The Council of Europe and its Youth Sector

Council of Europe

Council of Europe

47 member states

800 million Europeans

Founded in 1949

Based in Strasbourg

Key Values

• Human Rights

• Democracy

• Rule of Law

CoE - 47 member states EU - 27 member states

CoE is not EU

Key bodies of the Council of Europe

• Committee of Ministers

• Parliamentary Assembly

• The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe

• European Court of Human Rights

• Secretariat General

Abridged Council of Europe’s Secretariat

Secretary General (Terry Davis)

DG DemocracyPolitical Affairs

DG Legal Affairs

DG Human Rights

DG III Social

Cohesion

DG IV Education

Culture Heritage

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DG

Administration & Logistics

Directorate of School, Out of School and Higher Education

Directorate of

Youth & Sport

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Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage

Framework Cultural Convention

• Contribute to safeguarding and promoting common cultural heritage in Europe

• 47 CoE member states plus 2 non-member states, Belarus and the Holy See.

Aim of the Directorate of Youth

• Providing young people and policy makers with learning opportunities in order to build youth policy and youth work throughout Europe.

COMMITTEEOF MINISTERS

(supreme decision-making body)

EUROPEAN STEERING COMMITTEE FOR

YOUTH (CDEJ)(governmental partners)

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON YOUTH (CCJ)(non-governmental

partners)

JOINT COUNCIL ON YOUTH (CMJ)

(co-managed central political Body)

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE ON

YOUTH (CPJ)(executive Body of

CMJ)

Priority Programmes of Youth Sector 2006-2009

Human rights education and intercultural dialogue

Youth participation and democratic citizenship

Social cohesion and inclusion of young people

Youth policy development

Priority Programmes of Youth Sector 2010-2012

Human rights and democracy

Living together in diverse societies

Social inclusion of young people

Policy approaches and instruments benefiting young people and children

Instruments I

European Youth Foundation Set up in 1972 to provide financial support for international youth activities carried out by youth organisations.

The EYF may contribute to the financing of the following activities:

• International youth meetings;• Youth activities other than meetings;• Administration of international non-governmental

youth organisations and networks;• Pilot projects

Instruments II European Youth Centres

• Budapest and Strasbourg• Study sessions, Training courses,

Seminars, Symposia, Forums• plenary rooms with interpretation, small

working rooms, computers with internet access, bedrooms, kitchen, leisure facilities

Diversity, Human Rights and Participation

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Instruments III European Youth Campaign

2006/2007

Instruments IV Partnerships

• Partnership programme between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

•ERYICA – youth information and counselling

•European Network of Youth Centres

•Partial Agreement with the European Youth Card Association (EYCA)

Instruments V Publications

• COMPASS – Human Rights Education

• COMPASITO – HRE for Children

•Companion – Campaign Guide

•Gender Matters – Gender-Based Violence

•Charter Manual – Participation

•T-Kits

Values and principles in the Directorate of Youth and Sport’s

activities

Intercultural learning

Working with multipliers

Young people as a resource

Human rights approach

Youth ParticipationQuality

Co-management

Challenges faced by the DYS

• Language as a barrier for the inclusion of all young people

• Reaching non organised youth

• Lack of mobility in Europe (visas)

• Building bridges between excluded communities

• Opening to young people outside Europe

• More work with disabled young people

More information

http://www.coe.int/youth

http://www.training-youth.net

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