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The presentation aims to create a common frame of reference for discussing mediating structures and processes between local, national and European levels.
• Council of Europe, 47 countries– Congress of Local and Regional Authorities – Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and
Heritage, Youth and Sport / Directorate of Youth and Sport, http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Youth/
• European Union, 27 countries– European Commission, executive body of the
EU• Youth Unit of Directorate General for Education and
Culture, http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.html
• The Partnership between the European Union and the Council of Europe in the field of youth, since 1998, new Agreement 2007–2009 – Citizenship, – social cohesion, – youth work and training, – better knowledge of youth
• Third sector– Tripartite cooperation between youth research, youths
and policy-making and implementation – Interaction between European, national and local
level
Council of Europe
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
Directorate of Youth and Sport
European Union
Directorate General for Education and Culture (DGEAC)
Unit of Youth
Partnership between the CoE and the EU
White Paper on Youth
European Youth Pact
European Youth Week
Presidency Youth Event
Structured dialogue
Youth in Action 2007-2013
Policy documents
SALTO-YOUTH
FORUM21
Information services
Charter on youth participation in local and regional life
Advisory Council
Programs: training, information exchange
European Youth Centers and Youth Foundation
Publications
Online resources
Youth training
Youth researchers’ network, EKCYP
Euro-Mediterranean cooperation
COYOTE
T-Kits
All different, all equal
III sector YFJ, AC
Council of Europe: valuesstated by ministers responsible for youth, for
years 2005-2008:
• Human Rights Education and Intercultural Dialogue
• Youth Participation and Democratic Citizenship
• Social Cohesion and Inclusion of Young People
• Youth Policy Development, better knowledge of youth
Council of EuropeCongress of Local and Regional Authorities
European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life adopted in 1992; revised version in 2003
Advisory Council: 30 NGYOs, links CoE to youths
Priority programs bring together CoE and national, regional and local youth field activists; subprograms:
• Training for European youth work: for youth leaders, multipliers, young democratic leaders, young researchers, civil servants and trainers in European youth work
• Knowledge exchange: seminars, symposia and expert meetings; youth policy
• Europe-wide research: European research network between researchers, civil servants, NGYOs; knowledge base on youth
• Support and advice: DYS advises member states on youth policies, international reviews of youth policies
Council of EuropeIntergovernmental Program - within the Youth Directorate, the
Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) comprising senior civil servants from CoE members; responsible for:
• promoting intergovernmental co-operation and serving as a framework for the examination of national youth policies with a view to joint action
• stimulating exchanges of information, documentation and experience;
• preparing and taking follow-up action on the conferences of ministers responsible for youth;
• advising the Committee of Ministers on the means of ensuring an appropriate follow-up to suggestions of common interest arising from the EYCentres’ and EYFoundation's programs;
• co-operating with the Governing Board and Advisory Committee of the EYCs and EYF as well as with other steering or ad hoc committees in the implementation of common projects
Council of Europe
Cooperation and assistance program
• DYS organises training courses and seminars for the CEE countries in developing and implementing youth policies
Democratic Leadership program
• The objective of the DLP is to strengthen the political competence and skills of young politicians, journalists and NGO leaders, and thus to contribute to greater democratic security.
Council of Europe• European Youth Centers, in Strasbourg and Budapest• European Youth Foundation, providing financial support to
European youth activities which serve the promotion of peace, understanding and co-operation in a spirit of respect for the CoE's values such as human rights, democracy, tolerance and solidarity, www.eyf.coe.int/fej
• Publications of the CoE, http://www.coe.int/t/e/cultural_co-operation/youth/1._news/Publications/
• Human Rights Education Youth Resource – COMPASS, the manual on human rights education with young people,
http://eycb.coe.int/compass/ – DOmino, education for young people by young people,
http://eycb.coe.int/domino/default.htm – All different, all equal education pack,
http://eycb.coe.int/edupack/default.htm – Alien ’93, combating racism and xenophobia,
http://eycb.coe.int/alien/default.htm
European Union: values
European Youth Pact (2005), White Paper on Youth (2001) and follow-ups
• Employment and social integration • Education, training and mobility • Reconciling work and family life• Active citizenship
– Socio-economic integration of youth, in the framework of Lisbon Strategy
• Participation in education and workforce, non-formal learning, ‘life-skills’
European UnionThe structured dialogue (application of OMC in the youth
field) is an instrument to actively involve young people in policy shaping debates and dialogue in relation to the European agenda (active citizenship). Envisioned to deliver youth voices from local to national to European level– 2007, focus on social and professional integration of young
people – 2008, on intercultural dialogue – 2009, on the further perspectives of youth policy at European
level
The European Youth Week and the Presidency Youth Events organised by each Council Presidency are major occasions for young people to raise their voice and contribute to the shaping of policies at European level which concern them
European Union: Youth in ActionAims to develop among young people a sense of personal
responsibility, initiative, concern for others, civic participation and active involvement at local, national and European level, http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.html
Youth for Europe: reinforcing the active civic participation by supporting exchanges, mobility
EVS: to develop solidarity, active engagement and mutual understanding, in the framework of a charitable or not-for-profit activity
Youth of the world: fosters mutual understanding and active engagement through program with the neighboring countries of the enlarged Europe
Youth workers and support systems: training, exchange and information schemes
Support for policy cooperation in the field of youth: cooperation among decision-makers on youth policy
European Union: SALTO
www.SALTO-YOUTH.net, a network of 8 Resource Centres working on European priority areas within the youth field. It provides youth work and training resources and organises training and contact-making activities to support organisations and National Agencies– Training courses – Toolbox for training,
http://www.salto-youth.net/toolbox/ – Trainers online for youth,
http://www.salto-youth.net/toy/
European Union• FORUM 21, the European Journal on Youth Policy
The purpose of this specialist publication with a distinctive profile of a broad European dimension of youth policy is to bring national youth policies closer together and keep the ongoing European dialogue about the key problems of national youth policies on a solid, high-level foundation in terms of content, expertise and politicshttp://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Youth/5._Information_services/Forum_21/
• Policy documents, reports, recommendations, communications from the Commission, staff working documents
European Union: info for youthEuropean Youth Portal – a gateway to citizenship
and mobility for young people in Europe, http://europa.eu/youth/, http://europa.eu/youth/index.cfm?l_id=en
Eurodesk – information service providing access to European information for young people and those who work with them, www.eurodesk.org
European Youth Information and Counseling Agency – a user-centered youth information centre (service) to meet needs of the young people, http://www.eryica.org/home
PartnershipThe co-operation between the EC DGEAC and the CoE DYS • training of youth workers and of youth leaders, started 1998 • youth research, 2003• co-operation with the EuroMed region, 2003http://www.youth-partnership.net/INTEGRATION/Overall_Portal/Intro/index.html
http://www.youth-partnership.net/INTEGRATION/Overall_Portal/aboutPart/index.html
Goals for 2007-2009• Citizenship, Participation, Human Right Education, Intercultural
dialogue• Social Cohesion, Inclusion, Equal opportunities• Quality, Recognition and Visibility of Youth Work and Training• Better Knowledge of Youth and Development of Youth Policies
ALL DIFFERENT, ALL EQUAL, www.alldifferent-allequal.info An instrument for promoting the values of the CoE: diversity, human
rights, participation, antiracism; started in 1995 by the CoE, recent campaign 2006-2007 by the Partnership in 42 countries
Partnership: training
Training-Youth.net, http://www.youth-partnership.net/INTEGRATION/TY/Intro/index.html
• Training activities for youth workers and youth leaders – Training courses– Stakeholders’ meeting on training of trainers – European citizenship valorisation seminar
• 10 T-Kits: thematic handbooks for training, http://www.training-youth.net/INTEGRATION/TY/Publications/T_Kits.html
• COYOTE MAGAZINE, on issues around youth training in Europe“, targeted at trainers and youth leaders, http://www.training-youth.net/INTEGRATION/TY/Publications/coyote.html
Partnership: research
European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy: a tool for the implementation of the White Paper on Youth and the EC common objectives on a Better Understanding of Youth and the CoE monitoring of youth policy. to promote evidence based policy making and practice and provide a central place for the exchange of information and dialogue across the youth field, http://www.training-youth.net/INTEGRATION/EKC/Intro/index.html – Research seminars– Annual expert meetings
Partnership: EUROMED
The Partnership Program on Euro-Med, Human Rights Education and Intercultural Dialogue
• The Euro-Mediterranean Youth Action program of the European Commission was initiated in 1999 and is based on the shared concern to combat prejudices and stereotypes that prevail across the Mediterranean and still determine mutual perceptions. Currently involves the 27 EU Member States and 10 Mediterranean partner countries.– Seminars– Training courses
III sector – YOs • Tripartite cooperation between policy-making, research and
young people affiliated with NGYOs• Feedback to national and local youth organisations which are
consulted at national and/or local level policy-making and youth work
• European Youth Forum (YFJ), > 90 YOs, www.youthforum.org – Policy papers; communication with CoE, EC and committees
• Advisory Council at DYS, CoE; 30 YOs– Co-management of the youth field at the CoE and the Partnership
• Cafe Babel, http://www.cafebabel.com/en/default.asp, is made up of a network of local teams across Europe. Bringing together young people from across the continent, this network aims to contribute to the construction of pan-European public opinion through the magazine
Council of Europe
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
Directorate of Youth and Sport
European Union
Directorate General for Education and Culture (DGEAC)
Unit of Youth
Partnership between the CoE and the EU
White Paper on Youth
European Youth Pact
European Youth Week
Presidency Youth Event
Structured dialogue
Youth in Action 2007-2013
Policy documents
SALTO-YOUTH
FORUM21
Information services
Charter on youth participation in local and regional life
Advisory Council
Programs: training, information exchange
European Youth Centers and Youth Foundation
Publications
Online resources
Youth training
Youth researchers’ network, EKCYP
Euro-Mediterranean cooperation
COYOTE
T-Kits
All different, all equal
III sector YFJ, AC