There is no doubt that the campaign for the European Youth Information Day 2021 has opened a meaningful discussion on mental health and emotional well-being among young people and youth workers. There is a global demand to bring mental health to the forefront. And young people have a lot to say about it

Youth work should recognise the disruption that has occurred with Fridays for Future, and recognise that young people are taking the lead when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Therefore, youth workers should amplify the voices of young activists, respect their political agency and find ways to act in solidarity with them.

Two training sessions were organised in the Youth Ambassadors and YInfoPEERs project framework: one on advocacy for the young people’s right to information and the other on the peer-to-peer approach in youth information.

The report outlines initial answers to key questions to develop a guide for building purposeful collaborations to support the digital wellbeing of young people. It identifies five critical success factors to a purposeful collaboration of stakeholders to support the digital wellbeing of young people.

On 2 March 2021, The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights concerning the digital environment. The paper is essential in providing a long-lacking comprehensive framework to the rights of children in the digital world.

'That's Not OK' resources feature information, articles, and videos, designed to help young people understand how to identify the warning signs should they experience anything from sexual harassment and coercion – to revenge pornography and grooming.

On 15 April, more than 250 youth ambassadors from Spain and Portugal gathered online during the first Ibero-Insular Youth Ambassadors Meeting! Read the testimonial of one youth ambassadors from Madrid that took part in the event!

The sessions aim to showcase different career pathways so that students can learn first-hand the training paths and the reality of working in different professions. The speech has an experiential perspective to create an open and frank dialogue between speakers and young people, thus to encourage them to ask what they need to know.

On 15 April, more than 250 youth ambassadors from Spain and Portugal gathered online during the first Ibero-Insular Youth Ambassadors Meeting! Read the testimonial of one youth ambassadors from Madrid that took part in the event!

Under the title ‘Re-Cycle’, the Youth Information Centre of Agros organised a workshop to transform old bicycles into flowerbeds, which now decorate the parks and squares of Agros village.

Huggy is a diary of self-analysis, and it is like a trip with what you find out about your feelings and desires. With Huggy's journal, young people can look inside themselves for 100 days. The content has been acknowledged by psychologists.

Roots & Routes aims to establish and enhance connections with young Maltese living abroad. Through this initiative, Aġenzija Żgħażagħ traces the understanding of Maltese identity for these young people – their roots – across the routes taken by themselves, their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.

ProMo-Cymru’s latest Creating Conversations webinar was held on 19th of May and focused on good practice in digital youth work across Wales. Three youth organisations spoke at the event, sharing their youth work challenges and successes during the pandemic.

Youth Worker Online is a free online service that aims to support young people who may wish to know more about anxiety and mental health and how to get help.

On the occasion of the European Youth Information Day, the Youth Information Centers in Cyprus, organised a series of two online workshops entitled “Mental health in times of crisis”, to highlight the importance of preserving the notion of mental health and maintaining the emotional well-being of young people

‘Europegenix’ is an online seminar which is carried out to provide information to a large number of young participants from the University of Malta, who were eager to learn about learning mobility opportunities in the EU

This webinar, conducted in collaboration with the Council of Europe, aims to elaborate on the service design method, discuss its integration and role into youth information services, as well as outline the results of the DesYIgn project. This webinar in particular also serves as the closing event of the DesYIgn project, supported by the Erasmus+ Programme.

The European Youth Information and Counselling Agency is offering a series of five webinars in communication to our members, to upskill the profile of youth information workers in the field of promotion and digital trends. Register now!

Check out the recent focus group interview report of the Erasmus+ DesYIgn project (Innovative Youth Information Service Design and Outreach), carried out across four different countries!