A new Youth sector strategy for the next 10 years
2020
A new Youth sector strategy for the next 10 years
Adopted by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on 22nd January 2020, the new strategy will provide policy guidance and a broad political roadmap, or mission statement, for the period 2020-30, and will be the framework within which the next five biennial Youth for Democracy programmes will be implemented.
This new strategy has been designed to be general enough so its policy orientations do not become quickly outdated, and to provide the framework within which the next five biennial programmes will be implemented. It is based on the Council of Europe's core values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
The strategy will provide policy guidance to the 50 States Parties to the European Cultural Convention for the ten years to come.
Young people’s creativity, dynamism, social commitment and competences are crucial for any sustainable democratic society. For almost fifty years, the Council of Europe youth sector has been supporting generations of young people and their organisations to become actors of social change and assists public authorities to implement participative youth policies.
The new Youth sector strategy 2030 will give a new impetus to this work in four thematic priorities:
Youth revitalising pluralistic democracy,
Young people’s access to rights,
Living together in peaceful and inclusive societies and
Youth Work.
The Committee of Ministers, when adopting the new strategy, stressed the importance of the unique geographical scope and role of the Council of Europe youth sector and its instruments, including the co-management system, the European Youth Centres in Strasbourg and Budapest, the European Youth Foundation, and the partnership with the European Commission in the field of youth.
ERYICA, as observer, participated in the stakeholders’ consultations as well as in several working groups during the Joint Council meetings of the Advisory Council and the CDEJ. We are so glad that we were able to contribute to this new strategy!
