Forum, achieved also transmit the legacy from one through participation within mandate to the other and the Programming Committee reinforce the continuity of in June and December. the advisory council work. The Youth Forum, moreover, Regarding the actively participated in the recommendation on young statutory bodies of the people's access to rights, Council of Europe's youth the European Youth Forum sector, such as the Advisory actively participated in the Council, the Steering meetings of the drafting Committee on Youth and the group, to contribute Joint Council in April and to an ambitious and November, including two comprehensive text that can preparatory meetings to the pave the way for important Advisory Council open to policy improvements. all 30 members. The Youth Forum has contributed to Towards the end of the priorities for the Council year the preparation and of Europe Youth Sector in cooperation started with the 2016-2017 that are very Belgian Chairmanship of the much in line with the work Council of Europe and the plan and strategic priorities Youth Foundation for the 2nd of the Youth Forum, which Youth Work Convention.
49 UNITED NATIONS
During 2014, the Youth Forum programmes, actions and continued its efforts to promote activities of the United Nations the effective engagement system. of young people and youth organisations in the UN system The Youth Forum’s involvement and the enhancement of youth in the Asker Conference on Youth development. This took the and Governance, in November, form of engagement with the as part of the Youth 21 Initiative, various agencies involved in supported this work, which aims the Inter-Agency Network on to explore the various options Youth Development, including in for a permanent mechanism for particular the UN Focal Point on youth participation. Where this Youth, the International Labour had previously focused on the Organisation, UN Habitat and the idea of a Permanent Forum on UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, this discussion has now Youth. broadened to consider a full range of options for structured The Youth Forum continued youth participation. to advocate for a structured mechanism for youth On the subject of youth participation in the definition, participation, the European implementation and Youth Forum attended the Youth evaluation of the youth-related Forum of the UN Economic and
50 Social Council (ECOSOC) on build contacts and relationships “Youth 2015: Realizing the future that will be useful in the future for they want” (New York, June). the Youth Forum’s work on youth This meeting, which was part of rights and other priority areas. the preparatory process for the ECOSOC 2014 Annual Ministerial In February and October, the Review, represents a step in Youth Forum facilitated and the direction of greater youth coordinated the representation participation in the UN system. of its member organisations The 2015 version of this was and official youth delegates at foreseen for early February. the UN Commission on Social Development and the UN In 2014, the Youth Forum also General Assembly. The annual brought its work on youth rights UN Advocacy Meeting was held to the UN level. A Side Event on (June in Brussels) to develop a youth rights was foreseen to take joint strategy for advocacy with place during the UN General member organisations and youth Assembly’s Third Committee. delegates in the next session of Although this event could not take the UN General Assembly and place in the end, the preparation other UN meetings. work and subsequent lobbying and relationship building meetings were an opportunity to
51 5252 05 COMMUNICATIONS
2014 was a crucial year for continuing to raise the profile of the Youth Forum. The European Elections were the pinnacle of a great deal of communications activity, particularly focussing on the activities of the League of Young Voters and the LoveYouthFuture campaign. In April, the debate between the candidates for the presidency of the European Commission, co-hosted by the Youth Forum and broadcast live by EuroNews, created a huge "buzz". The YO!Fest, as part of the European Youth Event in Strasbourg in May, gave significant visibility to the Youth Forum with 8,000 young people and many media attending.
53 MEDIA RELATIONS
Our presence in the media went from strength to strength during 2014. The elections, the LoveYouthFuture campaign, the TV debate and the YO!Fest all generated significant media coverage (the debate alone generated 75 media articles and the YO!Fest over 50) both at EU and national level. We placed interviews and opinion pieces in key, high profile media including The Economist, the Huffington Post, the Guardian, EurActiv and EU Observer.
IN NUMBERS
38 press releases 486 online media articles 28 print articles 8 TV appearances 10 radio interviews 1 European media partnership with the European Sting
54 SOCIAL MEDIA
We continued to grow our social media audience, engagement and impact, both in terms of the existing channels and through creating new ones. During 2014, our number of Facebook fans more than doubled and our Twitter followers increased by almost 3,000. There was particular buzz around the key events, including the TV debate, the hashtag for which was retweeted 47,000 times and was a trending topic in seven EU countries. Our activity around the new European Commission also gained traction on social media, with one post – a public letter to President Juncker – receiving approx. 500,000 views.
In 2014 the Youth Forum launched new social media channels including Instagram, a YouTube channel (where we hosted our first Google Hangouts) and Storify.
IN NUMBERS
100,524 Facebook fans (up from 46,625 31/12/13) 10,000 Twitter followers (up from 7,230 31/12/13) 486,912 Views most popular Facebook post Public Letter to President Juncker Date Posted: 05/11/2014
Trending hashtags #EUdebate2014 #YOFest #EYE2014
55 PUBLICATIONS
• Annual report 2013 • YO!Mag issue 1: The European Spring • YO!Mag issue 2: Time to fly the nest? • YO!Mag issue 3: Faces of innovation • Two year report 2013-14 • Youth organisations and the youth guarantee in Europe • YO!Fest 2014 • Youth in the crisis – what went wrong? • Addressing youth absenteeism in European elections • Money grows on trees: youth organisations setting up cooperatives • Strive for youth rights (leaflet)
Youth Policy Watch was published 22 times during 2014 and sent to approximately 4,000 partners, stakeholders and policy makers.
5656 57 58 06 INCLUSIVE PLATFORM
Membership Services
YOUTH FORUM ACADEMY A very successful second edition of the Youth Forum Academy was organised in Vilnius, Lithuania from 16-23 June 2014, kindly hosted by LiJot. We received almost 100 participants from well over 40 member organisations over the course of the week, coming together to exchange ideas and best practice, participate in training and contribute to the work of the European Youth Forum.
It brought together participants from seven different meetings: The Secretaries-General Meeting; Rights Based Approach training; Pool of Trainers Meeting; Advocacy Training; Press & Communications training and meeting; Info & Networking Day on Funding; Membership Growth Project.
59 60 THE POOL OF TRAINERS
The Pool of Trainers (PoT) continued to deliver training and helped facilitate various meetings both externally as well as for European Youth Forum events, projects, working structures and statutory meetings. The second PoT Meeting of the mandate took place as part of the Youth Forum Academy. The program included a short Training-4-Trainers, a mid-term evaluation of the current mandate of the PoT, looking at ways to improve the PoT and making clear progress in terms of the PoT workplan. The evaluation focused on ownership and expectations and on the role of the individual members of the PoT. It also looked at how the communication and the effectiveness of the PoT can be improved.
In order to better serve and support member organisations, the PoT has developed a number of training modules which showcase the kind of training the PoT can deliver. Topics include organisational management; training on funding opportunities, fundraising, and grant application writing; advocacy and lobbying; volunteer management; coaching and many more. The Modules are available online via: www.youthforum.org/about/meet-the-pot
61 POOL OF TRAINERS AND FACILITATORS (MANDATE FROM APRIL 2013 TO MARCH 2015)
Akgul Musa Youth of European Nationalities - Y-E-N Adelmann Georg Service Civil International - SCI Bal Ufuk Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe AEGEE
Betrian Júlia Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya - CNJC Castineiras Pablo European Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations - YMCA
Cicala Federica Forum Nazionale Giovani - FNG Comet i Kortman Teo Federation of Young European Greens - FYEG Curosu Doru Consiliul National Al Tineretului Din Moldova - CNTM de Lange Christel Nationale Jeugdraad - JEUGDRAAD
Ferreira Ana Conselho Nacional de Juventude - CNJ Fischer Carmen Österreichische Kinder- und Jugendvertretung - ÖJV
Fischer Martin Young European Federalists -JEF Galli Viviana European Federation of Intercultural Learning - EFIL
Hoffström Eelin Rural Youth Europe - RYE
Jakubek Elzbieta (Don Bosco Youth Net)
62 POOL OF TRAINERS AND FACILITATORS (MANDATE FROM APRIL 2013 TO MARCH 2015)
Kirjazovaite Lina European Educational Exchanges - Youth For Understanding - EEE-YFU Landmark Linn Sobriety Friendship and Peace - ACTIVE Maldiski Aleksandra Organising Bureau of European School Students Unions - OBESSU Mamo Nicholas International Federation of Medical Student Associations -IFMSA Mandozzi Sara Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations - Alliance Manevski Stefan Young European Federalists - JEF Miginis Nerijus Lietuvos Jaunimo Organizaciju Taryba - LiJOT Mursec Simona Mladinski Svet Slovenije - MSS Retore Sven Youth for Exchange and Understanding - YEU Santos Dúlio European Federation for Intercultural Learning - EFIL Savishchava Darya Belarusian Union of Youth and Children’s Public Associations - RADA Silva Ana International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth - MI JARC Szalai Zita World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts - WAGGGS Trojánek Pavel Czech Council of Children and Youth - CRDM Urb Jaan Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit - ENL
63 WORKING STRUCTURES
For the cycle 2013-2014 the Board decided to change the working structures methodology to better serve the new Work-Plan and the Strategic Priorities. Alongside fixed member organisation- based working groups the following ad-hoc task forces have been established: Youth Rights, Volunteering, European Elections, Structured Dialogue and Youth Work.
The composition of the fixed working groups is as following:
YOUTH WORK:
Ekaterine Tsvariani National Youth Council Of Georgia - NYCOG Sebastian Vogt German Committee for International Youth Work - DNK Marko Boko Croatian Youth Network - MMH Viktorija Matuzaite International Young Naturefriends - IYNF Gerd Tarand Estonian Youth Council - ENL Sebastian Seehauser Youth of European Nationalities - YEN
64 MOBILITY:
Carla Filetti Erasmus Student Network - ESN Aurelia Petrov National Youth Council of Moldova - CNTM Ivan Vasiliev European Educational Exchanges Youth for Understanding – EEE-YFU Elisa Briga European Federation for Intercultural Learning - EFIL
Roland Susman International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational - International - IFM/SEI Evgeniya Aliyeva Belarusian Union of Youth and Children's Public Associations - RADA EDUCATION:
Gintare Alaburdaite Lithuanian Youth Council - LiJOT Sara Bertocci World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts - WAGGGS Elisabeth Gehrke European Student Information Bureau - ESIB
Emmanuelle Bertrand Comité pour les relations nationales et internationales de jeunesse et d’éducation populaire - CNAJEP
Marko Grdosic Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe - AEGEE Dejan Bojanic Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions - OBESSU FUNDING:
Miha Mohorko Mladinski Svet Slovenije - MSS Tamara Gojkovic Youth Exchange and Understanding - YEU Federico Guerrieri Young European Federalists - JEF John Gilmore European Confederation of Youth Clubs - ECYC Juha-Pekka Nurvala Youth of the European People's Party - YEPP Nicolo Pranzini World Organisation of the Scout Movement - WOSM
65 07 FINANCES AND ADMINISTRATION
2014 represented the end of and Cooperation” DG EAC a cycle in terms of European Work Plan 2014 - Index 3.71 Youth Forum management as the European Youth Forum, replaced Board was finishing its mandate, the previous Youth in Action and a bi-annual Work Plan, for Programme 4.2, settled at a 2013-14, was still going. In maximum of €2.550.000 for terms of finances, a central 2014. focus must be put on budget execution over the year. 2014 was also a year of consolidation of the change The ERASMUS+ 5a “Dialogue initiated in 2013, in terms of
66 the financial management and regulations, and the agreement, implementation of multiple there was no surplus from the projects with different grant funds allocated to the DG EAC providers and report systems, operating grant agreement. diversification of funding and external donors. On the remainder of the Youth Forum’s overall budget, not In terms of the execution of linked to the operating grant the main grant, the agreement agreement with DG EAC under with DG EAC, there was a the ERASMUS+, which includes total execution of the Budget, the European Youth Event 2014, meaning that the total amount League of Young Voters and applicable to the EU grant others, the total amount was amounts to €3.000.000 with the €3.642.043 and there was a final EU contribution calculated surplus of €96.077. at €2.550.000. The Youth Forum strives for Consequently, there is no grant correctness and clarity in its reduction. If we compare this accounts, which is essential for to previous years: in 2013 it both the members and for the amounted to €0 and in 2012 it Forum’s partner institutions; this amounted 1.07% (€26.191,33). is why the auditing procedures These positive results are due in place are so significant, to an increase in the amount both the internal audit and invested in the activities and in the consultancy role of the the Forum’s advocacy processes, Financial Control Commission, and improved capacity to execute as well as the external auditors, the activities planned for 2014. Ernst & Young (appointed by the Ex-General Assembly in As required by the EU financial Thessaloniki, Greece).
67 OPERATING GRANT EXECUTION – DG EAC
The biggest portion of the running and legal costs of Budget refers to the running the organisation, as well as costs of the Programs and employment costs. Activities of Advocacy and Policy Development 52.87%. The costs to do with Governance represent 30.62% and include all The Operational Costs represent the costs with the Statutory and 16.51% and refer to the Governance bodies.
16,51% Operational Costs
30,62% Governance 52,87% Advocacy and Policy Development
6868 OVERALL EXECUTION
Expenditures
The overall expenditures of the The European Youth Event 2014, Budget represent €3.642.043 represents an execution of 12.4% (€451.974); League of The biggest portion of the Young Voters represents 1.81% execution refers to the running (€66.075) and Other Projects’ costs of the annual plan under costs represent 3.49%. the Grant Agreement with EC, Programs and Activities of 82.3% (€3.000.675).
European Youth % Event 2014 12,4 1,81% League of Young Voters
Grant Agreement with EC, Programs and 82,3% Activities 3,49% Other Projects
6969 INCOMES
Overall income was with 0.88% (32.874€). While €3.738.121, almost all of around 2.49% (93.000€) was the Youth Forum’s income from a grant by the European stems from the annual grants Youth Foundation of the from European institutions or Council of Europe. international donors. The Membership fees 68.22% (€2.550.000) of the contributed 4.12% total income in 2014 came (€153.919), partnerships and from the grant from DG co-funding for all the activities Education and Culture, from 12,06% (€450.970), and other the European Parliament incomes 0.12% (4.628€) of two Grant agreements, the the overall income. European Youth Event 2014 with 12.11% (452.726€) and the League of Young Voters
7070 European Youth % Event 2014 12,1 0,88% League of Young Voters
Membership fees 4,12%
2,49% European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe
Partnerships 12,06% and co-funding for all the activities 68,22% Grant from DG Education and Culture
0,12% Other incomes
7171 72 08 BOARD MEMBERS
PETER MATJAŠIČ PRESIDENT Coordinating: overall board work, Youth Participation, Institutional Relations, Cooperation, Relations with Member Organisations, Press/Communications
GUODA LOMANAITE VICE PRESIDENT Strong Youth Organisations. Lead: Structured Dialogue, EU Advocacy, European Youth Capital, Funding for Youth Work. Support: Youth Work Development, Mobility
LLOYD RUSSELL-MOYLE VICE PRESIDENT Autonomy and Inclusion. Lead: CoE Advocacy, International Youth Organisations, Global Development and Cooperatives.
73 MÁRCIO BARCELOS BOARD MEMBER Lead: Cooperation with Africa, Non-Formal, Quality and Citizenship Education. Support: Membership Support and Training
JERRY DEN HAAN BOARD MEMBER Lead: UN Advocacy and Official Youth Delegate Support, Vote 16, Anti-discrimination. Support: Post 2015, ICYMO Co-ordination.
ELISE DROUET BOARD MEMBER Lead: Euro-Arab cooperation, Youth Work, Policy and Capacity Building, SEE Region, Volunteering, Quality Internships.
SANDRA KAMILOVA BOARD MEMBER Lead: EEC region, Youth Work, Membership Support, Cooperation with Asia. Support: Structured Dialogue, Non-Formal-Education, UN Advocacy
74 MIROSŁAW KRZANIK BOARD MEMBER Lead: Mobility, Erasmus+ Development & Programme Guide, Roma Youth Action Plan, Finances. Support: Funding for Youth Work, Quality Education,
JOHANNA NYMAN BOARD MEMBER Lead: European Elections, League of Young Voters, Youth Rights. Support: Vote at 16
JURE ŠTAJNBAHER BOARD MEMBER Lead: Youth Employment, Internal Inclusion. Support: SEE region, Anti-discrimination.
VASIA ALEXANDRI BOARD MEMBER (from April) Support: Youth Employment
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09 SECRETARIAT
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S OFFICE
Secretary-General Giuseppe Porcaro (until May) Allan Päll (from June)
Assistant to the Secretary-General Jose Sergio Vinay
Communications Coordinator Sarah Farndale
Communications Officer Alexandre Beddock
Intern Policy Monitoring and Communication François Balate (until July) Conor O’Neill (from August)
Membership and Partnerships Officer Jo Deman (until June)
Coordinator of the League of Young Voters John Lisney
77 POLICY AND ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT
Head of Department Alix Masson Policy and Advocacy Coordinator (Youth Participation) David Garrahy Policy and Advocacy Coordinator (Strong Youth Organisations) Alfonso Aliberti Policy and Advocacy Coordinator (Autonomy and Inclusion) Giorgio Zecca Institutional Coordinator (EU, CoE and UN) Antoine Mertzeisen (until July) Jan Wilker (from July) Project Officer for the EU Structured Dialogue Bianca Faragau (until June) Senior Institutional Officer – UN and Global affairs Vania Freitas (until July) Policy Officer – (UN & Global Affairs) Stephanie Beecroft (from July) Policy Officer - Employment Marianna Georgallis
Policy Officer - Employment James Higgins (until January) Clémentine Moyart (from March)
Policy Officer - Participation Magdalena Kurz (until February) Franziska Schwelm (from March)
Policy Officer - Youth Work Capacity Building Matthias Christensen (until June) Jo Deman (from June)
78 Policy Officer - (Education) Laura Lopez-Bech
Policy Officer – (Youth Policy) Lucille Rieux (from September)
European Youth Event - Project Coordinator Beryl Abols (until July)
European Youth Event - Project Coordinator Tamsin Pearce (until July)
European Youth Event - Project Officer Fancesca Fabbri (until July)
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
Administrative & Financial Director David Ferreira
Team co-ordinator Luc Rummens
Accountant Stéphane Asse'e
Human Resources Coordinator Marie-Aimée Musanase
Translator / Assistant Anne Debrabandere
Administrative officer Magdalena Liskova
IT Coordinator / Webmaster Estefania Asorey
79 10. MEMBER ORGANISATIONS FULL MEMBERS National Youth Councils (NYCs)
Suomen Nuorisoyhteistyö Allianssi ry - Allianssi (Greece); Forum Nazionale dei Giovani - FNG International Non-Governmental Youth (Finland); Belarusian Union of Youth and (Italy) ; Nationale Jeugdraad – JEUGDRAAD Organisations (INGYOs) Children's Public Associations – BUYCPA RADA (Netherlands); Kunsill Nazzjonali Taz-Zghazagh (Belarus); British Youth Council - BYC (Great - KNZ-Malta (Malta); Lietuvos Jaunimo ACTIVE - Sobriety, Friendship and Peace; Britain); Conférence Générale de la Jeunesse Organizaciju Taryba - LIJOT (Lithuania); Latvijas Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants Luxembourgoise - CGJL (Luxembourg); Consejo Jaunatnes Padome - LJP (Latvia); Landsrådet de l'Europe – AEGEE Europe; Alliance of de la Juventud de España - CJE (Spain); Comité for Norges barne - og ungdomsorganisasjoner European Voluntary Service Organisations - pour les Relations Nationales et Internationales - LNU (Norway); Landsrådet för Sveriges ALLIANCE; International ATD Fourth World des Associations de Jeunesse et d’Education ungdomsorganisationer - LSU (Sweden); Movement - ATD-Quart Monde; Democrat Populaire - CNAJEP (France); Conselho Landssamband æskulýðsfélaga - LÆF Youth Community of Europe - DEMYC; Nacional de Juventude - CNJ (Portugal); (Iceland); Croatian Youth Network – MMH European Bureau of Conscientious Objection Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya (Croatia); Mladinski Svet Slovenjie - MSS - EBCO/BEOC; Young European Socialists - CNJC (Spain-Catalonia); Consiliul National (Slovenia); National Assembly of Youth - ECOSY; European Confederation of Youth Al Tineretului Din Moldova – CNTM (Moldova); Organisations of the Republic of Azerbaijan Clubs - ECYC; European Democrat Students Czech Council of Children and Youth - CRDM – NAYORA (Azerbaijan); National Council of - EDS; European Educational Exchanges - (Czech Republic); Comité pour les Relations Youth Organisations of Georgia – NCYOG Youth for Understanding - EEE-YFU; European Internationales de Jeunesse - CRIJ (Belgium, (Georgia); National Youth Council of Armenia Federation for Intercultural Learning - EFIL; The French-speaking Community); Consiliul – NYCA (Armenia); National Youth Council of National Unions of Students in Europe - ESIB; Tineretului Din Romania - CTR (Romania); Ireland - NYCI (Ireland); National Youth Council Erasmus Students Network – ESN; European National Youth Council of Switzerland - SAJV/ of Russia - NYCR (Russia); Österreichische Trade Union Confederation - ETUC Youth; CSAJ (Switzerland); Cyprus Youth Council– Kinder- und Jugendvertretung - ÖJV (Austria); EU Federation of Youth Hostel Associations - CYC (Cyprus); Deutsches Nationalkomitee Rada Mládeže Slovenska - RMS (Slovakia); EUFED; European Union of Jewish Students für Internationale Jugendarbeit - DNK Vlaamse Jeugdraad - VJR (Belgium, Flemish- - EUJS/UEEJ; Ecumenical Youth Council in (Germany); Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd - DUF speaking Community). Europe - EYCE; International Federation of (Denmark); Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit - ENL Catholic Parochial Youth Movements - FIMCAP; (Estonia); National Council of Hellas - ESYN Federation of the Young European Greens - FYEG; ; . ; Pax Pax ; Y-E-N JMI IFHOHYP ; Red Cross Red ; ; International; Pax Christi Pax ; European Youth Press Press ; European Youth ; European Union of the FICEMEA EUDY ; International Federation of International; Federation ENGSO ; Youth Express Network – Network Express Youth ; RCY ; International Federation of International; Federation Training EYP Committee – Deaf – Youth – ofPromotion the for Centres Progressive – Education – of Coordination Workers Christian Young ICYCW/CIJOC - of Hard People Young Hearing - Intenrational Musicales Jeunesses InternationalChristi - – Youth
; ; NMF CEJA KOMS ; European; (Ukraine) UYF EFAY
Don Bosco Youth Net Don Bosco Youth ;
CESI-Youth ; Rat der Deutschsprachigen Jugend - Jugend der Deutschsprachigen ; Rat ; Freedom, Legality Europein Rights and Freedom, ; (Belgium, German-speaking(Belgium, Community); CANDIDATE MEMBERS CANDIDATE Councils Youth National – Organisation Umbrella Serbian Youth - Forum (Serbia); Nacionalen Mladezhki Council of Organisations (Bulgaria); Polish Youth PROM RDJ – Forum Youth Ukrainian Governmental Non International Organisations Youth International Villages Summer Children’s CISV FLARE - OBSERVER MEMBERS Youth InternationalNon-Governmental – ofCouncil European Farmers Young of Confederation European Trade Independent Unions – – Youth Alliance Free European Sports Youth Non-Governmental Organisation ; ; ; ; ; ; ; JEF YEU JECI- YEN IFM/SEI YEPP OBESSU WAGGGS ; International; ; Service Civil ; International; ; International; IFLRY ; International; ; International International - ; Youth Action forAction Youth ; IUSY ; World Association ; World IYNF IGLYO LYMEC ; Organising Bureau of Bureau ; Organising RYEurope ; International Lesbian, TEJO WOSM ; Young Women’s Christian Women’s ; Young ; World Organisation of Organisation World ; . SCI Europe - IFMSA YMCA YWCA ; Youth and Environment Europe -Europe Environment and Youth ; YAP MIJARC ; Young European Federalists - Federalists European Young ; ; Youth of; Youth European Nationalities - International Federation ofInternational Federation Medical Students’ Association – and Youth and Transgender Bisexual Gay, - Organisation Student ofUnion - Youth Socialist - Naturefriends Young International- Students Catholic Young ofMovement Students - Catholic MIEC - Youth Liberal European ofMovement Catholic Agricultural and Rural - Youth - Unions Student School European – Europe Youth Rural International- - Esperantists Young of Organisation World the Scout Movement office)(European - - Peace YEE of- Party Youth People’s European the - Understanding and Exchange for Youth Christian ofEuropean Alliance Men’s Young Associations - International Federation of - InternationalFederation Youth Liberal - Socialist Educational Movement Falcon of- Scouts Girl and Girl Guides - Association 81