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 September 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

Seminar of youth research, policy and practice : Young People and Social Change after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Budapest, Hungary (20th November 2009)
By The Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

Call for participants to the seminar : Assessment of (non formal) learning – a 360° exploration organised by the UNIQUE Network
By The partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

PRE ANNOUNCEMENT of the European Expert Meeting for youth workers : Empowering youth work : Placing youth work in Europe as evidence based practice
By The Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

Youth unemployment rate continues to grow
By Philipp Boetzelen

European Charlemagne Youth Prize launched today
By The Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

Manual on youth policy published by the Council of Europe and European Commission partnership in the field of youth
By The Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth