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 in Eastern and Southeast Europe and on the existing youth policy support measures
• Reflect about which structures and mechanisms have been put in place to deliver on the commitments made during the Convention and in the European Youth Work Agenda – Bonn Process
• Discover (support) tools available at European and regional level for youth work and for youth work policy
• And much more!

Find more info here.

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 local youth work and youth participation, through visiting three municipalities of the region. You will meet a diversity of local stakeholders, experts and practitioners and reflect on quality aspects of youth work and youth participation from the perspective of Europe Goes Local and Democracy Reloading tools.

You can find more information and apply here.

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 its functions and present the structure of the content
• discuss possible ways of developing the organisational culture of the municipality in relation to youth participation in municipal decision-making

Find more info and how to apply here.

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 about local youth work, you can apply for the Project Lab in Bonn.

Project Labs

The Europe Goes Local Project Labs are international training and networking events. They bring officials and practitioners in youth work together 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.

Specifically, the Project Labs aim to:

• provide information and training on the possibilities of the European mobility programmes, and how to use them;
• present and curate good practices in using the programmes, with a focus on youth work at municipal level;
• support partnership-building and networking, with a focus on youth work at municipal level;
• allow for project development with a focus on the usage of the European mobility programmes, and provide coaching thereof;
• provide direct contact and support by the network of National Agencies to the potential project promoters / beneficiaries.

Find more information about this project lab on rural youth work here, and apply until the 20th of September here.

You can also still apply for the Project Lab in Bonn until the 5th of September. This project lab doesn’t have a specific theme.