Today, there is no overall coordinating body for youth information in Norway at the Governmental level. Instead, all coordination is done by the informal network “Forum for ungdomsinformasjon i Norge”, consisting of 8 local or regional Youth Information Services. Get to know their story!

The course, divided into five modules, targets educators, youth workers and intermediaries willing to deepen their knowledge on misinformation, fake news, algorithms or pedagogic attitudes.

2022 will be the time to empower those who dedicated so much time to others in the last year. Whilst the pandemic has been challenging for all, it is undoubtedly true that young people have been disproportionately impacted by it.

OECD is conforming itself as an important actor in the field of youth. In fact, the OECD has renewed in 2021 its Youth Action Plan in order to place young people’s concerns at the centre of the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

The paper, produced by the European Youth Forum, analyses how the pandemic and lockdown measures have already severely affected young people’s work and income, education and learning, and mental health and wellbeing.

The Youth information Centers of the Youth Board of Cyprus support #STANDFORSOMETHING, a youth engagement campaign coordinated by the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) and funded by the European Parliament

In the past few months, we have come across a couple of tools that we believe can have a significant impact on young people's digital well-being, which we present to you in this article.

To earn a lot of money quickly, as easily as possible - that's what not only many young people want. We are surrounded by promises of how this goal can be achieved. But what is really behind the offers and promises?

Youth Worker Online proved to be an effective tool to allow young people to access complete and reliable information and recognise the work of youth information workers whilst also receiving the necessary support and being referred to professionals working within the mental health field.

An all-Estonian poetry contest was organised by the initiative of the young people. The aim was to encourage young people to think and write about environmental issues, and it was open to young people aged 7-26.

As part of the Summer of Smiles festival in Cardiff held on the City Hall Lawns from 20 July to 8 August, ProMo-Cymru teamed up with Child Friendly Cardiff to fund young people's artistic work.

The national-level programme focused this time on health issues - mental, physical, and social health. The program offered youth-friendly information via different channels, from social media posts and videos to newspaper articles.

The Students Empowerment Summer School was held for the 5th consecutive year by the Youth Information Centres of the Youth Board of Cyprus and aimed at encouraging and cultivating personal and emotional development and the acquisition of skills that will help the participants become more efficient as students.

Youth information improves in speed and proximity with ambassadors in secondary schools, neighbourhoods, and organizations, as evidenced in the three meetings of youth ambassadors that were held this summer at the youth camp Jaume I in Alcossebre.

Recognising that some young people are hesitant about getting the vaccine, Young Scot worked with the volunteers to understand their experiences of getting vaccinated and identify any fears they might have. Their new partnership with the Scottish Government, allow them to provide bespoke information on vaccines – and encourage young people to sign up to get their vaccine too.

The framework offers a shared reference tool for describing the competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) required by YI workers, or any youth work professionals delivering youth information.

Erasmus+ launched in March its new programme for a new digital era. The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life.

The report investigates the opinions of the platform’s creators and users and assesses the general impression that young people have of this platform, including positive and negative aspects as deemed by young people themselves.

The report is an update of the 2020 paper, this time including essential statistics on the effect of COVID-19 on mental health and everyday living and working practices across the EU.