# Official Journal C 504I/2021

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6414 December 2021 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 504I

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6414 December 2021

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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | RESOLUTIONS |
| | Council |
| 2021/C 504 I/01 | Resolution of the Council of the European Union and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024 | 1 |

Contents

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I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RESOLUTIONS

Council

2021/C 504 I/01

Resolution of the Council of the European Union and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Council |
| 2021/C 504 I/02 | Council conclusions on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2021) | 10 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

2021/C 504 I/02

Council conclusions on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2021)

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I Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RESOLUTIONS

Council

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Resolution of the Council of the European Union and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024

(2021/C 504 I/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

RECALLING THAT:

| 1. | The Council Resolution on a framework for European cooperation in the youth field: The European Union Youth Strategy 2019-2027, invites the Member States and the European Commission, within their respective fields of competences, to effectively implement the EU Youth Strategy across the EU and in the Member States with specific instruments – including the EU Work Plans for Youth. |
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The Council Resolution on a framework for European cooperation in the youth field: The European Union Youth Strategy 2019-2027, invites the Member States and the European Commission, within their respective fields of competences, to effectively implement the EU Youth Strategy across the EU and in the Member States with specific instruments – including the EU Work Plans for Youth.

| 2. | The EU Youth Strategy follows triennial working periods that spans two presidency trios. The priorities and actions for the respective working periods are presented in the EU Work Plans for Youth. These plans should draw on the guiding principles and priorities of this Strategy, addressing youth issues in other Council configurations and preparatory bodies in relevant policy areas. |
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The EU Youth Strategy follows triennial working periods that spans two presidency trios. The priorities and actions for the respective working periods are presented in the EU Work Plans for Youth. These plans should draw on the guiding principles and priorities of this Strategy, addressing youth issues in other Council configurations and preparatory bodies in relevant policy areas.

| 3. | The EU Work Plan is an instrument that works as a compass and guides Member States, the Commission and all stakeholders towards achieving the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy. |
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The EU Work Plan is an instrument that works as a compass and guides Member States, the Commission and all stakeholders towards achieving the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy.

TAKE NOTE THAT:

| 4. | The Council sets these EU Work Plans based on preliminary information received by the trio-presidencies from the following countries: France, Czech Republic and Sweden, as well as Spain, Belgium and Hungary. |
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4.

The Council sets these EU Work Plans based on preliminary information received by the trio-presidencies from the following countries: France, Czech Republic and Sweden, as well as Spain, Belgium and Hungary.

| 5. | The priorities and actions presented in this triennial working programme (prepared by the trio presidencies during the period 2022-2024, in the Annex to the Annex) are to be revised during the first half of 2023 and the revision will be approved by the Council and the Member States meeting within the Council by the end of June 2023. |
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5.

The priorities and actions presented in this triennial working programme (prepared by the trio presidencies during the period 2022-2024, in the Annex to the Annex) are to be revised during the first half of 2023 and the revision will be approved by the Council and the Member States meeting within the Council by the end of June 2023.

| 6. | The Commission can support and complement actions by Member States set out in this Work Plan, in particular by encouraging cooperation, supporting the mobility of young people and youth workers, and encouraging the participation of young people in democratic life. The tools developed to support the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy can be mobilised as appropriate: these include the EU Youth Dialogue, the EU Youth Strategy Platform, the European Youth Portal, the EU Youth Coordinator and mutual learning activities (expert groups, peer learning activities (PLA) and peer counselling). This is underpinned by regular updates to the Future National Activity Planners, the Youth Wiki, youth indicators, surveys, studies and research. The support is further reinforced through partnerships and cooperation with other international organisations, in particular the Council of Europe, and through programmes in the field of youth (in particular Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps). |
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6.

The Commission can support and complement actions by Member States set out in this Work Plan, in particular by encouraging cooperation, supporting the mobility of young people and youth workers, and encouraging the participation of young people in democratic life. The tools developed to support the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy can be mobilised as appropriate: these include the EU Youth Dialogue, the EU Youth Strategy Platform, the European Youth Portal, the EU Youth Coordinator and mutual learning activities (expert groups, peer learning activities (PLA) and peer counselling). This is underpinned by regular updates to the Future National Activity Planners, the Youth Wiki, youth indicators, surveys, studies and research. The support is further reinforced through partnerships and cooperation with other international organisations, in particular the Council of Europe, and through programmes in the field of youth (in particular Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps).

| 7. | A particular highlight of this Work Plan is the European Year of Youth in 2022, the outcomes and legacy of which will be maintained and promoted by the Plan until 2024. It will further stimulate young people to come forward with contributions to shape the Union’s development and society at large, including as part of the Conference of the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus initiative. It will raise awareness of the opportunities for young people as well as the support provided for them at EU, national, regional and local levels. |
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7.

A particular highlight of this Work Plan is the European Year of Youth in 2022, the outcomes and legacy of which will be maintained and promoted by the Plan until 2024. It will further stimulate young people to come forward with contributions to shape the Union’s development and society at large, including as part of the Conference of the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus initiative. It will raise awareness of the opportunities for young people as well as the support provided for them at EU, national, regional and local levels.

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ANNEX

Work Plan for the EU Youth Strategy 2022-2024 (1)

| Date | Working method/instrument | Indicative target and output | Related youth goals | Relation to the Framework establishing a European Youth Work Agenda (2) | Proposed by |
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| FR, CZ, SE


  Overall topic: ‘Engaging together for a sustainable and inclusive Europe’


  European Youth goals: #3 INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES and #10 SUSTAINABLE GREEN EUROPE |
| 2022 (1st half) | (poss.) Council Conclusions on the engagement of young people for sustainable development (working title) | Adoption by the Council
  Encourage policy makers and stakeholders in the youth sector to take the views of young people into account and enable them to be actors in public policies and programmes relating to sustainable development and the fight against climate change. | Sustainable green Europe | §10a | FR |
| 2022 (1st half) | (poss.) Update of the Council Recommendation on the mobility of young volunteers across the European Union | Adoption by the Council
  Strengthen the potential of the European Youth Programmes to reaching out to young people and help them to build a community. | Space and participation for all
  Connecting EU with Youth
  Youth organisations and European programmes | | FR, (COM) |
| 2022 (1st half) | (poss.) Informal meeting of ministers for youth and for education | Exchanges of best practices.
  Youth engagement on sustainable development issues. | Sustainable green Europe | §10a | FR |
| 2022 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the participation of young people | Exchanges of best practices between experts on youth participation.
  Follow up on the 8th cycle and on the Conference on the future of Europe. | Space and participation for all
  Connecting EU with Youth | §10e | FR |
| 2022 (2nd half) | Council conclusions on fostering an intergenerational dimension in youth policy-making (working title) | Adoption by the Council
  Integrate the concerns of today’s youth and future generations more systematically into policy-making.
  Facilitate recognition of the importance of promoting intergenerational dialogue for fostering intergenerational solidarity and justice for a strong, resilient, green and inclusive Europe. | Inclusive societies | | CZ |
| 2023 (1st half) | (poss.) Council conclusions on the social dimension of a sustainable green Europe | Adoption by the Council
  Policy recommendations on the social dimension of a sustainable green Europe promoting the inclusion of all young people’s voices and ideas on sustainable development. | Sustainable green Europe
  Inclusive societies | §10a
  §26 | SE |
| 2023 (1st half) | (poss.) Council Resolution on the outcomes of the 9th cycle of the EU Youth Dialogue | Adoption by the Council
  Summary, reflection and evaluation of the 9th EUYD cycle. Strengthen the outreach of information to marginalised young people, further develop process/governance of EUYC and EUYD to enhance inclusion and feedback. | Sustainable green Europe
  Inclusive societies
  Information and constructive dialogue
  Space and participation for all | | SE |
| 2023 (1st half) | (poss)
  Revision of the Resolution of the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022- 2024 | Revision of the Resolution of the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024 | Inclusive societies | | SE |
| ES, BE, HU
  Overall topic
  European Youth goal: #3 INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES (3) |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Council conclusions on decent and affordable housing for young people. | Adoption by the Council.
  Council conclusions on decent and affordable housing for young people. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/Seminar on stable and well-paid employment for young people. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchange of best practices. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on gender equality among young people. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchange of best practices. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the effects of climate change on inclusion. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchanges of best practices. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/Seminar on youth opportunities in rural areas. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchanges of best practices. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | Topic to be determined among those identified by the Conferences/seminars | EU Youth Conference | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on young people’s LGBTI rights. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchange of best practices. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/Seminar on young people’s with disabilities. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchange of best practices. | | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the implications for young people of the 2030 Agenda and the future. | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchange of best practices. | Inclusive Societies | | ES |
| 2023 (2nd half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the implementation of the Recommendation on the mobility of youth volunteers in the EU | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchanges of experiences | Inclusive societies
  Connecting EU with Youth
  European youth programmes | | COM and ES |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Informal ministers conference or high-level meeting | Midterm evaluation EU-Youth Strategy 2019-2027 (4) | All Youth Goals | §13 (a) Empower/quality, innovation, recognition
  §36 | COM and BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Council conclusions on leaving no one behind (?) preliminary title | Adoption by the Council
  Council conclusions ‘on leaving no one behind: paving the way towards the social inclusion of all young people’ (5) | Inclusive Societies | §3
  §4
  §5
  §6
  §10 (d)
  §13 (b)
  §16
  §19
  §20
  §21
  §22
  §33 | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference on the social inclusion of young people | EU Youth Conference (6) | Inclusive Societies | §3
  §4
  §5
  §6
  §10 (d)
  §13 (b)
  §16
  §19
  §20
  §21
  §22
  §33 | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar
  PLA on local youth work
  (It is where young people’s experience of youth work usually starts, and it is where most youth work usually happens.) | Policy recommendations
  Compendium of best practices
  Aligning with the European Youth Work Agenda/Bonn Process
  In cooperation with ’Europe goes local’ and ’Democracy reloading’ (tbc)
  Signposts for the Future where the ‘local youth work offer’ is delineated as the first item of three under the heading ‘Youth work provision’. Point 7 of the Final Declaration of the 3rd European Youth Work Convention says that ’a basic youth work offer should therefore include a clear strategy to enhance social inclusion and diversity among participating young people’ (7).
  An evaluation of where we are with the implementation of Signposts for the Future and to identify objectives for the next European Youth Work Convention. | Youth Organisations and European Programmes
  Inclusive Societies | §3
  §8
  §10 (a)
  §10 (c)
  §10 (e)
  §13 (b)
  §13 (c)
  §14
  §16
  §17
  §18
  §19
  §20
  §21
  §22
  §23
  §24
  §25
  §27
  §34
  §38
  §39 | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on child friendly cities (in cooperation with InterCity Youth) | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchanges of best practices (with the youth friendly cities label and European Youth Capitals sharing their work)
  In line with: (poss.) conference/seminar/PLA on local youth work. | Space and participation for all
  Inclusive Societies | | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on ’the right to play’ and the link with learning (formal, non-formal and informal learning) | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchange of best practices
  Possible link to the conference/seminar/PLA on local youth work | Space and participation for all
  Quality Learning
  Inclusive Societies | §1
  §2
  §4
  §5 | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Council Resolution on local youth work | Adoption by the Council
  Promotion of local youth work (practice) (8) | All Youth Goals | §3
  §8
  §10 (a)
  §10 (c)
  §10 (e)
  §13 (b)
  §13 (c)
  §14
  §16
  §17
  §18
  §19
  §20
  §21
  §22
  §23
  §24
  §25
  §27
  §34
  §38
  §39 | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the recognition of competences / education and training (depending on the focus and continuing the work of the FI or FR presidencies?) | | | §14
  §18
  §20
  §21
  #5 of Signposts for the Future | BE |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the evaluation and update of European and international agenda’s on children, youth and children’s rights | Evaluation and recommendations
  Adoption by the Council
  Update Council conclusions | Information and constructive dialogue | | BE (and poss. COM) |
| 2024 (1st half) | (poss.) Conference/seminar on the following topics: youth maps; leisure-time monitor; interesting research from the JOP (the Youth Research Platform). | (poss.) Policy recommendations
  Exchanges of best practices (e.g. on national indicators for youth policy in connection with the new EU Dashboard) | | §10 (c)
  §39 | BE |
| 2024 (2nd half) | (poss.) Council Resolution on the 10th cycle of the EU Youth Dialogue | Adoption by the Council | Space and participation for all | §1
  §2
  §6
  §21
  §22 | HU |
| 2024 (2nd half) | (poss.) Council conclusions on the creation of conditions which enable young people to fulfil their potential in rural areas. | Adoption by the Council | Moving rural youth forward | §1
  §2
  §5
  §13 (d)
  §21
  §26 | HU |
| 2024 (2nd half) | Conference on the presidency trio’s priorities / open method of coordination | EU Youth Conference and DG meeting
  Final outcome of the EU Youth Dialogue cycle under the ES-BE-HU trio presidency | Inclusive societies
  Space and participation for all
  Moving rural youth forward | §1
  §2
  §6
  §13 (b)
  §19
  §21 | HU |
| 2024 (2nd half) | (Conference) Summarising, reviewing and evaluating event for the first 10 cycles of the EU Youth (Structured) Dialogue. | Overview of the 10 cycles of the EU Youth (Structured) Dialogue | Space and participation for all
  Information and constructive dialogue | §1
  §2
  §6
  §26 | HU, ES, BE, (poss. COM) |
| 2024 (2nd half) | (Seminar) Tools to create conditions which enable young people to fulfil their potential in rural areas. | Exchanges of best practices on inter-sectoral and inter-institutional level
  Forming recommendations. | Moving rural youth forward
  Space and participation for all
  Youth organisations and European youth programmes
  Quality learning. | §1
  §5
  § 11
  §13 (a)
  §24
  §33
  §37. | HU (and poss. COM) |

Date

Working method/instrument

Indicative target and output

Related youth goals

Relation to the Framework establishing a European Youth Work Agenda (2)

Proposed by

FR, CZ, SE

Overall topic: ‘Engaging together for a sustainable and inclusive Europe’

European Youth goals: #3 INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES and #10 SUSTAINABLE GREEN EUROPE

2022 (1st half)

(poss.) Council Conclusions on the engagement of young people for sustainable development (working title)

Adoption by the Council

Encourage policy makers and stakeholders in the youth sector to take the views of young people into account and enable them to be actors in public policies and programmes relating to sustainable development and the fight against climate change.

Sustainable green Europe

§10a

FR

2022 (1st half)

(poss.) Update of the Council Recommendation on the mobility of young volunteers across the European Union

Adoption by the Council

Strengthen the potential of the European Youth Programmes to reaching out to young people and help them to build a community.

Space and participation for all

Connecting EU with Youth

Youth organisations and European programmes

FR, (COM)

2022 (1st half)

(poss.) Informal meeting of ministers for youth and for education

Exchanges of best practices.

Youth engagement on sustainable development issues.

Sustainable green Europe

§10a

FR

2022 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the participation of young people

Exchanges of best practices between experts on youth participation.

Follow up on the 8th cycle and on the Conference on the future of Europe.

Space and participation for all

Connecting EU with Youth

§10e

FR

2022 (2nd half)

Council conclusions on fostering an intergenerational dimension in youth policy-making (working title)

Adoption by the Council

Integrate the concerns of today’s youth and future generations more systematically into policy-making.

Facilitate recognition of the importance of promoting intergenerational dialogue for fostering intergenerational solidarity and justice for a strong, resilient, green and inclusive Europe.

Inclusive societies

CZ

2023 (1st half)

(poss.) Council conclusions on the social dimension of a sustainable green Europe

Adoption by the Council

Policy recommendations on the social dimension of a sustainable green Europe promoting the inclusion of all young people’s voices and ideas on sustainable development.

Sustainable green Europe

Inclusive societies

§10a

§26

SE

2023 (1st half)

(poss.) Council Resolution on the outcomes of the 9th cycle of the EU Youth Dialogue

Adoption by the Council

Summary, reflection and evaluation of the 9th EUYD cycle. Strengthen the outreach of information to marginalised young people, further develop process/governance of EUYC and EUYD to enhance inclusion and feedback.

Sustainable green Europe

Inclusive societies

Information and constructive dialogue

Space and participation for all

SE

2023 (1st half)

(poss)

Revision of the Resolution of the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022- 2024

Revision of the Resolution of the Council on the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024

Inclusive societies

SE

ES, BE, HU

Overall topic

European Youth goal: #3 INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES (3)

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Council conclusions on decent and affordable housing for young people.

Adoption by the Council.

Council conclusions on decent and affordable housing for young people.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/Seminar on stable and well-paid employment for young people.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchange of best practices.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on gender equality among young people.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchange of best practices.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the effects of climate change on inclusion.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchanges of best practices.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/Seminar on youth opportunities in rural areas.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchanges of best practices.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

Topic to be determined among those identified by the Conferences/seminars

EU Youth Conference

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on young people’s LGBTI rights.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchange of best practices.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/Seminar on young people’s with disabilities.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchange of best practices.

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the implications for young people of the 2030 Agenda and the future.

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchange of best practices.

Inclusive Societies

ES

2023 (2nd half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the implementation of the Recommendation on the mobility of youth volunteers in the EU

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchanges of experiences

Inclusive societies

Connecting EU with Youth

European youth programmes

COM and ES

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Informal ministers conference or high-level meeting

Midterm evaluation EU-Youth Strategy 2019-2027 (4)

All Youth Goals

§13 (a) Empower/quality, innovation, recognition

§36

COM and BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Council conclusions on leaving no one behind (?) preliminary title

Adoption by the Council

Council conclusions ‘on leaving no one behind: paving the way towards the social inclusion of all young people’ (5)

Inclusive Societies

§3

§4

§5

§6

§10 (d)

§13 (b)

§16

§19

§20

§21

§22

§33

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference on the social inclusion of young people

EU Youth Conference (6)

Inclusive Societies

§3

§4

§5

§6

§10 (d)

§13 (b)

§16

§19

§20

§21

§22

§33

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar

PLA on local youth work

(It is where young people’s experience of youth work usually starts, and it is where most youth work usually happens.)

Policy recommendations

Compendium of best practices

Aligning with the European Youth Work Agenda/Bonn Process

In cooperation with ’Europe goes local’ and ’Democracy reloading’ (tbc)

Signposts for the Future where the ‘local youth work offer’ is delineated as the first item of three under the heading ‘Youth work provision’. Point 7 of the Final Declaration of the 3rd European Youth Work Convention says that ’a basic youth work offer should therefore include a clear strategy to enhance social inclusion and diversity among participating young people’ (7).

An evaluation of where we are with the implementation of Signposts for the Future and to identify objectives for the next European Youth Work Convention.

Youth Organisations and European Programmes

Inclusive Societies

§3

§8

§10 (a)

§10 (c)

§10 (e)

§13 (b)

§13 (c)

§14

§16

§17

§18

§19

§20

§21

§22

§23

§24

§25

§27

§34

§38

§39

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on child friendly cities (in cooperation with InterCity Youth)

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchanges of best practices (with the youth friendly cities label and European Youth Capitals sharing their work)

In line with: (poss.) conference/seminar/PLA on local youth work.

Space and participation for all

Inclusive Societies

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on ’the right to play’ and the link with learning (formal, non-formal and informal learning)

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchange of best practices

Possible link to the conference/seminar/PLA on local youth work

Space and participation for all

Quality Learning

Inclusive Societies

§1

§2

§4

§5

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Council Resolution on local youth work

Adoption by the Council

Promotion of local youth work (practice) (8)

All Youth Goals

§3

§8

§10 (a)

§10 (c)

§10 (e)

§13 (b)

§13 (c)

§14

§16

§17

§18

§19

§20

§21

§22

§23

§24

§25

§27

§34

§38

§39

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the recognition of competences / education and training (depending on the focus and continuing the work of the FI or FR presidencies?)

§14

§18

§20

§21

# 5 of Signposts for the Future

BE

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the evaluation and update of European and international agenda’s on children, youth and children’s rights

Evaluation and recommendations

Adoption by the Council

Update Council conclusions

Information and constructive dialogue

BE (and poss. COM)

2024 (1st half)

(poss.) Conference/seminar on the following topics: youth maps; leisure-time monitor; interesting research from the JOP (the Youth Research Platform).

(poss.) Policy recommendations

Exchanges of best practices (e.g. on national indicators for youth policy in connection with the new EU Dashboard)

§10 (c)

§39

BE

2024 (2nd half)

(poss.) Council Resolution on the 10th cycle of the EU Youth Dialogue

Adoption by the Council

Space and participation for all

§1

§2

§6

§21

§22

HU

2024 (2nd half)

(poss.) Council conclusions on the creation of conditions which enable young people to fulfil their potential in rural areas.

Adoption by the Council

Moving rural youth forward

§1

§2

§5

§13 (d)

§21

§26

HU

2024 (2nd half)

Conference on the presidency trio’s priorities / open method of coordination

EU Youth Conference and DG meeting

Final outcome of the EU Youth Dialogue cycle under the ES-BE-HU trio presidency

Inclusive societies

Space and participation for all

Moving rural youth forward

§1

§2

§6

§13 (b)

§19

§21

HU

2024 (2nd half)

(Conference) Summarising, reviewing and evaluating event for the first 10 cycles of the EU Youth (Structured) Dialogue.

Overview of the 10 cycles of the EU Youth (Structured) Dialogue

Space and participation for all

Information and constructive dialogue

§1

§2

§6

§26

HU, ES, BE, (poss. COM)

2024 (2nd half)

(Seminar) Tools to create conditions which enable young people to fulfil their potential in rural areas.

Exchanges of best practices on inter-sectoral and inter-institutional level

Forming recommendations.

Moving rural youth forward

Space and participation for all

Youth organisations and European youth programmes

Quality learning.

§1

§5

§ 11

§13 (a)

§24

§33

§37.

HU (and poss. COM)

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(1)  Compiled by the SI Presidency on the basis of the Commission’s ’Possible actions for a future EU Work Plan for Youth for 2019-2021’ (ST-9264-2018-ADD-1-EN) and the preliminary information received by the trio presidencies FR-CZ-SE and ES-BE-HU.

(2)  See the Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on the Framework establishing a European Youth Work Agenda (2020/C 415/01).

(3)  https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:42018Y1218(01)&from=NL

Background: One third of young people in Europe are at risk of poverty and social exclusion particularly those who are not in employment, education or training (NEET)). Many do not have access to their social rights, experience inequalities within society or are merely left behind. Many continue to face multiple discriminations, experience prejudice and hate crimes. Additionally, new migratory phenomena brought several social and inclusion challenges (including the digital gap) to young new comers. Therefore, it is crucial to work towards the fulfilment of the rights and the social inclusion of all young people in Europe, including the most marginalised and excluded to honour the Union’s commitment to leave no one behind.

Goal: Enable, ensure and safeguard the inclusion of all young people in society.

Targets:

Provide legal protection and enforce international legal instruments to fight against all kinds of discrimination, inequalities and hate-inspired acts, recognising that young people may be subjected to discrimination in all its forms.

Strengthen the outreach of information, contact and communication to young people with fewer opportunities or those left behind, to ensure they are aware of and have access to opportunities and activities available to them and of the spaces where they are part of society and can engage.

Ensure that all young people with fewer opportunities or those left behind have equal access to formal and non-formal learning/education environments and opportunities, whilst addressing all the dimensions of inclusion.

Strengthen the capacities of educators to work with marginalised young people or those left behind.

Provide more spaces, opportunities, resources and programmes to foster dialogue, comprehension and social cohesion, and combat discrimination, polarisation and segregation.

Extend access and entitlement to relevant and meaningful opportunities and experiences.

(4)  The Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR) should provide input on the evaluation of the process and the methodology of the previous cycles of the EU Youth Dialogue and on how the EU Youth Goals were covered, in order to better plan and deliver the second half of the Strategy.

(5)  Possible step forward in cross-sectoral cooperation with the social, employment, education, health etc. sectors. Support-background documents requested from the PEYR.

N.B. Ursula Von der Leyen, in her State of the Union speech, emphasised the need to support those young people who ’fall into the gaps’ (spaces and bridges?) – (ENGAGE & CONNECT).

(6)  Support requested from the PEYR.

(7)  In close cooperation with the Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth and the Community of practice on the European Youth Work Agenda (EYWA). Support also asked from PEYR.

(8)  BE understands that there might be a tension between the competence of the EU and the principle of subsidiarity, but the Bonn process is all about how top down meets bottom up and vice versa. The Union can assist local youth work through supporting, coordinated or supplementing actions.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

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14.12.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CI 504/10

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Council conclusions on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2021)

(2021/C 504 I/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

RECALLING THAT:

| 1. | The Council Resolution on a framework for European cooperation in the youth field: The European Union Youth Strategy 2019-2027 invites the Commission to report on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy every three years. |
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The Council Resolution on a framework for European cooperation in the youth field: The European Union Youth Strategy 2019-2027 invites the Commission to report on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy every three years.

CONSIDERING THAT:

| 2. | The first Commission report on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2021) (the Report) together with its accompanying Staff Working Documents covers the first EU triennial Work Plan for Youth under the current EU Youth Strategy, spanning two Council presidency trios (RO-FI-HR and DE-PT-SI). |
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The first Commission report on the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2021) (the Report) together with its accompanying Staff Working Documents covers the first EU triennial Work Plan for Youth under the current EU Youth Strategy, spanning two Council presidency trios (RO-FI-HR and DE-PT-SI).

| 3. | The Report is based, inter alia, on information provided by Member States, the European Commission and the Youth Wiki online platform, which provides a comprehensive overview of national youth policies in 32 European countries. |
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The Report is based, inter alia, on information provided by Member States, the European Commission and the Youth Wiki online platform, which provides a comprehensive overview of national youth policies in 32 European countries.

| 4. | To present the overall situation of young people in the EU, the EU Youth indicators were used with a revised dashboard and new quantitative and qualitative policy indicators. |
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To present the overall situation of young people in the EU, the EU Youth indicators were used with a revised dashboard and new quantitative and qualitative policy indicators.

| 5. | The Future National Activity Planners (FNAPs) were an additional source of information on national youth policies, including the implementation of the European Youth Goals and cooperation needs in line with the EU Youth Strategy. |
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The Future National Activity Planners (FNAPs) were an additional source of information on national youth policies, including the implementation of the European Youth Goals and cooperation needs in line with the EU Youth Strategy.

WELCOME:

| 6. | The Report, which, together with its accompanying Staff Working Documents, evaluates progress towards the objectives and priorities of the EU Youth Strategy for 2019-2021 and covers the first EU triennial Work Plan for Youth under the current EU Youth Strateg y, including presenting a very comprehensive picture of the situation of young people in the EU. |
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The Report, which, together with its accompanying Staff Working Documents, evaluates progress towards the objectives and priorities of the EU Youth Strategy for 2019-2021 and covers the first EU triennial Work Plan for Youth under the current EU Youth Strateg y, including presenting a very comprehensive picture of the situation of young people in the EU.

EMPHASISE THAT:

| 7. | The years 2020 and 2021 have been atypical, with the pandemic severely affecting the implementation of youth policies, in particular youth mobility projects. Addressing the impact of the pandemic on children and young people has therefore been high on the European Commission’s and Member States agenda since the outbreak. Over the past year, programmes such as Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps have been adjusted to respond to these disruptions by offering alternative solutions, especially digital solutions, to their activities. |
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The years 2020 and 2021 have been atypical, with the pandemic severely affecting the implementation of youth policies, in particular youth mobility projects. Addressing the impact of the pandemic on children and young people has therefore been high on the European Commission’s and Member States agenda since the outbreak. Over the past year, programmes such as Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps have been adjusted to respond to these disruptions by offering alternative solutions, especially digital solutions, to their activities.

| 8. | The implementation of the EU Youth Strategy has been strongly affected by the pandemic in the years 2020-2021. Some actions included in the EU Work Plan for Youth 2019-2021 had to be modified, rescheduled or even cancelled. Notwithstanding that the youth sector could rely on the instruments developed over recent years, the impact of the pandemic accentuated the need to adapt to unforeseen circumstances, reinforcing such tools and strengthening existing cooperation. Youth mobility projects have been severely disrupted by the pandemic. |
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The implementation of the EU Youth Strategy has been strongly affected by the pandemic in the years 2020-2021. Some actions included in the EU Work Plan for Youth 2019-2021 had to be modified, rescheduled or even cancelled. Notwithstanding that the youth sector could rely on the instruments developed over recent years, the impact of the pandemic accentuated the need to adapt to unforeseen circumstances, reinforcing such tools and strengthening existing cooperation. Youth mobility projects have been severely disrupted by the pandemic.

| 9. | The EU appears to be a source of inspiration for other regions in the world when it comes to developing policies, programmes and initiatives for young people, particularly in our own neighbourhood. |
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The EU appears to be a source of inspiration for other regions in the world when it comes to developing policies, programmes and initiatives for young people, particularly in our own neighbourhood.

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT:

| 10. | Ensuring that all young Europeans have equal access to opportunities and giving them the necessary support to live, work, learn and thrive remains at the heart of EU youth cooperation and policies. The 2019-2027 EU Youth Strategy and its European Youth Goal constitute a strong and impactful roadmap fostering cooperation between EU Member States and supporting youth policies both at EU and at national level, and are therefore vital to the achievement of these goals. |
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Ensuring that all young Europeans have equal access to opportunities and giving them the necessary support to live, work, learn and thrive remains at the heart of EU youth cooperation and policies. The 2019-2027 EU Youth Strategy and its European Youth Goal constitute a strong and impactful roadmap fostering cooperation between EU Member States and supporting youth policies both at EU and at national level, and are therefore vital to the achievement of these goals.

| 11. | Setting up this strong policy framework, enabling exchange of knowledge and mutual learning between Member States, as well as channelling funding from Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and other EU programmes towards the three strategic pillars ‘Engage. Connect. Empower’ will enable many young people in Europe to fulfil their full potential, for their personal development and transition to autonomy, will build their resilience and will equip them with the skills necessary to cope with a changing world, to be prepared for the green and digital transitions, and to shape a brighter and fairer future. |
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Setting up this strong policy framework, enabling exchange of knowledge and mutual learning between Member States, as well as channelling funding from Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and other EU programmes towards the three strategic pillars ‘Engage. Connect. Empower’ will enable many young people in Europe to fulfil their full potential, for their personal development and transition to autonomy, will build their resilience and will equip them with the skills necessary to cope with a changing world, to be prepared for the green and digital transitions, and to shape a brighter and fairer future.

INVITE THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION, IN LINE WITH THE SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE AND WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPHERES OF COMPETENCE, TO:

| 12. | Further mainstream youth-related issues, ensure that the concerns of young people are better heard and respected in EU and national policy-making and aim for better synergies and knowledge-sharing between the various policy areas at all levels affecting youth. |
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Further mainstream youth-related issues, ensure that the concerns of young people are better heard and respected in EU and national policy-making and aim for better synergies and knowledge-sharing between the various policy areas at all levels affecting youth.

| 13. | Further improve the outreach to young people from different backgrounds, particularly young people with fewer opportunities, young people with disabilities and young people from rural and remote areas, and increase the participation of young people from beyond the traditional youth representation models. |
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Further improve the outreach to young people from different backgrounds, particularly young people with fewer opportunities, young people with disabilities and young people from rural and remote areas, and increase the participation of young people from beyond the traditional youth representation models.

| 14. | Further strengthen youth participatory processes and roll out the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda and the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024 including the EU Youth Dialogue. |
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Further strengthen youth participatory processes and roll out the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda and the EU Youth Strategy Work Plan 2022-2024 including the EU Youth Dialogue.

| 15. | Further support processes and initiatives inspired by the EU Youth dialogue outside the European Union, such as the Eastern Partnership or Western Balkans, with the aim of engaging, connecting and empower young people. |
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Further support processes and initiatives inspired by the EU Youth dialogue outside the European Union, such as the Eastern Partnership or Western Balkans, with the aim of engaging, connecting and empower young people.

| 16. | Enable the effective use of EU programmes and funds such as the Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps, Horizon Europe, the European Social Fund Plus, the Youth Employment Initiative, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Just Transition Fund, etc. to support many policy fields affecting young people focusing on the resilience and recovery of youth and the youth sector in post-COVID times. |
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Enable the effective use of EU programmes and funds such as the Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps, Horizon Europe, the European Social Fund Plus, the Youth Employment Initiative, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Just Transition Fund, etc. to support many policy fields affecting young people focusing on the resilience and recovery of youth and the youth sector in post-COVID times.

| 17. | Effectively and with lasting legacy, implement the European Year of Youth 2022 to further stimulate Europe’s young people to come forward with contributions and insights that can give shape to the Union’s development and society at large. |
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Effectively and with lasting legacy, implement the European Year of Youth 2022 to further stimulate Europe’s young people to come forward with contributions and insights that can give shape to the Union’s development and society at large.

| 18. | Increase efforts to involve youth in key European initiatives, such as the Conference on the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus initiative, which addresses issues relevant for young people and their future. |
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Increase efforts to involve youth in key European initiatives, such as the Conference on the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus initiative, which addresses issues relevant for young people and their future.

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