LGBTQIA!+ Final Training & Learning Event – Community of Practice on ASLP – Online training course – 28th April. Final online event of the LGBTQIA!+ project to explore the Advocacy-based Service-Learning Program (ASLP), share experiences, and foster a Community of Practice for LGBTQIA+ inclusion across Europe. Youthpass available. Deadline for applications: 24th April.

Useful Resources

Stages for Group Dynamics – This brochure is a short description of activities that can be done in a training course dedicated to group dynamics, especially for people who are working with volunteers for a longer time.

Intercultural workshops for a high school visit – This booklet contains some of the objectives and findings of the “Let’s Facilitate” project, as well as descriptions of the workshops that participants created when designing activities for high school students in Békéscsaba.

Leadership 2023: A New Generation Toolbox is tailored to support educators, youth leaders, and professionals in nurturing the leadership potential of young individuals across Europe.

Artificial Intelligence Competence Needs for Youth Workers – This study, part of the Erasmus+ Project “AI4YouthWork”, explores the AI competencies needed by youth workers. Chapters cover AI, youth and youth work intersections, integration challenges, and recommendations for an AI Competence Framework for Youth Workers.

Inclusive Guide on Participation in a City – This publication, stemming from the Youth 4 Bauhaus project, serves as a powerful tool to the pivotal role of inclusivity in envisioning and shaping cities that truly embrace diversity.

European Youth Foundation

The European Youth Foundation (EYF) provides financial and educational support to a wide range of youth projects, focusing on a range of different topics. Whether projects take place at local or international level, EYF-supported projects all share some common characteristics. Learn more about these characteristics and check examples of projects supported at the dedicated page. 

The EYF provides grants to non-governmental youth organisations. For the EYF, eligible youth organisations have the following characteristics:

• Being a non-profit-making and non-governmental organisation.
• Having a statute and legal personality as an organisation.
• Running activities for young people (15-30 years old).
• Young people take the decisions on the programme of activities of the NGO.
• Members of the organisation are aged between 15 and 30 years old.
• The work of the organisation is in line with the values and priorities of the Council of Europe.
• The NGO has to be based in one of the signatories to the European Cultural Convention (all CoE member states and Belarus, Holy Sea, Russian Federation and Kazakhstan).

The following types of organisations and/or networks are eligible:

• International youth NGOs
• International network of youth NGOs
• Regional network of youth NGOs
• National youth NGOs
• Local youth NGOs

There are two deadlines each year: 15th January  2024 for international activities and annual work plans and 15th May 2024 for international activities, annual work plans and one-off structural grants. Local youth NGOs, national youth NGOs and regional networks of NGOs can apply for pilot activities throughout the year.

Council of Europe – Manuals and Handbooks

Regularly updated and newly produced manuals and handbooks for practitioners in the field of Non-Formal Education, Human Rights Education and Intercultural Learning.