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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 […]
The European EGL Event 2005 took place in Prague from 25 to 27 March 2025. With this event, Europe Goes Local, a platform for municipal-level youth work stakeholders, aimed to support municipalities in developing a comprehensive, knowledge-based youth work policy and provide a channel for municipalities to make their voice heard in the European policy […]
We are excited to share our Empower & Inspire: Good Practices in local youth work publication! These practices originate from various local organisations and projects in Europe and are part of the EGL database. We followed up on them through stories and interviews, and now they are summarized in this publication to empower and inspire […]
Does your youth center, organization, or institution have an inspiring practice in local youth work? We are looking for solidarity projects, individual and team volunteering activities implemented in close cooperation or by municipalities. We will invite the providers of eight selected practices for the ‘Activating citizens – municipalities and local authorities making use of the European Solidarity Corps‘ webinar […]
The Europe Goes Local (EGL) network project is open to receive expressions of interest form European NGOs engaged in local level youth work to join its Steering Group for the 2025-2027 period. The Steering Group has 11 members. It consists of 4 National Agencies, a regional SALTO Centre and 4 European umbrella organisations plus the […]
Europe Goes Local is looking for a graphic facilitator and a digital community coordinator to support its upcoming conference, the EGL 2025 event in Prague, in March 2025. To apply, please, read the calls: Graphic facilitator Digital community coordinator Deadline to apply: 20 February 2025 for both calls.
Europe Goes Local will have its yearly in conference in spring 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic. We are looking for two facilitators and a rapporteur to support the event as part of the implementing team. The specific focus of the 2025 EGL event as it was agreed by the EGL Advisory Board: Target group Municipal […]
During its meeting on 13 and 14 May, the EU Council of Youth Ministers approved a resolution addressing the role of youth work in supporting young people to become more autonomous within new realities. The resolution calls on member states, the Commission and relevant stakeholders to support the development and practice of quality youth work […]
The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (1/1/2024 – 30/6/2024) hosted the European conference ‘Local youth work and democracy’, with the aim of contributing to the goals of the Presidency in the youth and youth work policy area. The event took place from 20 until 23 February 2024 in Brussels. The main […]
During the Belgian Presidency four enthusiastic young people are given the chance to bring the complex concept of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU closer to other young people. Through their writing, they are voicing their opinions about Europe and are free to write without any intervenience or political agenda. The European […]
We are happy to announce we now have 100 Good Practices in local youth work on our website! You can check them out here. Browse through the full list, or narrow down your search by country or keyword. We look forward to sharing more of these inspiring examples with you soon on our social media […]
Our project coordinator Judit Balogh talked about Europe Goes Local on the podcast Gems Of Youth Work! She explained what EGL does, how to strengthen youth work, the role municipalities can play in that and how to establish good cooperation with them, and much more. You can listen to the podcast series here: Check out […]
EGL coordinator Judit Balogh presented at the TCA Meeting “Roads to Recognition of Youth Work” on the 7th of December. She introduced Europe Goes Local (EGL), the European Charter on Local Youth Work, and our new intranet WorkVivo. This consultancy and brainstorming event about creating new youth work policy took place in Ioannina, Greece. The second […]
for the 5th European conference of the Europe Goes Local project JINT vzw is looking for two facilitator who will be part of a team that will take care of the overall moderation and facilitation of the 5th European conference of the project called “Europe goes local – Supporting youth work on municipal level” . […]
Europe Goes Local contributed to the European Week of Regions and Cities via the webinar “YOUTH PARTICIPATION – How to foster youth participation in local communities?” on the 25th of October. There were around 50 participants at the webinar from all over Europe. They were representing local and regional public authorities, youth organisations and other […]
Join the conference “Youth in Urban Space – Developments pre and post Corona, how municipalities and youth work could deal with them” from the 23th of January in Vienna (Austria) organised by Verein Wiener Jugendzentren.
Cities of Learning is a project that aims to engage, connect and empower young people to learning, civic engagement, and careers. In July, more than 100 young people, youth workers, educators, policy and decisionmakers of the forum created 20 policy recommendations that they believe are vital and must be addressed in the next 10 years. […]
Europe Goes Local will once again join the European Week of Regions and Cities. This time, we will join the round table “Youth participation, why should we care?” during the event “YOUTH PARTICIPATION – How to foster youth participation in local communities?”. The discussion will take place on the 25th of October at 10.CET. You […]
Apply for the seminar ‘Visible Value: Strengthening the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda in Eastern and Southeast Europe’ by 29 September! Reflect on the way the youth work sector and community of practice have fared since the third European Youth Work Convention Learn more about the reality and needs of youth work providers […]
The study visit will provide insights to the reality of local youth work and youth participation, through visiting three municipalities of the region. It will take place from the 9th to the 12th of November in Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia. The application deadline is 4 October. The study visit will provide insights to the reality of […]
During this study visit you will to get to know the Finnish youth sector and youth participation work in Finland, especially in the municipal field and locally. The study visit will take place from the 12th to the 16th of December in Helsinki, Finland. Aims & objectives Visits to various organisations related to the participation […]
Are you a municipality officer (or their partner) who wants to improve your youth policies, structures, and projects engaging young people in municipal decision-making? Then apply for a webinar from Democracy Reloading this autumn! There are webinars on 28 September, 26 October and 30 November 2022. The webinars will introduce the Democracy Reloading Toolkit show […]
The second Project Lab of Europe Goes Local focuses on rural youth work. This training will take place in Chalkidiki (Greece) from the 14th to the 17th of November 2022. The participants will also join a preparatory webinar and an online meet and greet session in October. If you’re interested in a general Project Lab […]
Europe Goes Local will be launching a biweekly newsletter in the future. EGL will be using this new communication channel to send the latest news to the mailbox of interested people. The themes of the newsletter will be: Events and activities of EGL News and activities of partners Articles and videos about good practices Important […]
This Project Lab in Bonn (Germany) is an international training and networking event to strengthen the usage and exploitation of the possibilities offered by the ERASMUS+ and the European Solidarity Corps programmes for youth work at municipal level. The event will go on from the 19th to the 21st of October 2022. The Project Lab […]
In the framework of the Europe Goes Local project, the German and Hellenic National Agencies of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes are looking for trainers who will be part of a team that will implement the Europe Goes Local (EGL) project labs in 2022. The application deadline is the 25th of July Parameters of […]
The Latvian National Agency organises a study visit “Youth Workers’ well-being” from August 17 to 19 2022 in Latvia. This target audience are youth specialists, youth workers, youth policy makers, NGO representatives,… involved in youth work. Youth work is constantly developing and being assigned new roles and functions, such as building civil society, improving social […]
SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus made beautiful videos of their EGL municipalities. We’ve bundled all the videos of SALTO EEC for you here. You can click on “subtitles” on YouTube to watch the video with English subtitles. Moldova Let’s start with the municipalities in Moldova! The first video is about Cahul, which is a city […]
EGL is running a webinar on the 9th of June about Fostering Meaningful Communication in Local Reality. Are the young people often “tokenised” in your local reality? Is your community able to tackle challenging and contradicting discussions? Are you able to communicate meaningfully your value to your stakeholders? Dialogue is essential for better understanding diversity […]
Weren’t you able to join us to our conference Romania? No worries, you can rewatch our livestreams from the 4th EGL event on our YouTube playlist! Subjects The first day of the conference was the 17th of May 2022. You can re-watch the opening words online. There was also akeynote about “EGL as a platform […]
Europe Goes Local has been very busy in the last couple of months! Not only do we have our first European conference since covid next week, but we also launched a beautiful new website. Take a look around! You’ll still be able to find everything you’re used to from us, but there are also new […]
Activating Citizens: Municipalities Making Use of the European Solidarity Corps will go on from 21-22 June 2022. It will be two half-day sessions from 9:30 to 15:00. The deadline to apply is 22 May 2022. The seminar will: present funding opportunities of the new European Solidarity Corps Programme 2021-2017; share inspiring examples from Europe and […]
Join us at Europe Goes Local Webinar – Introduction to Participatory Action Research in Youth Work. The webinar will take place on Thursday, 28th of April 2022, via Zoom from 10h CET to 13h CET. Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a way to invite local communities to learn about their own needs and aspirations. Youth […]
The 4th European Event of Europe Goes Local is fast approaching! EGL is launching its platform for stronger cooperation on May 17th – 19th in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. But that’s not all. You will also: get the opportunity to create activity plans to support your local youth work; discuss what youth work offers and the role […]
EGL is looking for applicants for two study visits in Finland happening this May! The deadline to apply is April 19 2022. Youth Work in Schools The study visit “Youth Work in Schools” will happen in Lahti from the 15th to 19th of May 2022. You will learn how the role of youth workers is […]
Our colleague Judit talked about The Changemakers Kit and EGL at DYPALL Network‘s conference “Building Resilient Communities” and their training course “Youth Takes The Floor” in Braga. The Conference was organised with the support of Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Educação e Formação.The training was organised with the support of the European Youth Foundation of the Council […]
EGL Project Coordinator Judit Balog was one of the keynote speakers at the transnational NET Activity “Rural Areas, Challenges and Solidarity” held this March. The Hellenic National Agency for Erasmus+ and the Youth & European Solidarity Corps organized the NET Activity and hosted 35 participants from all over Europe. There were representatives of municipalities and […]
Our steering group had their first residential meeting in 2 years. It was great seeing everyone off screen in Brussels after so long.
We went to talk with Democracy Reloading during their last training course, and we discovered what they do. Learn all about it in this video! Are you sad that you missed their last training? Luckily, can still join them on their next training course in July! It’s open to municipality officers and their local partners […]
Are you a youth worker, youth leader, or youth policymaker from one of the EGL program countries? Do you want to share good practices with colleagues from over the whole of Europe? Then join this study visit in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 24 to 29 April! Apply by 21 March 2022, and more info here.
Agencija za mobilnost i programe Europske unije is organising a study visit in Croatia from the 24th to the 28th of April for municipal workers and youth workers accompanying a municipal worker. The study visit is an opportunity to learn about municipal youth work practices in the coastal part of Croatia and how local youth […]
In 2022, Tirana took over the title of European Youth Capital from Klaipeda and kicked it off with a memorable ceremony earlier this month, co-designed and performed by young people. As a European Youth Capital, Tirana Municipality has planned more than 1000 activities to be launched and shared throughout the year. In the upcoming weeks, […]
Europe Goes Local will be hosting the first Modular Training ‘Go For Change’ in Kortrijk, Belgium. We are looking forward to seeing you there 4 to 7 April! The second part will be in Kouvola, Finland, from 13 to 16 June 2022. You can apply until February 15. This 2-part training aims at strengthening the […]
JINT vzw is looking for a facilitator who will be part of a team that will take care of the overall moderation and facilitation of the 4th European EGL event. JINT vzw is the Flemish knowledge centre for international youth mobility and international youth policy and is the implementing National Agency for the Erasmus+ Youth […]
To support the coordinator of the European network project Europe Goes Local, we are looking for a project officer Communication Management for the period 1/09/2021 – 30/06/2023. In consultation with the project coordinator, you will be responsible for the internal communication with/in the European network of National Agencies, for the cooperation with the communication agency […]
‘Lobbying for Youth Work’ (LYW) is an European long-term training course, financed through Erasmus+ TCA and organised within the framework of the Strategic National Agency Cooperation ‘Europe Goes Local: Supporting Youth Work at the Municipal Level’. It addresses municipal youth officers and local youth workers who want to strengthen their competences to lobby for youth […]
Europe Goes Local is looking for trainers to facilitate a modular seminar on local youth work. Europe Goes Local has so far offered conferences, study visits and seminars or training courses on specific topics both at the national and local level. This seminar is a step further on this path as it is a learning […]
Are you working at a municipality? Would you like to promote active citizenship in your community? Are you interested in European programmes, namely the European Solidarity Corps? Would you be happy to hear from colleagues how their municipality and community benefited from the European Solidarity Corps? If you answered with a „yes” to all questions, […]
As part of the initiative of the Association of Cities in the Republic of Croatia, a public call has been opened for the submission of proposals for the award of the “City for Youth” certificate. It is a recognition of cities that are dedicated to creating conditions for the quality of life and personal and […]
The Europe Goes Local strategic cooperation project is arriving at a new milestone. After launching the European Charter on Local Youth Work in 2019, the network started to build an on-line toolkit to support the implementation of the Charter. This on-line toolkit, which we will call the Changemakers Kit includes good practices, explanatory and background […]
Europe Goes Local is looking for various experts to implement its upcoming activities: On-line activities of the Europe Goes Local project in October 2020 Facilitator to run on-line sessions Digital facilitator to support the successful implementation of the on-line activities Visual recorder who prepares a visual report about the events Training of Charter Ambassadors (residential […]
One of the initial goals of the Europe Goes Local project was to help the recognition of youth work as an important domain of the personal development of young people and a crucial tool to build flourishing communities. Europe Goes Local created a framework in which the National Agencies of the Erasmus+ programme and the […]
The Europe Goes Local network had planned to meet in Paris this spring to exchange views about the current state of play and to share thoughts about the future of the project. These plans had to change and the initial ideas were transformed into an on-line process which included a virtual meeting on the 28th […]
The Europe Goes Local network will hold a peer-learning seminar on 27-29 April 2020 in Paris which will bring together 60 people both from Erasmus+ National Agencies and municipal institutions, organisations. We are looking for the facilitator of the seminar who has the following background: Already involved in Europe Goes Local either at the European […]
JINT vzw is looking for a service provider that would create the layout of the on-line toolkit to support the work with the European Charter on Local Youth Work. The on-line toolkit is to be integrated into the website of the Europe Goes Local project (www.europegoeslocal.eu). Extended deadline to apply: 20 October 2020. More details: […]
The 3rd European Event of Europe Goes Local took place in Brussels on 4-6 June 2019. The conference brought together approximately 200 actors from municipal level youth work to learn from each other, plan new collaboration activities and have exchanges about the quality development of local youth work with a new support tool, the future […]
The European Charter on Local Youth Work has been launched at the 3rd European Event of Europe Goes Local. The Charter is meant to be a practical tool to help the quality development of local youth work. Having the Charter is a definitely a moment to celebrate but not the final step on the way […]
JINT vzw is looking for a service provider that would take care of the external online communication of the “Europe Goes Local” project. We are searching for an expert/company with the following experience: Social marketing, ideally in the non-profit sector (familiarity with youth work in an asset); Copywriting; Online journalism, writing articles, conducting and editing interviews; […]
Europe Goes Local has been selected this year to run a joint session together with the ESPON research project at the European Week of Regions and Cities. Besides presenting the European Charter on Local Youth Work in our part of the session, our panel members will describe the current policy framework in European youth work. […]
Europe Goes Local is much more than a group of youth workers who get together once a year at a European event. We have lots of actions happening at the European, national and local levels. From now, we will start introducing activities that were initiated and carried out by our network members. If you are […]
We are looking for Brussels-based, English-speaking volunteers to support the implementation of the 3rd European event of the Europe Goes Local project. The event will take place on 4-6 June 2019 in Brussels, at a central location. The event will have about 200 participants who will discuss local youth work. Volunteers are expected to support […]
We are looking for a photographer and a video team to cover the upcoming 3rd European Event of the Europe Goes Local network. The event will take place on 4-6 June 2019 in the centre of Brussels. We expect 200 from all over Europe to exchange about youth work and develop cooperation. Offers can be […]
We are looking for a consultant to join the team of Europe Goes Local temporarily. The consultant who will be part of an expert group that will create an on-line toolkit to support the implementation of the European Charter on Local Youth Work in the frame of the project. Please, see the attached call about […]
The 2nd EGL event took place in Cascais in June. A summary of all activities has been prepared and published on our website which gives a complete overview of the key-notes, thematic seminars and discussion groups of various topics. Following the link, you can find the presentations of input-providers, the list of participants, photos and […]
Support for quality in local youth work is crucial to increase its effectiveness and social recognition. Therefore the 200+ partners from 20+ countries in this long-term project set out to create a European Charter on Local Youth Work. The bigger picture Such a Charter on Local Youth Work is in line with the recommendations of […]
Starting with the Kick-off Event in Ljubljana and having various activities in national working groups, it is time to get together again and inspire partners across Europe to raise the quality of local youth work. During this 2-days event that will take place in Cascais, Porutgal on 5-7 June 2018, project partners will share about […]
To support the quality of youth work at municipal level, Europe Goes Local is developing a Charter on Local Youth Work. It is a tool to guide discussions between different stakeholders about creating the conditions so that youth work can reach its full potential and actively contribute to the personal and social development of young […]
Many steps contribute to a journey, towards quality youth work at the local level. The strength of Europe Goes Local lies in the synergy between European and local interventions. A lot of the discussions happen at national meetings and events, inspired by the work at European level. This way Europe trickles down to the local level. […]
Our project, Europe Goes Local is a network project that connects about 150 partners all over Europe. With this website, we intend to offer the opportunity for all our partners to publish articles that relates to municipal level youth work. One of the primary aims of the Europe Goes Local project is to create a […]
JINT vzw is looking for a facilitator who will be part of a team that will take care of the overall moderation and facilitation of the conference of our project ‘Europe goes local –Supporting youth work on municipal level’ The 2nd large European event of the project will take place Cascais, Portugal from the 4th […]
The main decisions making body of the Europe Goes Local project is the Steering Group that has its next meeting from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February in Brussels. The Steering Group involves four National Agencies of the Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme (Belgium-Flanders, France, Germany and Slovenia), the European Youth Forum, […]