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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
http://alldifferent-allequal.info
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
http://alldifferent-allequal.info