Are you an organisation looking to expand your reach and find more potential volunteers for your projects? Now you can do it on Youth4Europe!

We understand the importance of connecting volunteers with the right opportunities. That’s why we’ve created a platform that allows organizations like yours to post volunteering projects and opportunities for free, reaching thousands of potential candidates all over Europe. 

Now, let’s see how you can post your projects! 

Why Post Volunteering Opportunities?

Through our portal, you can easily advertise your volunteer opportunities, such as ESC projects, and search for and connect with potential participants. Moreover, by using Youth4Europe your organization can gain visibility and reach more potential volunteers. The more opportunities you post, the more likely you are to find the right fit for your projects.

Once you submit your volunteer project on Youth4Europe, it will be reviewed for approval and then shared through our various channels, including:

• our Facebook Pages (Youth4Europe with over 17.7K followers and ***European Solidarity Corps with over 28K followers); 
• Facebook Group (with over 64.5K members); 
• Instagram Page (with over 2.8K followers);
• our newsletter, sent twice a month (here to subscribe);

This gives you access to a large and diverse audience, increasing the chances of finding the perfect volunteer for your project. 

Post Your Volunteering Projects with No Limits

Last but not least, we don’t limit the number of volunteer projects you can post on Youth4Europe, and the process is totally free of charge, with the only requirement being that your organization creates a personal account. We believe in the power of volunteering to make a positive impact on individuals and communities, and we want to make it as easy as possible for organizations to connect with volunteers. To get started, the procedure is as follows:

• simply log in or create an account; 
• click on “Add Listing”;
• fill in the required information; 
• and submit for approval; 

Be sure to read the Guidelines carefully before submitting to ensure that your volunteer opportunity is as effective as possible. 

Don’t miss out on the chance to expand your organization’s reach and make a difference in the lives of volunteers and communities across Europe – post your volunteer opportunities on Youth4Europe today!

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From February 21-26, 2023, a training session for youth workers and young people in NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) conditions will take place in Brussels, Belgium.

The workshop aims to increase young people’s active engagement in the planning of youth exchanges and to provide opportunities to meet possible partner groups and develop connections in other countries.

Youth workers can attend this training workshop with one or two young people from their organization.Through this opportunity, you will learn the fundamentals of organising and applying for an Erasmus+ grant for youth exchanges.

Now, let’s look at some additional information regarding this training course.

Training Objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide information on Erasmus+ youth exchanges and offer a group learning experience in the process of setting up a youth exchange project. Moreover, the course will cover the following topics: 

• to comprehend non-formal learning and young people’s engagement in learning;
• to investigate the role of a group leader in the learning process of young people;
• to increase young people’s active engagement in the organising of youth exchanges;
• to provide the chance to meet potential partner groups and develop connections in other countries;
• to develop collaborations among young people and organisations;

The target group for the course includes a maximum of 40 participants, consisting of 1 adult leader (over 18 years old) and 1-2 young people between 15-18 years old in NEET situations. Priority will be given to applicants from certain European countries, but applicants from other program countries can still apply. The course is organized in collaboration with the NEET strand of Strategic Partnership for Inclusion.

The National Agencies of the Erasmus+ Programme will finance the costs for the training course, which will vary depending on the participant’s country of origin. Participants must submit their applications by January 13th. For more information about the “Eye-Opener for NEET Organizations”, you can visit the dedicated page on the SALTO-YOUTH website.

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The European Youth Forum has announced that applications are now open for the European Youth Capital 2026. This annual award is given to a city that demonstrates a strong commitment to the development and participation of young people in society.

Being named the European Youth Capital has a lot of benefits for a city. It may boost the city’s reputation and attract tourists and companies, while also inspiring other towns to invest in the development of their own young citizens.

Moreover, the application process also provides a chance for decision-makers and youth organisations to collaborate, discuss youth goals, and get feedback on their ideas from an expert committee.

If you think your city has enough of what it takes to become the next European Youth Capital, keep reading!

The Selection Process

The selection process is very competitive, with towns from all throughout Europe invited to apply. To be eligible for the title, communities must submit a detailed submission outlining their objectives for youth development; a team of experts will then evaluate the applications. 

More in detail, cities must submit an application together with a local youth organisation, outlining the following:

• the past performance in the youth field;
• their motivation;
• an initial plan for the year;
• and their willingness to secure the long-lasting legacy of the proposed actions.

An expert jury will select up to five short-listed candidates:  they will receive feedback and ideas on how they can improve their applications before a final winner is chosen and revealed at the European Youth Capital Award Ceremony in November 2023.

The application deadline is on 6th of February 2023; if you need more info about the application process, follow the European Youth Forum webinar that will take place on Tuesday 10 January 2023.

Conclusion

Since 2009, the European Youth Capital title has brought communities together by creating friendly city environments for young people. This title can be a great chance for towns to demonstrate their commitment to young people and inspire other cities to follow their example. Don’t miss the opportunity to apply!

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• sky-high energy costs; 
• inflation; 
• Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. 

As the next generation, it is essential that young people have a say in shaping the policies that will impact their future. In order to build a fair, more inclusive, and sustainable future for all, it is necessary to listen to the voices and ideas of young people. 

That is why the European Commission has defined the European Year of Youth 2022 as an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of young people to society and encourage their active participation in the economic and political life of the EU.

Let’s take a closer look at what the challenges and the event will be like!

Current Challenges

One of the major challenges we face today is the sky-high cost of energy, which can have serious impacts on individuals, families, and communities.

The price of energy in the EU has reached record levels in 2022 due to a combination of factors, to name a few:

• the increase in global wholesale energy prices;
• the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international demand;
• the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
• adverse climate conditions;

In 2022, the price of gas in EU has increased also as a consequence of Russia’s Suspension of gas deliveries.

Inflation is another ongoing concern, as it can erode the value of people’s savings and make it difficult for them to afford the goods and services they need. 

Finally, we cannot forget the ongoing aggression of Russia against Ukraine, which has resulted in a devastating conflict with far-reaching consequences. 

The Role of Young People in Addressing These Challenges

As young people, it is crucial that we have a say in shaping the policies that will impact our future. During the dialogue with Commissioner Dombrovskis, this questions will be discussing:

• How can we support EU citizens in coping with the immediate effects of the energy crisis and inflation? 
• How can we build a fair, more inclusive, and sustainable future for the next generation?
• How can we defend our fundamental values while strengthening cooperation with like-minded countries?

The dialogue will be live-streamed from 14:30 to 16:30 on January 10th. All young people can join and participate in this important conversation. 

It is only by coming together and sharing our ideas that we can hope to address these challenges and build a better future for all.

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L'articolo Dialogue with Young People on Energy, Inflation, and Conflict proviene da Youth Networks.

It’s easy to get stuck talking to people our own age, whether at work, in school, or among friends. But by breaking out of that comfort zone and connecting with people from different backgrounds, of all ages, we can promote a more diverse and inclusive dialogue.

That’s why MeetEU – an initiative made up of volunteers from over 10 EU member states who organize weekly events with Members of the European Parliament, European Commission representatives, EU activists and scientists – has organized an online event with a clear idea: to facilitate communication and understanding between different generations in order to have a meaningful discussion about the future of Europe.

This is especially important as we navigate the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

Let’s now discover some information about this event.

Let’s Discuss Europe Across Generations

As Europeans, we all have a stake in the future of our continent. That’s why MeetEU has organized the Co-Creation workshop. This online event brings together experts from European, national, and local institutions with people from all over the continent to develop ideas for promoting intergenerational exchange on our shared future in the European Union.

By bringing together different generations and perspectives, the goal is to come up with creative solutions to the problems facing our continent and build a stronger, more united Europe.

At this point, you may think you don’t have enough knowledge or expertise on EU topics. Well, the event has been planned specifically to address this issue.

You don’t have to be an EU expert to participate. The Co-Creation workshop is a chance to collaborate with decision-makers and experts, exchange ideas with Europeans from all over the continent, and contribute your unique perspective to the conversation

Don’t miss this chance to be part of shaping the future of Europe and promoting intergenerational exchange.

To join the workshop, simply register here and join MeetEU online on December 20th at 19:00. Sign up now and bring your ideas to the table!

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The international seminar will explore the role of youth work in supporting young people’s access to social rights. Furthermore, it will foster peer-exchange on the approaches and frameworks of cooperation between local authorities and youth workers, in order to promote social inclusion for young people. The seminar will bring together up to 50 youth workers, youth specialists and representatives of local and regional authorities who will meet and exchange practices related to the promotion and implementation of the two Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Recommendations ( Enter! and Youth work Rec)

The seminar will be held in Kazan, Russian Federation from 9-12 October 2018, and will gather youth work practitioners and local authorities in a 50-50 model. Please share this information with the youth workers, youth organisations or local authorities that you work with and who could contribute with their experiences in working on social inclusion with young people.

Objectives of the seminar:

1. To develop an understanding of Council of Europe standards and tools of youth policy, youth work and youth participation for interventions aiming to combat discrimination and social exclusion at local and regional levels;
2. To consolidate experiences and good practices of youth work and youth policy on access to social rights in the Russian Federation and other states parties to the European Cultural Convention;
3. To identify and explore challenges in working with the Enter! and Youth Work Recommendations and devise future plans for their implementation;
4. To identify good practices and youth work approaches which support the social inclusion of young people and their access to social rights;
5. To support and strengthen the networking and cooperation between different stakeholders and partners interested in the implementation of the Enter! and Youth work Recommendations.

Detailed information and online application forms

L'articolo International seminar: From Policy to Practice proviene da Youth Networks.

Building on developments in the region, the activity aims to make a contribution to strengthening youth work in the region, by analysing its state of play and identifying the support needed from youth work policy, and in turn will consider the crucial role that youth work can play in supporting youth policy at different levels.

The seminar objectives are:

• to strengthen the knowledge about youth work in South East Europe;
• to explore current challenges and needs that youth work as a field has in SEE and how youth policy can respond to them, at different levels, through frameworks, capacity building, and support tools;
• to enhance synergies between different relevant actors in the region for the development of the youth work sector;
• to analyse the crucial role that youth work can play in supporting youth policy at different levels.

The event will gather up to 50 participants, representing the triangle of youth work practice, policy and research.

Background information

Increasing knowledge and supporting the development of youth work and youth policy in SEE has been for several years one of the objectives of the EU-CoE youth partnership. In this framework, the EU-CoE youth partnership organised in 2016 the peer-learning seminar ‘Getting Across’, which brought together 55 participants involved in youth policy and youth work, particularly in the Western Balkans. The event reaffirmed the role of youth work in supporting young people in exclusion situations and generated guidelines for increasing the quality and impact of cross-sectoral youth policies and youth services.

From 2017 onwards, EU-CoE youth partnership has carried out a research project on the educational paths of youth workers, which aims to collect data and analyse the formal and non-formal education paths and career steps of youth workers, as contribution to the quality development in the youth work field.

Moreover, youth work is today very prominent in the priorities and processes of the Council of Europe and of the European Commission.

Slovenia, furthermore, has established, over the years, a strong youth sector and a well-developed cooperation within South-East Europe in different policy areas affecting youth, while its Office for Youth has been fond of deepening regional cooperation in the field of youth, contributing to the implementation of the Council of Europe Recommendation on youth work.

L'articolo Peer-learning seminar on youth work and youth policies proviene da Youth Networks.

If you are between 25 and 35 years, have networking skills and are interested to foster your expertise in regional development, cultural cooperation and sustainable tourism, please refer to the  Call for young professionnals

Objectives
(1) Increase the visibility of the four EU macro-regions (Adriatic-Ionian Region, Alpine, Baltic Sea and Danube Region) as well as the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Programme through the involvement of young professionals;
(2) Disseminate information and knowledge on cultural cooperation, regional development and sustainable tourism in the 4 EU macro-regions;
(3)Develop a platform for the exchange of information on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-up businesses, as well as innovative and creative industries in the field of Cultural Routes;
(4) Stimulate the peer-to-peer exchange among young people working in the 4 EU macro-regions on regional development and on cultural tourism.

Structure
The network will be managed by its members under the supervision of Routes4U. Among the network members 4 young professionals
(1/EU macro-region) will take the responsibility as coordinators for their respective EU macro-region; the role of President will be rotating among the 4 coordinators. The mandate of coordinators will be of 2 years; the mandate of president will be of 6 months. The activities of the network will be developed by the members and coordinated by the President and the coordinators.

In line with the objective of the Routes4U Project to “enhance the participation of networks and association, involve local stakeholders and encourage bottom up processes” and to put a “special attention to young people and women entrepreneurship”, we are looking for young professionals to create a network (refer as “Routes4Youth network”) on regional development through the Cultural Routes in the Adriatic-Ionian, Alpine, Baltic Sea and Danube Region.

The young professionals will be in charge of carrying out a variety of tasks, such as:
* Creation of a macroregional network of professionals including a mentoring programme with senior professionals;
* Development of an action plan to increase the visibility of young professionals in the four EU macro-regions;
* Dissemination of information on regional development and cultural cooperation in the four EU macro-regions;
* Strengthening of professional knowledge and expertise through trainings and courses on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme.

Eligibility Criteria
Professional experience: A minimum of 2 years working experience in at least one of the following field of expertise (internships can be counted as professional experience):
-Economic development;
-Regional development;
-Sustainable tourism;
-Cultural cooperation;
-Cultural tourism;
-Cultural heritage;
-Any other related field to Cultural Routes in the four EU macro-regions.

Academic Background: A Master’s Degree in Social Science, Humanities, Science, Management or other related fields OR about to attain the Master’ Degree (planned by March 2019); or a Bachelor’s Degree and at least 2 years of professional experience.

Nationality: Of one country of the EU macro-regions.
-Adriatic-Ionian Region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
-Alpine Region: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
-Baltic Sea Region: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden.
-Danube Region: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Romania.

Age:Minimum 25 years and maximum 35 years when joining the network.

Languages skills: Proven fluency in English (written and spoken)

If you are interested in applying, please fill in before the 30th of September 2018 the online form
Note: You will berequested to attach a CV to the form.

More information about the Routes4U Project

L'articolo Routes4Youth network – Call for young professionals proviene da Youth Networks.

The Europe 2020 strategy, adopted by the European Council in June 2010, is the European Union’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment. To reach this objective, the EU has adopted targets to be reached by 2020 in five areas: employment, research & development (R&D), climate change & energy, education and poverty reduction.
These have been translated into national targets in order to reflect the situation and possibilities of each Member State to contribute to the common goal. A set of nine headline indicators and additional sub-indicators, compiled by Eurostat, give an overview of how close the EU is to its overall targets.

Today Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, issues the 2018 edition of the publication “Smarter, greener, more inclusive?”, which provides information on past trends and latest statistics useful to monitor the progress towards the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy.

A complete picture of trends in the Europe 2020 headline indicators

The analysis in the Eurostat publication is based on the Europe 2020 headline indicators used to monitor progress towards the strategy’s targets. Other indicators focusing on specific subgroups of society or on complementary issues are used to deepen the analysis and present a broader picture.

The publication aims to shed light on the trends in the headline indicators over the past years and helps understand the factors behind the changes observed so far. Since 2008, substantial progress has been made in the area of climate change and energy through the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, the positive trend has however slowed down. In the area of education, the EU is within reaching distance of both headline targets. The most recent developments in R&D investment and poverty alleviation are less promising, while the EU’s employment target can be reached if the growth recorded over the past few years continues.

For more information
Eurostat website section dedicated to the Europe 2020 strategy.
Eurostat scoreboard on Europe 2020 headline indicators.
Eurostat publication “Smarter, greener, more inclusive? – Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy” (2018 edition).

L'articolo How is the European Union progressing towards its Europe 2020 targets? proviene da Youth Networks.

The situation of young refugees in European societies is an important topic for human rights, democracy, living together in diversity and social cohesion. Among different sectors working for and with young refugees, youth work offers a diversity of spaces and initiatives for young refugees to become a full part of their communities and to have a voice in all matters that concern them.

This publication offers practical tools for youth work on the inclusion and participation of young refugees at local level. It focuses on youth participation and inclusion as key dimensions to build inclusive societies and, at the same time, to create an enabling environment for young refugees to be fully fledged actors of their personal and community development. It tackles the following themes: intercultural learning; access to social rights; young women refugees; youth participation and mental health and trauma.

About STEP-by-STEP

The Guide encompasses a variety of experiences and practices of youth work, including from the so-called transit and host countries, as well as working with unaccompanied minors, young asylum seekers and refugees. Step-by-Step will not tackle in an exhaustive way the different realities of young refugees across Europe. Instead it gives a general overview of the main challenges and possible practices in the youth work field with these young people who are refugees. In addition, it chooses to focus on the young person rather than the profile of the country, meaning that it is important to consider the context, needs and aspirations of that young person and, if we are working with young people “on the move”, it is also important to be able to define the best way to work with them. The authors are aware that realities change depending on whether young people are in transition, on the move or if they have reached their final destination.

The publication is addressed to:
► youth workers and other professionals and volunteers working directly with young refugees;
► policy makers who co-operate with the youth sector at the local level, so they can develop programmes to support youth work further or types of funding for youth organisations working with young refugees.

This publication has two chapters.
■The first chapter, “Youth work and young refugees”, puts the emphasis on the role of youth work in the inclusion and participation of young refugees in Europe, highlighting its added value and, at the same time, underlining the main challenges and needs of the youth sector.
■ The second chapter, “Support, tips, examples and possibilities for youth work with young refugees”, offers tips and good practices on the specified themes, while reflecting on the specific challenges and contributions of the youth field in each one of them.
■ At the end of the publication, suggestions for further learning on youth work and young refugees are included.

This publication was developed by the partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth, on the basis of three seminars and workshops held in 2016 and 2017 and a collection of good practices of youth work with young refugees. The practices were collected between May and July 2017, through the online survey “Youth Work and Young Refugees in Europe: Speak about Your Initiative!”, and we have included in this publication those practices that provided sufficient information about their youth work with young refugees.

Read it here.

L'articolo Step-by-step together – a guide for NGOs working with young refugees proviene da Youth Networks.