The Partial Agreement, established in 1991, aims at developing the Youth Card scheme, particularly at European level in the best interests of young people under the age of 26 and with a view to facilitating their mobility as well as their access to the various goods and services necessary for their personal and cultural development.

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Youth Mobility

 

Jan Peloza - President of the European Youth Card Association
Jose Sousa -  Chair of the Board of Coordination
of the Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card

 The Board of co-ordination

    It shall be composed of 17 members, that is:

  • 8 representatives of Partial Agreement member States in which there are national Youth Card bodies, who shall be appointed by the Committee of Ministers;
  • 8 members of the European Conference of Youth Cards appointed by the latter;
  • 1 representative appointed by the Advisory Committee to the European Youth Centre and the European Youth Foundation without the right to vote;

Member States

Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Switzerland.

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partial agreement on youth mobilty logoThe Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card was set up in 1991 at the initiative of the then Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Catherine Lalumière, following the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth held in Lisbon (Portugal). At this Conference, the ministers advocated an increase in mobility of young people between the East and the West.

The Committee of Ministers' Resolution ResAP(1991) revised in 2003 (Resolution ResAP(2003)1) institutes a Partial Agreement on the Youth Card for the purpose of promoting and facilitating youth mobility in Europe. The Partial Agreement is part of the Youth Department of the Council of aEurope and thus follows the priorities and objectives of both the youth sector and the Council of Europe as a whole.

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