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The study visit to the Lisbon Youth Centre (Portugal) is scheduled for the period from 27 November to 2 December, 2024. This initiative is jointly organised by the NGO "Kremenchuk Information and Educational Centre European Club" (Youth Centre "Space of Ideas") and the Lisbon Youth Centre with the support of the Council of Europe Project "Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III" and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

This study visit responds to the needs of Ukrainian youth workers identified during the 14th and 15th Platforms for youth centres with the Council of Europe Quality Label in 2023 and 2024 in Strasbourg, France and Budapest, Hungary.

During the visit, participants can get acquainted with the work of the Lisbon Youth Centre and local organisations, as well as programmes, practices, local and national youth policies.

The deadline for applications at the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HSQAe-pM3imx7s2sdN5RpaJ7e47XBEyfPhUzAMtoGrU/viewform?edit_requested=true is 13 October, 2024, 23:59 Kyiv time.

More details about the visit here.

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 "Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction" for 2023-2026. The third phase is based on results and experience in 2020-2022. The project expands the systematic impact by strengthening participatory youth policy and strengthening youth work during the war and in the post-war context, taking into account the needs of young people.

The project is implemented in co-operation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine in three components: 1) participatory youth policy; 2) recognition of youth work in wartime (including trauma-informed youth work); 3) support for youth centres and youth organisations as platforms for civic engagement and democratic participation.

The project "Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III" highlights the importance of the Council of Europe's Youth Sector Strategy 2030 and reflects the National Strategy of State Youth Policy until 2030, the State Target Social Programme "Youth of Ukraine" 2021-2025.

The project encourages youth policy stakeholders in Ukraine to implement and disseminate the Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers to Member States: on access of youth from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights, CM/Rec(2015)3; on young people's access to rights, CM/Rec(2016)7; on youth work, CM/Rec(2017)4; on the participation of Roma youth, CM/Rec(2023)4; on the protection of youth civil society and youth and support for their participation in democratic processes, CM/Rec(2022)6.