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The opening day of the “3rd Exchange Forum on the European Youth Work Agenda” was focused on national realities in the context of the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda. This article provides an overview of the inputs, reflections and discussions during the event. The opening session consisted of a number of opening speeches and inputs. There was also a response from three of the participants to the report and to the context of national realities.

Leuven, Belgium, recently hosted the “Exchange Forum on the European Youth Work Agenda. Boosting national processes for youth work development” from November 11 to 14, 2024. The annual event brought together 60 key stakeholders from across Europe, offering a dynamic platform to advance youth work development at the national level.

Insights from the third day of the exchange forum How is the experience at the Exchange Forum in Leuven, Belgium? What are participants' perspectives on the whole event? What have they gained, and what are their key takeaways? We’ve launched a short blog from the Exchange Forum, giving voice to various participants to share their insights and reflections. Curious to learn more? Read our blog for highlights from the third day of the Exchange Forum!

Insights from the second day of the exchange forum How is the experience at the Exchange Forum in Leuven, Belgium? What are participants' perspectives on the whole event? What have they gained, and what are their key takeaways? We’ve launched a short blog from the Exchange Forum, giving voice to various participants to share their insights and reflections. Curious to learn more? Read our blog for highlights from the second day of the Exchange Forum!

Kristijan Orešković is working for the Croatian Youth Network and is a key player in the national process of the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda in Croatia. He shares his view about the approach being taken in Croatia in making the good achievements visible. These include a mapping and analysis of Croatian activities within the Bonn Process resulting in a publication as well as an action plan.

Insights from the first day of the Exchange Forum How is the experience at the Exchange Forum in Leuven, Belgium? What are participants' perspectives on the whole event? What have they gained, and what are their key takeaways? We’ve launched a short blog from the Exchange Forum, giving voice to various participants to share their insights and reflections. Curious to learn more? Read our blog for highlights from the first day of the Exchange Forum!

The report “The State of Play of National Processes Within the European Youth Work Agenda Implementation” was published recently by JUGEND für Europa, the German National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth, Erasmus+ Sport and the European Solidarity Corps on behalf of the cooperation project “Growing Youth Work”. The researcher Dr Frederike Hofmann-van de Poll was contracted to undertake this survey and produce an analysis of the results, comparing them with a similar survey from 2023.

For this interview we talked to Nerijus Kriauciunas from Lithuania who is part of an exciting initiative called ‘Cities of Learning’. This is an international network with partners from across the world. We asked Nerijus about the initiative and some of the activities that are taking place within it. Nerijus also shared some thoughts about the future of youth work that he and the initiative are contributing to.

The SNAC Growing Youth Work invites you to the Kick-off Webinar of the Youth Work Talks on 26 November 2024 from 10.00 to 12.30 CET.

2025 will see the 4th European Youth Work Convention take place. The Conventions have been a feature of European Youth Work since 2010 happening every five years. They are probably the single most important event series in the youth work calendar. This 4th one will take place in Malta from the 27th to 30th May 2025. To learn about the developments of this important event, we interviewed Marvic Debono, head of the youth sector with the National Agency in Malta responsible for Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps.

We met up with Jean-Marie Cullen and Janice McGarry to discover what is happening in youth work in Ireland and what the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda looks like. Jean-Marie is the International Affairs Manager for the National Youth Council of Ireland and Janice is the National Coordinator for the Bonn Process in Ireland.

Judit Balogh has been involved in the youth sector since 2002. She is now employed by JINT, the Belgian/Flemish National Agency (NA) for Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps. In this interview, she tells us more about the results of the Belgian EU Council Presidency for the youth sector.