Youth-Partnership - South-East Europe

Experts representing youth research, youth and labour policy and youth work practice from Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, UMNIK Kosovo met to exchange information on the situation of youth employment realities throughout the Region and related youth policy developments, share good practice and strengthen links and networks between the stakeholders on national and international level. This event co-organised with SALTO Resource Centre South-East Europe and the Ministry of Education and Sport of Slovenia, Office for Youth, from the 22nd to the 24th October 2009 took place in Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, within the Slovenian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe.

Concept paper Agenda and documents presented

2008

Following up from the seminar in September 2007, 41 experts representing youth research, youth policy and youth work practice from Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, UMNIK Kosovo met again to exchange information on the situation of young people throughout the Region and youth policy developments, share good practice and strengthen links and networks between the stakeholders on national and international level. This event was co-organised with SALTO Resource Centre South-East Europe and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Serbia from the 22nd to the 24th September 2008 in Belgrade.

Full report

2007

Seminar on youth policy development took place in Trogir, 13-15 September 2007. It was organised by the Partnership in close co-operation with SALTO Resource Centre South-East Europe.

It gathered representatives of youth research, youth policy and youth work practice from Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, UMNIK Kosovo and some other experts and representatives of the European institutions.

They exchanged information about and discussed:

Mobility and migration
Youth Participation
Education: formal, non-formal, informal
Un/employment
Family Life, Welfare and Social Protection

Full report

News and Events

Results of EU study on Volunteering available online
By The partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth

Two Policy Papers adopted by the YFJ Council of Members in November 2009: Youth Perspective on E-Society & Youth Commitment to promote Peace and Non-Violence
By The partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth

Participate in the 2nd annual competition "Express Europe through your Eyes 2010"
By The partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth

The Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe issues its first newsletter!
By The partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth

Increase in youth participation at EP election: impact of an European Citizenship project on Slovak students.
By Prof.Ladislav Macháček

Call for papers: International Conference on Culture and Media Education
By Susanne Klinzing