On 24 and 25 June, in Brussels, EGL hosted the first meeting of the renewed Steering group for the 2025-2027.
It was great to welcome our new chairwoman of the Steering Group and director of JINT vzw – the Flemish National Agency – Kaat Torfs, and the newly appointed chairman of the EGL Advisory Board – Claudius Siebel, who represents the German National Agency in the project.
National agencies from Belgium-Flanders, Germany, France, Ireland, Romania, and Portugal will be the Steering Group members in the current three-year cycle. On the European organizations’ side, we are pleased to have KEKS, DYPALL, ERYICA, and the European Youth Forum on board.
In a very active agenda and discussions, we dove into the work program for years 2025-2027, in light of our strategy focusing on EGL as a platform for European youth work and EGL as part of the European framework for youth work policy development.
Across a wide range of important topics, the joint work clustered around the following themes:
· Focus on national approaches to youth work and youth policy objectives, and a pool of good practices
· Preparation for the launch of the new Changemakers kit in fall 2025.
· Evaluation of the EGL event 2025
· Planning for the EGL event 2026 in Tromso, Norway, which will focus on youth participation and outreach to youth in a more inclusive, sustainable,e and creative way
Stay tuned for updates on the plan throughout the year. The next Steering Group meeting will take place online in fall 2025.