A public presentation of the results of open youth work projects of CSOs supported by the Council of Europe took place on 26 November 2024 in an online format.
The long-term capacity building programme of the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine for ten newly established CSOs working with young people “Access to youth work” is being implemented in 2023-2024. The teams of ten CSOs from nine regions and Kyiv improved their skills to ensure high-quality financial and project management, as well as to ensure the participation of young people both in the decision-making process and in the implementation of activities with expert and grant support of the Council of Europe.
- Ten NGOs from 9 regions and Kyiv participate in the Programme are the following:
- Centre for Social Transformations TENET, Sumy region, Okhtyrka
- Space of Public Initiatives, Dnipropetrovsk region, Pershotravensk
- Go Byond, Chernihiv
- The Youth of Olexandria, Kirovohrad region, Olexandria
- NACHYNNYA, Kyiv region, Fastiv district, Tarasivka
- TOLKOVI, Zhytomyr region, Zvyagel district, Dovbysh
- COME OUT TO PLAY, Kyiv
- YOUCHANGE, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ivano-Frankivsk district, Kluziv
- Youth Sails, Volyn region, Novovolynsk
- Creative space “Kredents”, Zakarpattia region Rakhiv district, Yasinya
Since 2022 the Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine” has been researching open youth work – outreach, detached, street, mobile, online – at the request and needs of youth workers in working with various young people during the war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Theoretical and practical research on open youth work was launched in the Council of Europe programmes “Trauma informed youth work”, “Barrier-free environment in the youth sector”, which are approved as specialized trainings of the state programme “Youth Worker”.
The Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III” was launched within the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2023-2026. The project builds on the results and experience of the Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine” in 2020-2022 and will expand the systematic impact by strengthening youth policies based on participatory approaches and strengthening youth work during the war and in the post-war context, taking into account the specific needs of young people.
News, Council of Europe resources in the field of youth and open announcements for participation in project activities can be found here.
Source: Council of Europe
