Оn 22 February 2023 representatives of the Council of Europe project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III”, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine and the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service met in an online format to develop a plan to implement a long-term training programme for civil servants at local, regional and national levels to equip them with standards, tools and resources on strengthening youth policy and youth work at local and regional levels in removing barriers to youth participation.
One of the expected results, civil servants (with at least 40% women) at local, regional and national levels adjust priorities and means of youth policies and programmes taking into account the war and post-war realities of young people applying the policy setting documents of the Council of Europe.
The Project «Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III» is carried out in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2023-2026. The Project was built on the results and experience of the projects “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine” in 2020-2022 and will extend the systematic influence by strengthening participatory youth policies and reinforce youth work in the war and in a post war context taking into account the specific needs of young people.
The Project will be implemented within the following components with the respective activities:
- youth policy based on participatory approaches;
- recognition of youth work in wartime;
- support of youth centers and youth organisations as civic activity and democratic participation.
The Project “Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III” stresses the importance of the Council of Europe youth sector strategy 2030 and reflects the National strategy of the State Youth Policy 2030, the State Target Social Programme “Youth of Ukraine” 2021-2025.
The Project will engage youth policy stakeholders and youth work providers in Ukraine in the implementation and dissemination of Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers to member states: on Access of young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights (CM (2015) 3), on Access to rights for young people (CM(2016)7) and on youth work (CM(2017)4).
Read more about the project and the Council of Europe resources in the field of youth policy and youth work – https://www.coe.int/en/web/kyiv/youth-for-democracy-in-ukraine
