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Find out about the benefits of integrating the European Youth Work Agenda into training courses. The statements of participants of the training course “Let’s Go Civic! Civic Education in Youth Exchanges” provide insights into an inspirational session.

The second Youth Work Works Congress led by De Ambrassade, took place in Brussels in June of 2023. Over 500 youth workers, policy makers and people from neighbouring sectors gathered and immersed themselves in exploring the mission of youth work, the DNA of the youth worker, and the positive effect of youth work.

Jelena Stojanovic is a youth worker from Serbia and is the Executive Director at NAPOR, the Serbian National Association of Youth Workers. She is also the contact person for the Bonn Process in Serbia. Jelena participated in the Bonn Process Exchange Forum in May (2023). It was here that we spoke with Jelena about her work and the impact of the Bonn Process on youth work in Serbia.

Olga Kyriakidou is a youth worker from Greece. She is a representative of the Hellenic Youth Worker Association and the national contact point for the Bonn Process. Back in May she talked with us about the situation of youth work in Greece and the positive impact the Bonn Process is having on the recognition of youth work.

Learn more about the state of play of national processes within the Bonn Process around Europe and other outcomes of the Bonn Process Exchange Forum on National Processes that took place in May 2023.

Connecting national processes at European level enriches the approaches for individuals working in their respective national youth work fields. The second Exchange Forum - that took place from 10 to 12 May 2023 in Germany - brought together 50 participants from 27 countries. They used the opportunity to further develop the cooperation between the national processes and to continue the building of support for organisations and institutions, to be able to implement a successful Bonn Process. The common purpose of the Exchange Forum ultimately is to make youth work stronger and develop it further.

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‘Youth in Urban Space’ was a two year Erasmus+ Youth project. It took place from 2020 to 2022 and concluded with a conference in January of 2023. Werner Prinzjakowitsch of the Association of Viennese Youth Centres shared insights and outcomes in an interview with us.

The 3rd Bonn Process Meet-up took place online on 28 and 29 March and invited all youth work actors across Europe to exchange on current challenges, develop joint ideas on how to meet them, and share own concrete projects and practices.

The outbreak of the Covid pandemic was the beginning of an unprecedented period that has had a major impact on the youth sector. Young people and youth work experts have suffered considerably, and the youth work system has been shaken to the core in many countries. However, it is already foreseeable that the pandemic will not be the last major challenge the youth work field will have to navigate.

Promoting an active national youth work environment is at the core of youth work development in Georgia. Nino Mikhanashvili shared with us on the establishment of policy frameworks and the national Youth Work Convention in Georgia as two central pillars of the national process in Georgia.

Stronger recognition, a developed digital youth work system and better mental health support - Monika Paulauskaitė shared with us on the vision of youth work in Lithuania and how the European Youth Work Agenda supports realising it.