On 10 June 2024, the Council of Europe Project "Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III" together with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine has launched a new long-term training course – a training for trainers in the field of youth.
In his welcoming remarks to 28 participants of the course, Erlend Falch, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Ukraine for fruitful co-operation in strengthening youth policy and youth work. He mentioned the outcomes of the round table "Youth, Ukraine, Europe: Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction", which the Council of Europe held on 7 May 2024 in Kyiv together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe. Erlend Falch also underlined the results of the second meeting of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2023-2026 "Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction", which took place on 5 June 2024 in Kyiv. In line with the needs and priorities of Ukrainian partners, the Action Plan covers all key areas of co-operation and support within the framework of targeted projects implemented through the activities of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine. The project "Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III", within the framework of which the Long Term Training Course was launched, is also implemented under this Action Plan.
Erlend Falch, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine highlighted: «We often say that youth is the future. And this is true. Youth is the future, and for that reason it is critically important to include the youth perspective in how we shape our society for tomorrow. But at the same time it is equally important to not use the future as an excuse to forget the present. The youth perspective is important not only for tomorrow, but for today and for how we shape our society right here and right now».
The long-term training course contributes to the implementation of youth projects in Ukraine by developing the competencies of youth workers, youth trainers, young activists, maintaining the quality of non-formal education and training activities in the war and post-war period, and will enable young people to actively support, protect, promote and benefit from the core values of the Council of Europe: human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
In his address , Vladyslav Yatsuk, Head of the Youth Policy Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, expressed his gratitude to the Council of Europe for the long and fruitful co-operation and stressed the importance of the new Long Training Course for Trainers in the Youth Sector.
- Details of the course and conditions in the Ukrainian language at the link: https://rm.coe.int/ukr-call-lttc-ua-2757-2277-9401-v-2/1680af7296
Project "Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III" is implemented within the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2023-2026 and is based on the results and experience of the Youth for Democracy in Ukraine projects in 2020-2022. The project expands the systematic impact by strengthening youth participation policies and strengthening youth work during the war and in the post-war context, taking into account the specific needs of young people.
The project encourages youth policy stakeholders in Ukraine to implement and disseminate the Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers to Member States: on the 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 Roma youth participation CM/Rec(2023)4; on protecting youth civil society and young people, and supporting their participation in democratic processes CM/Rec(2022)6.
News, Council of Europe resources in the field of youth and open announcements for participation in project activities can be found here.
